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 MITCHELL

MITCHELL

J%e World before Abraham (1901); also a trans- lation of Piepenbring's work on New Theology of the Old Testament (1889), and numerous ar- ticles in theological journals.

MITCHELL, James S., representative, was born at Rossville, York county, Pa., in 1784, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was educated at the Friends' meeting-house school near his home in Warrington township, and was a member of the Society of Friends. He was a Democrat in poli- tics and represented York county in the Pennsyl- vania legislature, 1813-14, and in the 17th, 18th and 19th congresses, 1821-27. In 1827 he removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, and a few years later to Belleville, 111, where he died in 1844.

MITCHELL, James Tyndale, jurist, was born in Belleville, 111., Nov. 9, 1834; son of Edward Phillips and Elizabeth (Tyndale) Mitchell ; grand- son of James and Ann O. (Walton) Mitchell ; and a descendant of Edward Mitchell who came from England to Charleston, S.C, in 1700. He attended the public schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated from Harvard college, A.B., 1855, A.M., 1858, and from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1857. He was admitted to the bar at PhiiVelphia in 1857 ; served with the emergency troops in 1862 and 1863; was assistant city solicitor, 1860-63, and editor-in-chief of the American Law Register, 1861-87. He was elected judge of the district court of Philadelphia in 1871, and under the new constitution of 1875 he was transferred to the court of common pleas, which office he held till 1888, when he was elected a justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. He was appointed one of the three commissioners to report on tlie acts of the Colonial assembly not printed and to edit and publish the statutes at large from 1681 to 1800. He served as president of the council of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, vice-provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, a member of the American Philosophical society, member of tl»e Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of the Sons of the Revolution, and of the Order of the Cincinnati, and president of the Harvard club of Philadelphia. The degree of LL.B. was conferred on him by the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1860 and that of LL.D. by the Jefferson Medical college. Pa., in 1872, and by Harvard in 1901. He edited ir///m)u.<»on Real Properti/ {IS'72), and is the author of History of the District Court of Philadelphia (1875); Mitchell on Motions and Rules (1879); Reports on the Eirly Statutes of Pennsylvania ( 1886) ; Fidelity to Court and Client in Criminal Cases, an address before the Pennsyl- vania State Bar Association (1899), and John Marshall, an ad Iress before the Law Association of Phihtdelphia on the celebration of the centen- ary of his installation as chief justice, Feb. 4, 1801.

MITCHELL, John Ames, author, was born in New York city, Jan. 17, 1845 ; son of Asa and Harriet ( Ames) Mitchell; grandson of Charles Cushing and Hannah (Clift) Mitchell and of Oliver and Sarah ( Angier) Ames, and a descend- ant of Experience Mitchell, Plymouth, 1623. His parents were natives of Plymouth county, Mass., and there his early education was obtained. He was prepared for college at Phillips academy, Ex- eter, N.H., and attended the Lasvrence Scientific school at Harvard, 1864. He studied architecture in the office of Ware & Van Brunt, Boston, Mass., 1865-67, and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1867-70, and established himself as architect in Boston, in 1871. He went to Paris in 1876 for the purpose of studying art, and was a pupil of Julian, and of Albert Maignan. He exhibited at the Paris exposition in 1880 and received honorable mention for his work. He also pro- duced a series of etchings entitled Croqnis de V Exposition (1879). He settled in New York city on his return in 1880, and in January, 1883, es- tablished Life, an artistic and satirical illustra- ted journal. He conducted its literary and art department from its first issue. He was married, June 30, 1885, to Mary Hodges, daughter of John Mott of Salem, Mass. He is the author of : The Sum,mer School of Philosophy at Mt, Desert (1881); The Romance of the Moon (1886); The Last American (1889); Life's Fairy Tales (1893); Amos Judd (1895); That First A<fair (1896); Gloria Victis {Wd':)-, The Pines of Lory (1901).

MITCHELL, John H., senator, was born in Washington county. Pa., June 32, 1835; son of John and Jemima Mitchell, and grandson of John Mitchell of Scotch-German ancestry. His parents moved to Butler coun- ty in 1837, where he attended a private school and the With-' erspoon institute. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and re- moving to California practised in San Luis Obispo and San Fran- cisco until 1860, when ho went to Portland, Ore. He was corporation at- torney for the city of Portland, 1861-62. At this time there

was a strong sentiment in the Pacific states in favor of the establishment of a Pacific Coast Republic. The scheme gained considerable head- way, and Mr. Mitchell's eloquence and influence were employed in support of the Union. On this issue he was elected to the state senate in 1862,

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