Individual Details

Leander married Sophia Bayless, half sister to Caroline Bayless that married his brother John James Mitchell, on 12 Sep 1850, Jefferson Co, Ohio

1850 Census: Warren Twp, Jefferson Co, Ohio Hh 2663
Leander Mitchell, age 24, farmer, b. Ohio
Sophia, age 23
Ellen Joe age 17. Joseph age 1. Mary Chauss, age 5 - all mulatto
James McGinigle, age 45, school teacher, b. Penn.
in Hh 2662 was Leander's father-in-law
John B. Bayless, age 62, b. MD, farmer
Elizabeth, age 50, b. MD
James, 20, clerk, b. OH
Marin [female] 13, Edward 12, William 10, all b. OH


1870 Census, Alton, Madison Co IL Hh 863
Lea. Mitchell, 44, farmer, b. Ohio, real estate $5000, personal property $1000
Sophy, 38, b. Ohio
Lizzi 19, b. Ohio
Belle, 16, b. Ohio [Isabell D.]
Mary Kelly, 38, Domestic Servant, b. Ireland
John Kelly, 3, b. Illinois
Louis Johnson, 10, Domestic Servant, b. MS

Find A Grave Memorial# 70403516
Born 1826, Ohio. Died 28 Mar 1903, Mexico, Audrain, MO
Buried Elmwood Cemetery
Sophia Berthia Isabella Bayless was born 20 Jul 1827, Portland, Meigs, Ohio, and died 17 Mar 1911, Carthage, Jasper, MO. Parents were John Browne Bayless & Elizabeth Hall Presbury.

The St Louis Republic, St. Louis, MO, 27 Mar 1903, Friday, p.4
LEANDER C. MITCHELL DEAD
Was a Brother of John J. Mitchell of St. Louis
Republic Special.
Mexico, MO, March 26 - Captain Leander C. Mitchell an old Mississippi and Missouri River steamboat captain, for many years a contractor in railway work, died here this morning of acute bronchitis at the age of 77 years. He leaves a widow and two children, Mrs. R. M. White of this city, and Mrs. Charles Hodges of Carthage. He was a brother of the late John J. Michell of St. Louis, who built the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and who died a multimillionaire a month age.
Captain Mitchell was born in Ohio in 1826, and has lived in Alton, Ill., Louisiana and Mexico, MO, since early manhood. When the C & Aterminated at Alton he had the contract to transport freight and passengers from Alton to St. Louis. during the war his boats were confiscated by the Government for the purpose of transporting troops from Illinois points to the South. He was intrusted with the work of securing the rights of way for the Chicago and Alton when the extension was made from this city to Kansas City twenty-five years ago and also contracted to transfer the cars over the Missouri at Glasgow for several years before the bridge was built there.
Funeral services will be conducted from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in this city Sunday afternoon, by which time R. M. White, a son-in-law, will have returned from a trip to Cuba.

Pennsylvania Death Certificate #67437
Elizabeth Mitchell Hodges died 8 Jul 1936 in Doylestown, Bucks Co, Ohio of cancer of uterus and liver. She was the widow of Charles H. Hodges. She was born 4 Jun 1852, at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Her father was Leander c. Mitchell; her mother Sophia Baylas - both born in Ohio. Informant was ??? Mitchell Hodges. Buried 10 Jul 1936.

Birth	2 Feb 1826	Belmont County, Ohio
Death	26 Mar 1903	Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri
Burial		Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri

Father	James Mitchell (1776 - 1849)
Mother	Elizabeth McCullough (1783 - 1849)
Sibling	Mary Mitchell (1807 - 1885)
Sibling	Thomas 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	William Hamilton Mitchell (1817 - 1910)
Sibling	Elizabeth M. Mitchell (1819 - 1827)
Sibling	Lucinda Mitchell (1821 - 1845)
Sibling	Permelia Mitchell (1823 - 1825)