William Smith Mitchell, 18331886 (aged 53 years)

Name
William Smith /Mitchell/
Given names
William Smith
Surname
Mitchell
Birth
Marriage
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a brother
1839 (aged 5 years)
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841 (aged 7 years)
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841 (aged 7 years)
Birth of a sibling
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845 (aged 11 years)
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849 (aged 15 years)
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850 (aged 17 years)
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853 (aged 19 years)
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a son
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 (aged 27 years)
Death of a brother
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (aged 31 years)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 35 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 43 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 47 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 48 years)
Death of a father
Death of a wife
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 51 years)
Death of a mother
Death
Family with parents
father
18071881
Birth: April 5, 1807 41 Rockingham County, North Carolina
Death: October 2, 1881Shelby County, Indiana
mother
18141886
Birth: 1814Decatur County, Indiana
Death: May 15, 1886Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana
Marriage MarriageApril 28, 1830Decatur County, Indiana
3 years
himself
18331886
Birth: June 2, 1833 26 19 Decatur County, Indiana
Death: October 26, 1886Burt County, Nebraska
7 years
younger brother
18391864
Birth: 1839 31 25
Death: July 16, 1864Nashville, TN
3 years
younger sibling
18421929
Birth: April 27, 1842 35 28 Shelby County, Indiana
Death: 1929Windfall, Shelby County, Indiana
Family with Dorotha Dugan
himself
18331886
Birth: June 2, 1833 26 19 Decatur County, Indiana
Death: October 26, 1886Burt County, Nebraska
wife
18341882
Birth: August 16, 1834 28 Shelby County, Indiana
Death: December 30, 1882Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana
Marriage Marriage
son
18581917
Birth: 1858 24 23 Addison, Shelby County, Indiana
Death: November 6, 1917Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
Note

Birth: Jun. 2, 1834
Decatur County
Indiana, USA
Death: Oct. 26, 1886
Burt County
Nebraska, USA

William Smith Mitchell and Dorotha Dugan were married Dec. 23,1852.

William and Dorotha were the parents of a daughter, Mary J. Mitchell, born 1853 in Shelby, IN. Mary married James William Sosbe on Dec 24, 1873. Mary (Mitchell) Sosbe passed away June 5, 1889 at Tipton Indiana.

William and Dorotha, while living at Addison, Shelby Co. Indiana were also parents of a daughter, Sarah J. Mitchell born in 1857 and died in 1870 at age 13. No cemetery records found as yet.

Census records indicate that William Mitchell later married Hannah Laura (Lawhorn) Black on Dec. 25th 1883 in Tipton County Indiana (This was a 2nd marriage for both William and Laura)

Military headstone supplied by Indiana Infantry, Co. "B", 70th Regiment. William Smith Mitchell enlisted in the Union Army on 19 July 1862. Mustered out 8 June 1865 at Washington, DC.

Family links:
Parents:
Fielding Mitchell (1807 - 1881)
Mary Mitchell (1814 - 1886)

Spouse:
Dorotha Dugan Mitchell (1834 - 1882)

Children:
James T. Mitchell (1855 - 1938)*
Frank Fielding Mitchell (1858 - 1917)*
Nellie A. Nash (1866 - 1948)*
Charles Elmer Mitchell (1871 - 1957)*
Harry Gilbert Mitchell (1873 - 1958)*

Siblings:
Willam Smith Mitchell (1834 - 1886)
Lucy Jane Mitchell Dugan (1835 - 1912)*
Comfort Lanzel Mitchell Selby (1837 - 1895)*
Hiram S. Mitchell (1839 - 1864)*
Dodridge A Mitchell (1842 - 1929)*
James K. Polk Mitchell (1846 - 1924)*
Lavina Elizabeth Mitchell Heck (1847 - 1920)*
Amanda E. Mitchell Nelis (1853 - 1877)*
Nancy Sophrona Mitchell Smith (1855 - 1911)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
Co. B. 70th IND Inf.
GAR 1861-1865

Burial:
Oakland Cemetery
Oakland
Burt County
Nebraska, USA