Mitchell Satterwhite
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite (1864 - 1929)

Joseph Mitchell (Mitchell) Satterwhite
Born in Texasmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 6 Jan 1886 in Cherokee, Texas, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1900 in Texasmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 64 in Texasmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Marshall Satterwhite private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 13 Nov 2014
This page has been accessed 387 times.

Biography

Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite b. 26 Nov 1864 d. 5 Oct 1929 m. 6 Jan 1886, Mollie F. Sanders b. 29 Feb 1867 d. 18 Nov 1892, daughter of J. A. Sanders, m. about 1900 (2) Lizzie Josephine Robertson b. 1879. He is buried at Lovelady, Texas. Lizzie m. Ed Dale and two others after Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite died; she died in Idaho or MI. In 1910 census, Thomas Christian, Jr. (widower) was living with J.M.S. and Lizzie. Mollie and some of the children are buried Center Hill Cem. Houston Co., Texas, four miles north of Lovelady on old Crockett Rd. Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite owned a general store and a cotton gin in Lovelady, Texas.

The attached photo of the tokens used at Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite's store in Lovelady, Texas were legally used by agreement between the store owner and the owner of the saw mill. Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite bought the tokens from the manufacturer for a fraction of the face value. The saw mill owner paid Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite, face value minus a discount. The saw mill owner paid his workers with the tokens. The workers spent the tokens at Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite's store. The store owner and the saw mill owner liked the system, the workers possibly did not. Coal miners in KY, PA and Ohio were paid in that way and labor unions fought against the system.

Sources





Is Mitchell your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mitchell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mitchell:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

S  >  Satterwhite  >  Joseph Mitchell Satterwhite