Individual Details

1860 Census. Alton, Madison Co IL, H 1252
W. Mitchell, age 42, real estate $37,500, personal property $30,000, b. Ohio
Lidia, 29, b. VA
John J. age 6, Mary A. age 4, b. IL
Margarett, age 26, servant, b. IL
Mary Carroll, age 22, b. Ireland

1870 Census. Alton, Madison Co IL, Hh 872
W. H. Mitchell, age 52, farmer, b. Ohio
Jane P., 35, b. Maine
John J. 16. Mary A. 15, Bassy -female, age 8, Guy H. 7 months - all born in Illinois
Alex, Ringering, age 20, domestic servant, b. Hanover
Bridget Morrisy, age 22, cook, b. Ireland
Caroline Erbeck, age 17, domestic servant, b. IL
William's brother John J. was on the same page - both gave the same value of their estate as Real Estate - $400,000 and Personal Property $250,000.
Brother Leander was also living in Alton. His real property valued at $5000 and personal at $1000.

1880 Census: District 14, Chicago, Cook Co, IL, Hh 124
William Mitchell, age 50, Capitalist, b. Ohio, parents b. Ohio
Jennie, age 40, wife, b. Maine
John J., age 26, son, Cashier in bank, b. Alton, IL
Mollie, age 23, dau, b. Alton, IL
Bessie, age 17, dau, b. Alton, IL
Guy, age 11, son, b. Alton, IL
Hortense, age 8, dau, b. Alton, IL
Margaret, age 5, dau, b. Chicago
John Clamsen, age 33, Coachman, b. Denmark
Etta Damaths, age 33, cook, b. Germany
Mary Hollihan, age 30, servant, b. Ireland

1900 Census:
Chicago Ward 2, Cook Co, Illinois, Hh 147
W. H. Mitchell, b. Mar 1817, age 83, married for 48 years, b. Ohio, parents b. PA
Jennie, wife, b. Mar 1838, age 62, 8 children, 6 are living, b. Maine as were her parents
Hortense L. dau, b. Apr 1874, age 26, b. Illinois
Margarite, dau, b. May 1877, age 23, b. Illinois
Louise Stevens, sister-in-law, b. Feb 1830, age 70, widow, had only 1 child, not living, b. Maine
Isabella Campbell, servant, b. Sep 1876, age 23, b. Canada, parents b. Scotland, immigrated in 1893, waitress
Meggie Holloran, servant, b. March 1860, age 40, b. Minnesota, cook
Anna Johnson, servant, b. May 1860, age 40, b. Missouri, laundress

Listed in Cook County, Illinois, Death Index, 1878-1922, Ancestry.com
William Hamilton Mitchel, b. 9 Mar 1817, Ohio. Died 8 Mar 1910, Chicago Cook, Illinois
Buried 12 Mar 1910, Graceland, Chicago.
Miller & Steamboat Owner
His father was James Mitchell, b. PA; his mother Elizabeth McCullough, b. PA

The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa, Wed 9 Mar 1910.
William H. Mitchell Dies
Chicago, March 9 - William Hamilton Mitchell, vice president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, and father of John J. Mitchell, president of the same bank, died in his residence 2004 Calumet Avenue at 7:45 o'clock last night. He was 93 years old, and up to the moment of his death enjoyed fairly good health.



Son John J.:
From the book, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, p.1024
Mary Louise Jewett was born in Bath, Me., 29 July 1867. She married Feb. 189 to John James Mitchell, who was born in alton, Ill., 3 Nov 1853, son of Ailliam Hamilton and Anne N. (Kelley) Mitchell. They reside in Chicago, Ill., where he is President of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, one of the greatest financial institutions in the country outside of New York. Mr. Mitchell is well known in the finanacial world on account of being behind so many of the large financial deals and is called by Many of the newspapers, the J. Pierpont Morgan of Chicago.
Note: there were five children

Son Guy:
7 Dec 1920. Guy Hamilton Mitchell applied obtained a Passport - application #126826. He was born at Alton, ILL. on the 19th day of November 1869. His father was William Hamilton Mitchel, born, Wheeling, W, VA, deceased. From 1909 to 1917 he lived in Florence, Italy. His permanent residence now is Chicago, IL where he is a painter. He intends to return to the US within 2 years. He will be visiting, Japan, China, IndoChina, Java, Siam and India for recreation and study. He intends to leave from the port of San Francisco on board the "Ecuador". His last passport was dated 15 Nove 191 but was cancelled by the clerk.
He was age 51, 5'7" tall, with brown eyes and dark hair. Mark Anthony Devine personally declared he had known Guy H. Mitchell for 25 years and knew him to be a citizen of the US.
19 May 2022 - he applied for an amendment to the passport t visit Canada and the United Kingdom to meet his sister in London who is coming from Florence, Italy, to meet him there. His occupation was: Artist.

Birth	9 Mar 1817	Belmont County, Ohio
Death	8 Mar 1910	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Father	James Mitchell (1776 - 1849)
Mother	Elizabeth McCullough (1783 - 1849)
Sibling	Mary Mitchell (1807 - 1885)
Sibling	Thomas J. Mitchell (1808 - 1876)
Sibling	Catherine Mitchell (1809 - 1885)
Sibling	Rachel Scott Mitchell (1811 - 1889)
Sibling	John James Mitchell (1813 - 1903)
Sibling	Adaline Mitchell (1815 - 1844)
Sibling	Elizabeth M. Mitchell (1819 - 1827)
Sibling	Lucinda Mitchell (1821 - 1845)
Sibling	Permelia Mitchell (1823 - 1825)
Sibling	Leander Clark Mitchell (1826 - 1903)