Individual Details
Joseph Francis MITCHELL
(Abt 1846 - 1920)
An excerpt from the bio of Joseph Francis Mitchell:
"...........His parents, Jackson and Bridget (Welsh) Mitchell, were born in Green county, Wisconsin, near Monroe, in 1846 and the mother passed away in 1874. The father spent practically all his active life engaged in farming, although for three years during the Civil war he engaged in buying and selling horses, being at that time a mere boy. After the close of hostilities, about the fall of 1865, he came to Iowa and for some years thereafter worked as a farm hand, later becoming a landowner. From the year 1870 until 1906 he continued to improve and develop his excellent farm and secured an enviable place in the ranks of progressive and substantial agriculturists. In the latter years he moved to Monona, where he has since lived practically retired, having sold his farm in 1911. He was three times married, his first wife having been Miss Catharine Stapleton, by whom he had one child. By his second marriage, to the mother of the subject of this review, he was the father of two children, and by his third wife, who was Mrs. Sarah (Flack) McGoon, he had five daughters........."
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed and submitted by Diana Diedrich
"...........His parents, Jackson and Bridget (Welsh) Mitchell, were born in Green county, Wisconsin, near Monroe, in 1846 and the mother passed away in 1874. The father spent practically all his active life engaged in farming, although for three years during the Civil war he engaged in buying and selling horses, being at that time a mere boy. After the close of hostilities, about the fall of 1865, he came to Iowa and for some years thereafter worked as a farm hand, later becoming a landowner. From the year 1870 until 1906 he continued to improve and develop his excellent farm and secured an enviable place in the ranks of progressive and substantial agriculturists. In the latter years he moved to Monona, where he has since lived practically retired, having sold his farm in 1911. He was three times married, his first wife having been Miss Catharine Stapleton, by whom he had one child. By his second marriage, to the mother of the subject of this review, he was the father of two children, and by his third wife, who was Mrs. Sarah (Flack) McGoon, he had five daughters........."
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed and submitted by Diana Diedrich
Events
| Birth | Abt 1846 | Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin | |||
| Marriage | 4 Jul 1877 | Sarah Elizabeth (Sara) FLACK |  | ||
| Death | 1920 | | |||
| Burial | 1920 | Monona City Cemetery, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa | |||
| Marriage | Bridget WELSH |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Elizabeth (Sara) FLACK (1848 - 1934) |
| Child | Myrtle MITCHELL (1887 - ) |
| Spouse | Catherine STAPLETON ( - ) |
| Spouse | Bridget WELSH (1846 - 1874) |
Notes
Marriage
The Iowa Vital Marriage records 1809-1992 indicate Sarah's marriage to a Platt Mitchell.
Death
He is listed on the 1920 Federal Census dated 8 January 1920.