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Born 1870
From The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901)
CHARLES R. MITCHELL.
Character and ability are as essential to the success of the farmer as to the business man, and it is safe to assume that the successful farmer is a good citizen even without inquiring into the details of his career, and a brief statement of the principal events in the life of a man like the subject of this sketch is interesting alike to the general reader and toi the student of our national progress.
Charles R. Mitchell, who lives on section 3, Jasper township, Jasper county, was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, March 29, 1870, a son of Edward D. and Hannah (Hilderbrandt) Mitchell. His father was born in Illinois, and was an early settler in St. Clair county, whence in 1877 he came to Jasper county, Missouri, where he died in 1895, aged sixty-two years- He was a Democrat in politics, a Methodist in religious faith, and an influential citizen. Hannah Hilderbrandt, who became his wife, was born in Germany, and was brought to America in her childhood by her parents. She died December 17, 1900.
Of the seven children of Edward D. and Hannah (Hilderbrandt) Mitchell, Charles R. Mitchell was the sixth in order of birth. "When, in 1877, his parents removed from St. Clair county, Illinois, to Jasper county, Missouri, and located on the farm on which he now lives, he was seven years old. His share of the old Mitchell homestead consisted of eighty acres, and his place is well equipped and in a high state of cultivation. He has devoted himself quite successfully to general farming. Politically he is a Democrat. He has tilled the offices of school director of his school district and constable O'f his township. He is a member of the Order of the Woodmen of the World.
In 1897 Mr. Mitchell married Miss Edna Ault, daughter of Isaac Ault, and they have one son, Russell A. Mitchell.
As printed in The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Isaac Ault (b. 1836)
Their biographies name Charles R. Mitchell: Clifton I. Baker
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