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Charles F. Mitchell

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Charles Mitchell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 33rd district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded byGideon Hard
Succeeded byAlfred Babcock
Personal details
Born
Charles Franklin Mitchell

(1806-02-18)February 18, 1806
Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, US
DiedSeptember 27, 1865(1865-09-27) (aged 59)
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Political partyWhig (Before 1856)
Republican (1856–1865)
SpouseElizabeth F. Ellis (m. 1829)
Children3
OccupationGrain miller

Charles Franklin Mitchell (February 18, 1806 – September 27, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from New York in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses.

Early life

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Mitchell was born in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on February 18, 1806, the son of Walter Mitchell and Hannah (Comly) Mitchell.[1][2][3] A Quaker,[4][5] he attended the public schools in Pennsylvania and became a journeyman miller.[6] He settled in Lockport, New York, in 1828 or 1829, operated a successful grain milling business, and was appointed to the volunteer fire department in 1829.[7][8] He was also active in other business ventures, including the Batavia and Lockport Railroad[9] and the Niagara Suspension Bridge Bank.[10]

On December 2, 1829, he married Elizabeth F. Ellis in Henrietta, New York.[11][12] She was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on October 23, 1809, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 24, 1898.[13][14] According to the 1850 U.S. Census, they were the parents of three children— Pierson, Mary, and Josephine.[15]

Continued career

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Active as a Whig, he was an early protege and business partner of Thurlow Weed.[16] In 1836 he was elected to the U.S. House as the Representative of New York's 33rd District.[17] He was reelected in 1838 and served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1841.[18][19]

During his second term, Mitchell was accused of not devoting his full attention to the business of Congress, and of not spending time in his district.[20] He was convicted of forgery later in 1841, and sentenced to one year in prison and a fine, but paroled for ill health, and later pardoned.[6][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Later career

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He later lived in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky.[15] By the time of the American Civil War, Mitchell had established himself in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.[27] By now a Republican, in 1860 and 1861 he sent letters to Abraham Lincoln and others in Lincoln's administration, in which he described the Kentucky political situation and the prospects for success at keeping the state in the Union.[28]

Later in the war Mitchell was part of a delegation that lobbied Secretary of State William H. Seward for the release of individuals from the Flemingsburg area who were being held prisoner for suspected Confederate sympathies, with Mitchell taking part because he was personally acquainted with Seward from their time as Whig politicians in New York.[29]

Death and burial

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Mitchell died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 27, 1865.[30] He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Burial Card, Charles F. Mitchell". SpringGrove.org. Cincinnati, Ohio: Spring Grove Cemetery. September 29, 1865. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Martindale, Joseph C., M.D. (1867). History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland, in Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Zell. p. 260 – via InternetArchive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Cox, John (1900). Quaker Records: Rochester Monthly Meeting, Monroe County, New York. Rochester, New York: Society of Friends. Rochester Monthly Meeting. p. 47 – via InternetArchive.
  4. ^ Clark, Donald A. (2011). The Notorious "Bull" Nelson: Murdered Civil War General. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8093-8603-1 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Neely, Mark E. (2009). The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-6740-4136-3 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Weed, Thurlow (1884). Barnes, Harriet Weed (ed.). Life of Thurlow Weed, Including His Autobiography and a Memoir. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 159 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Lewis, Clarence O. (September 23, 1964). "Pioneer Leaders of Frontier are Recalled" (PDF). Niagara Gazette. Niagara Falls, New York. p. 12 – via FultonHistory.com.
  8. ^ "Pioneer Firemen" (PDF). The Lockport Journal. Lockport, New York. June 4, 1904. p. 1 – via FultonHistory.com.
  9. ^ New York State Legislature (1836). Laws of the State of New York: Passed at the Fifty-Ninth Session of the Legislature. Albany, New York: E. Croswell. pp. 634–635 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ House of Assembly of Upper Canada (1838). Appendix to Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada. Toronto: The Patriot Office. p. 219 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Indexes, 1818-1850, ELE-GEN, Marriage Record, Elizabeth F. Ellis and Charles F. Mitchell" (PDF). Monroe County Library System. Rochester, New York: Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. 2006. p. 21. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  12. ^ Tree Talks. Vol. 16–17. Syracuse, New York: Central New York Genealogical Society. 1976. p. 107 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Death Notice, Mrs. Charles F. Mitchell". Daily Public Ledger. Maysville, Kentucky. February 26, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Death Notice, Elizabeth F. Mitchell". Friends' Intelligencer and Journal. Philadelphia: Friends' Intelligencer Association, Limited. March 12, 1898. p. 187 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ a b "1850 United States Federal Census, Entry for Charles F. Mitchell Family". Ancestry.com. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, LLC. 1850. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  16. ^ Van Deusen, Glyndon Garlock (1969). Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby. Boston: Da Capo Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-3067-1693-5 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "Members of Congress". The Fredonia Censor. Fredonia, New York. November 23, 1836. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Members of Congress". The Evening Post. New York. November 14, 1838. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ History of Niagara County, N.Y. New York: Sanford & Company. 1878. p. 108 – via InternetArchive.
  20. ^ "The "Hon." Charles F. Mitchell". The Extra Globe. Washington, DC: Blair and Rives. The Albany Argus. May 26, 1841. p. 23 – via Google Books.
  21. ^ Hughes, Jeremiah, ed. (November 27, 1841). "Charles F. Mitchell has been tried at New York". Niles' National Register. Baltimore. p. 208 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ Clay, Henry (1988). Seager, Robert II (ed.). The Papers of Henry Clay. Vol. 9. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-8131-0059-3 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ "The Lockport Union Has a Bit of History to Tell". Houston Daily Mercury. Houston, Texas. December 24, 1873. p. 1 – via The Portal to Texas History.
  24. ^ "Incidents: The Hon. Charles F. Mitchell". The Journal of Banking. Philadelphia: William M. Gouge. December 8, 1841. p. 183 – via Google Books.
  25. ^ Prison Association of New York (1845). First Report of the Prison Association of New York. New York: Jared W. Bell. p. 51 – via Google Books.
  26. ^ "Sentence of Charles F. Mitchell". The Evening Post. New York, New York. July 16, 1842. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ Collins, Lewis; Collins, Richard H. (1874). Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky. Vol. I. Covington, Kentucky: Collins & Co. p. 361 – via Google Books.
  28. ^ Lincoln, Abraham (1953). The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Vol. 4. Springfield, Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Association. pp. 54–55 – via Google Books.
  29. ^ Crawford, J. Marshall (1867). Mosby and His Men: A Record of the Adventures of that Renowned Partisan. New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. p. 86 – via Google Books.
  30. ^ a b Historian of the United States House of Representatives. "Biography, Charles F. Mitchell". Bioguide.congress.gov. Washington, DC: United States House of Representatives. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 33rd congressional district
1837–1841 		Succeeded by

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