Joseph Mitchell (1841 - 1903)

Born 1841 in County Down, Ireland

Descendants

Biography

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

JOSEPH MITCHELL, Jr. , alderman of the seventeenth ward of the city of Pittsburg, was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1841. His father, also named Joseph,...

In 1865 he was married to Miss Adelaide V. McKee, and to this marriage there have been born five children: H. W., a lawyer in Pittsburg; D. E., a clerk in Heyl & Patterson's machine shops; J. C, a roll turner: Frank, a clerk, and B. C, clerk in a bank.

From History of Pittsburgh and Environs:

(H. Walton Mitchell) Mr. Mitchell is a son of Joseph and Adelaide V. (McKee) Mitchell, and was born in Pittsburgh, April 5, 1867. His father was born in County Down, Ireland, and when five years of age was brought by his parents to Pittsburgh. He entered business in this city, was a successful and well known merchant, and here resided until his death in August, 1903. Adelaide V. (McKee) Mitchell was a daughter of David McKee, of North Fayette township, Allegheny county, Pa., member of a family who early settled in that locality, and became prominent in the community.

Sources

• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 429-430)
• Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 4, p. 314)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91002946/joseph-l-mitchell: accessed 24 November 2023), memorial page for Joseph L Mitchell (1841–1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91002946, citing Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.