Hiram Benjamin Mitchell (1915 - 1993)

Born 15 Apr 1915 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Amy A. (Ellingsworth) Mitchell — married 22 Feb 1938 in Lafargeville, New York

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Biography

Harold was born about 1916. He is the son of Isaac Mitchell and Florence Staley. ^[1]

County Clerk, Jefferson County, New York.

Wedding Announcement

ELLINGWORTH - MITCHELL WEDDING

Miss Amy A. Ellingworth Bride of H. Ben Mitchell (1938)

Lafargeville Couple Is Wed in Trinity Chapel in This City

Lafargeville, Feb. 22. --Miss Amy A. Ellingworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Ellingworth, became the bride of H. Ben Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Mitchell, both of Lafargeville, in a ceremony performed Monday evening at 9:30 in the chapel of the Trinity church at Watertown. Rev. Walter C. Middleton, rector, officiated.

Mr. and Mrs. Harley S. Mills, brother-in-law and sister of the bridegroom, attended the couple. The parents of both also witnessed the ceremony.

Mrs. Mitchell was gowned in an orchid dress with accessories to match.

The couple will leave today on a ten day wedding trip to New York city and Washington, D. C. Upon their return they will make their home with the bridegroom’s parents at Lafargeville.

Mrs. Mitchell, a native of Lafargeville, received her education in the schools at Lafargeville. She graduated from the Lafargeville High school in 1936. For the past years she has been employed as a clerk for the F. W. Woolworth store in Watertown. During the last two years in high school, Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the school girls basketball team.

Mr. Mitchell was born in Lafargeville and has always made his home there. He was graduated from the Lafargeville High school in 1931. He studied for one year at Cornell university. While in high school, Mr. Mitchell played on the varsity basketball team. In his senior year he was elected captain of the court team and president of the senior class.

Mr. Mitchell is employed on his father’s farm. His father is appraiser of tuberculous cattle in Jefferson county. [Leon Hunter's Scrapbook]^[2]

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Sources

• 1920 US Census: Orleans, Jefferson County, NY, 9 & 10 Feb 1920, Enumeration District 32, Sheet 10A^[3][4]
• 1930 US Census: Orleans, Jefferson County, NY, 15 Apr 1930, Enumeration District 39, Sheet 5A^[5][6]
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007: Hiram Benjamin Mitchell [H Ben Mitchell], born 18 Apr 1915, Lafargeville NY, died 31 Aug 1993. Notes: 25 Mar 1983: Name listed as HIRAM BENJAMIN MITCHELL; 11 Sep 1993: Name listed as H BEN MITCHELL^[7][8]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #132542825; H. Ben Mitchell, Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County NY

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 17 May 2017.
2. ↑ New York GenWeb; Jefferson County. See: Leon Hunter's Scrapbook
3. ↑ Enumerated as 'Hiram G.'
4. ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: T625_1116; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 739
5. ↑ Enumerated as 'Harold B.'
6. ↑ Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Roll: 1443; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0039; Image: 563.0; FHL microfilm: 2341178
7. ↑ Parents lisred as Isaac B. Mitchell and Laura F. Staley.
8. ↑ Social Security Administration