Morris John Mitchell (1762 - 1848)

Born 27 Jul 1762 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Husband of Elizabeth (Hoosang) Mitchell — married 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1848 at age 85 in Wishart, Polk, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Disputed parents: several online trees claim that Morris's parents were John Mitchell and Sarah Mahurin. There is no primary record to support these parents, and in fact it seems very unlikely given that 1) This would make Morris born 11 months after another of John and Sarah's children, interrupting the otherwise typical spacing of 2-3 years per child, and 2) Morris was reportedly born in Maryland at a time when John and Sarah lived in New Jersey. John and Sarah have therefore been detached until a reliable source is furnished identifying them as his parents.

Rev. Morris Mitchell was born about 1762. He died in Jan 1848.

He married Elizabeth Hoosang 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Elizabeth and Jacob Hoosang); born April 15, 1766; died September 4, 1858, Polk County, Missouri; burial in Mitchell Campground Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri.

Morris became a Methodist Episcopal minister as did three of his sons: John, James and Jesse. This calling was followed by a remarkable number of grandsons, great-grandsons, and men who married into the family.

By 1786 Morris and Elizabeth Mitchell had migrated from Washington County, Pennsylvania to Greene County (now Knox County), Tennessee. Morris was a Methodist minister for many years. He and wife Elizabeth moved to Polk County, MO in 1835. He was a Revolutionary War soldier and has a DAR number. Family records show the Cemetery is in Bolivar, Polk Co, MO.

Children of Morris Mitchell and Elizabeth Hoosang

(i) Rev. John Mitchell, born July 21, 1782, Washington County, Pennsylvania; died August 18, 1829, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

(ii) Jacob Mitchell, born May 1, 1784, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

(iii) Rev. James Mitchell, born October 19, 1786, Knox County, Tennessee (now Greene County); died June 28, 1876, Polk County, Missouri; buried at Mitchell's Campground.^[1] He married Sarah "Sallie" Nave, born March 4, 1793 in Rockingham County, Virginia; died March 20, 1850 in Polk County, Missouri. In 1834 the Mitchell Family wagon train migrated from Eastern Tennessee to the fertile area in Missouri that would become Polk County.

(iv) Rebecca Mitchell, born July 30, 1789, Tennessee; died May 27, 1856, McMinn County, Tennessee.

(v) Abraham Mitchell, born January 23, 1791, Tennessee; died 1860, Tennessee.

(vi) Margaret Mary (Mitchell) Winton, born February 11, 1793, Tennessee; died August 21, 1881, Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas. She married William Winton April 14, 1810 in Roane County, Tennessee.

(vii) Rhoda Emily (Mitchell) Winton, born May 19, 1795, Roane County, Tennessee; died September 03, 1886, Roane County, Tennessee. She married James Asbury Winton December 31, 1811 in Roane County, Tennessee.

(viii) Rev. Jesse Mitchell, born March 18, 1798, Knox County, Tennessee; died August 12, 1854, Polk County, Missouri.

(ix) Elizabeth "Betsy" Mitchell, born March 16, 1800, Tennessee; died November 16, 1865, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

(x) Stephen Mitchell, born August 02, 1802, Tennessee; died February 29, 1888, Polk County, Missouri.

(xi) Elijah Mitchell, born September 17, 1804, Roane County, Tennessee.

(xii) Wesley Mitchell, born March 11, 1810, Roane County, Tennessee; died November 18, 1851, Missouri.

(xiii) Louisa Mitchell, born July 12, 1813, Tennessee; died March 07, 1888, Polk County, Missouri.

(xiv) Martha Mitchell, born July 12, 1815, Knox Co., Tennessee; died February 02, 1854, Polk County, Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ "James Mitchell (1786—1876) large, tall, angular with a voice like a lion, preached twenty-two years in Tennessee and forty-one years in Missouri."

• Source: S00128 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R00001 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. CONT
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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36664416/morris-john-mitchell: accessed 21 June 2023), memorial page for Rev Morris John Mitchell (27 Jul 1762–15 Jan 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36664416, citing Mitchell Campground Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Carl Comer (contributor 46959244).

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Mitchell-3146 created through the import of Cynthia Ann Threat.ged on Jan 6, 2012 by Cindy Threat. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Cindy and others. Entered by Jon Cunnyngham, Jan 24, 2012.

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