David D. Mitchell1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17260, (abt 1850 - 1883)
FatherD. D. Mitchell5
MotherRebecca E. Mims4 (abt 1829 - 27 Apr 1892)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1850, Kentucky6,7,8
Marriage: 20 Jan 1878, Dardanelle, Yell Co., Arkansas, Annie L. Dismukes (18 Oct 1858 - 28 Jul 1937)9,10
Death: 22 Jun 188311
Burial: Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell Co., Arkansas12
ChartsDescendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
AncestryThe Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     David D. Mitchell was born about 1850 in Kentucky.6,7,8
     He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, in the household of his mother, Rebecca E. Mims, and step-father, John Eaker.1,13
     He was a steam boat clerk by 1870.14
     David appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, in the household of Robert Livingston Cobb and Cornelia Barbour Mims, his mother's sister and her husband.14
     David married Annie L. Dismukes, daughter of Robert Logan Dismukes and Sarah E. Hughes, on 20 Jan 1878 in Dardanelle, Yell Co., Arkansas, at the home of the her mother, with Rev. W. J. Dodson officiating.9,10
     He was a clerk in store by 1880.15
     David and Annie appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Dardanelle, Yell Co., Arkansas, enumerated 2 Jun 1880. Their daughter Linah was listed as living with them, as was Lissie Cravens, a servant.16
     David died on 22 Jun 1883.11 He was buried in Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell Co., Arkansas.12

Children:
     Children with Annie L. Dismukes

No record of David and Annie's daughter Linah has been found after she and her mother visted friends in Russellville in Mar 1884.
  • Linah Mitchell16 (Aug 1879 - )
  • Claude V. Mitchell17 (Jan 1881 - 25 Feb 1881)

Citations

  1. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  2. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows name as David Mitchell.
  3. [S14063] "Married," The Russellville Democrat, 24 Jan 1878, shows name as D. D. Mitchell.
  4. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows the boy living with the father's widow and her new husband, with surname Mitchell.
  6. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 10 and state.
  7. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows age 20 and state.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 59524608, Davie D. Mitchelle, includes tombstone photo showing age 33 at death 22 Jun 1883.
  9. [S14063] "Married," The Russellville Democrat, 24 Jan 1878, shows date, city, state, at home of bride's mother, and officiant.
  10. [S14064] D. D. Mitchell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Yell Co., Arkansas, shows married.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 59524608, Davie D. Mitchelle, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 59524608, Davie D. Mitchelle, includes tombstone photo.
  13. [S1492] John Eaker, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  14. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S14064] D. D. Mitchell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Yell Co., Arkansas, shows occupation as clerk in store.
  16. [S14064] D. D. Mitchell household, 1880 U.S. Census, Yell Co., Arkansas.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 59524608, Davie D. Mitchelle, and memorial # 59524579, Claude V Mitchelle, both buried in same cemetery with same unusal spelling of surname.