SAMUEL W. MITCHELL,
general farmer and well and favorably known citizen of Wilmington
Township, who resides on his excellent farm of eighty acres, which is
situated. on the east side of the Mercer and New
Castle Road, about one-quarter of a mile from New Wilmington, was
born April 25, 1842, and is a son of Samuel W. and Catherine (Raney)
Mitchell. The earlier members of the Mitchell family lived in Neshannock
Township, Lawrence. County, and were prominent farmers. Samuel W.
Mitchell the elder, moved to New Castle, where he carried on an
undertaking business.
Samuel W. Mitchell resided at New Castle until he was
about twenty-five years of age, after the close of his second term of
enlistment as a soldier in the Civil War. He was a member of the Twelfth
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, during his first enlistment,
and of the Second Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, during his
second term, serving under
James A. Garfield. His service was mainly with General Sherman’s
forces, and he participated in twenty battles. Mr. Mitchell did not
escape some of the dangers of war, as while his company was pursuing
General Morgan he was wounded in the right leg.
On May 14, 1870, Mr. Mitchell was married to Lucinda
Biddle, and has had five children, namely: Dr. Mitchell, a practitioner
at Edenburg, who married Isabella Dinker; Fred, who works at the
carpenter ‘s trade; Charles Foster, who is deceased; Samuel, who
teaches school, and John W., who is attending Ohio University. Mr.
Mitchell and his family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
came to his present farm in 1906, and has been engaged exclusively in
agricultural pursuits since. Before coming here he owned
190 acres in Pulaski Township.
Twentieth Century History
of New Castle and Lawrence County, 1908, pages 564-565
