Person

William J. Mitchell (Caldwell County, Ky, farmer and carpenter)

b. 1828-01-08 d. 1912-09-05

Trigg County and Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of James Mitchell and [Unknown] Ethridge Mitchell. Married to Eliza C. Howard Mitchell. Father of Charles Mitchell. Married to Pernecia Harris Mitchell. Father of John C. Mitchell, Eliza Mitchell, James T. Mitchell, Luiza J. Mitchell, Mary Mitchell, Ellenora Mitchell, and Sarah D. Mitchell. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 318A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 82.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, Enumeration District 158, p. 438B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births, p. 991.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #29415.

"William J. Mitchell (1838-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial #178065767, accessed January 5, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178065767.

Citation

Mitchell, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202927 (November 12, 2026).

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