Farmer and Blacksmith. Owned 80 acres. Married Maggie Spillers about 1908. Active in Pine Hill Baptist Church. Had 8 or 9 brothers, one of whom was Perry Mitchell, an ordained minister[1]
Burial
Pine Hill Cemetery, Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA [2]
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 22 March 2019), memorial page for James Mills Mitchell (3 Jan 1888–9 Feb 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #29155419, citing Pine Hill Cemetery, Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Duffie and Kathy (contributor 46950425) .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPF-6HS : accessed 22 March 2019), Mills Mitchell in household of John R Mitchell, Ward 3, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 11A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,585.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBX-676 : accessed 24 March 2019), James M Mitchell, Police Jury Ward 3, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,374,546.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8G-YG9 : 13 March 2018), James Mills Mitchell, 1917-1918; citing Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,685,026.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWC-MFL : accessed 24 March 2019), James M Mitchell, Police Jury Ward 3, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 95, sheet 12B, line 62, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 633; FHL microfilm 1,820,633.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT8-VL8 : accessed 24 March 2019), James M Mitchell, Police Jury Ward 3, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 4A, line 37, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5Y-Z5Q : 14 March 2018), Mills J Mitchell, Police Jury Ward 3, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-10, sheet 5A, line 15, family 86, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1462.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5MY-WMF : 8 November 2017), James Milles Mitchell, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNRY-M4K : 11 March 2018), James Mills Mitchell, 09 Feb 1957; citing Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana, certificate number 4427, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 4,364,329.
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Mitchell-24144 and Mitchell-2279 appear to represent the same person because: same find a grave on both profiles. father in process of merge. spouse in process of merge.