David K. Mitchell

As printed in 1880

DAVID K. MITCHELL, farmer; P. O. Corsica; was born May 17, 1835, in what is now Morrow Co., Ohio; his father, Andrew Mitchell, was born in 1803, in Mercer Co., Pa., and passed his boyhood in Fairfield Co., Ohio; his parents moved to Richland Co. at an early day, and settled west of Mansfield on Government land; Andrew helped clear the farm, and then went back to Pennsylvania, where he was married to Isabella Cunningham; in 1829 he moved to Ohio, and settled on a farm in this county; his wife died in 1833, and he then married Martha N. Kilgore, who was born in Washington Co., Pa.; he lived in this county till 1851, when he moved to Iowa, where he soon after died, leaving a wife with seven children, the oldest, David K., being only 16 years old. Although a mere boy, he placed himself at the head of the family, and moved back to Ohio in a wagon, where he was better able to support the family. He was married March 13, 1860, to Clara V., daughter of Isaac and Charity M. Dickerson; during the war he served a short time in the 102nd O. V. I.; soon after receiving his discharge he moved to Iowa, and remained till 1869, when he returned to this State, and has since lived in Morrow Co.; he is a member of the I. O. O, F., and the Encampment; was one of the charter members of the Patrons of Husbandry, and Master the second year; he has been Master of the Pomona Grange two years, and lecturer one years also represented this County for three successive years at the State Grange; both are members of the Seventh-day Advent Church, at Blooming Grove.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.