J. A. MITCHELL

MITCHELL, HAMMOND, BUTTERWORTH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/3/2009 at 09:44:52

J. A. Mitchell, merchant of Taopi, is one of the most enthusiastic workers in the upbuilding of the village, and has shown his faith in the future of the place by his business and real estate investments. He was born in Marion, Marion county, Ohio, December 11, 1857, son of John and Mary A. (Hammond) Mitchell, going with them at the age of one year, in 1858, to Clinton, Ill., where he received his education and grew to manhood, after which he took up farming in DeWitt county, Illinois. There he followed agricultural pursuits until 1900, when he moved to Eagle Grove, Iowa, where he followed farming for five years, after which he came to Taopi, and continued farming. In 1907 he erected a modern store block in the village of Taopi, which he rented for two years. Then he bought the stock and goods, and became proprietor of the store which he now successfully conducts, carrying a large stock of the goods usually found in a general store of this kind. While in Illinois, Mr. Mitchell served as assessor of his town, and also held several minor offices. -He is a member of the Christian church, of which he has served as clerk and elder for many years, and of which he has served as Sunday school superintendent constantly for fifteen years. He is a Democrat in politics, and affiliates with the M. W. A. Mr. Mitchell was married October 26, 1880, to Mary B. Butterworth, and seven children have blessed this union: Ezra, Irvin, Charles, Bessie, John, William Ray and Ina.

HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, Minnesota, 1911