Mitchell Family History
Samuel Findley Mitchell & Mary Elizabeth Linebaugh
Samuel Findley Mitchell was born May 7,
1806 in Mitchellville, Mercer County (now Washington County), Kentucky, the son of
James Mitchell.
According to a story passed down in the family Nancy
Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, lived in the James Mitchell home when
Findley Mitchell was born. The Mitchell's helped her get her cloths together for
her wedding to Thomas Lincoln and prevailed on her to postpone her wedding a few
months until the child (Findley) was born.
In 1841 Findley moved to Missouri with his father and then back
to Montgomery County, Tennessee before the 1850 U.S. Census. In 1859 and purchased about one hundred acres from Robert Shanklin
estate where he built a Greek revival mansion.
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| Just over the KY-TN state line near Guthrie, KY. Reportedly
burned down in the 1990's due to bad electrical wiring. |
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He
married Mary Elizabeth Linebaugh on April 15, 1841
in Robertson County, Tennessee, the daughter of
Thomas and Ann (nee Owings) Linebaugh (sometimes spelled Lynebaugh).
Mary E Linebaugh was born June 4, 1825.
Samuel Findley Mitchell died February 6, 1896 (Findagrave) at Sadlersville, Robertson County, Tennessee. Mary E. Mitchell (nee Linebaugh) died August 31,
1907 (Findagrave) and is buried in the Mitchell Cemetery, Robertson County, Tennessee.
Their children were as follows:
1. Ann E. Mitchell,
born March 9, 1843; died November 10, 1903 with burial in
Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN.; married four star General Hugh A. Dixon on December 1, 1868 in
Montgomery County, Tennessee. He was raised at Port Royal. Shot during the war.
He and Ann were married at the old Mitchell home before it was completed, and he
did all the work finishing it. He was born December 6, 1836 and died August 25,
1877. Married
on Nov 24, 1886 Martin V. Ingram of Clarksville, TN. in Robertson County, TN. after Hugh
Dixon's death. [9]
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| Hugh A. Dixon & Ann E. Mitchell |
Children: 1)
2. Margaret Tabitha Mitchell
born November 17, 1844, died June 18, 1894; married
Richard Thompson Hollins
on January 21, 1863.
3. Susan 'Sudie' Mary Mitchell,
born 8 Mar 1847; died 18 Jun 1920 with burial in the Hickman City, Fulton
County, Kentucky cemetery (Findagrave);
married a Richard 'Dick' Brandon Brevard in 1874 in Robertson County, TN. He was
born March 8, 1838; died Nov 2, 1931 Union City, Obion County, Tennessee with
burial in the Hickman City Cemetery, Fulton County, KY. (Findagrave) U.S.
Census: 1840, 1850, 1860,
1870, 1880,
1890, 1900,
1910,
1920.
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| Sudie Mitchell (married Richard Brandon Brevard) |
Children: 1)
Marie Findley Brevard
born 1875. 2) Irvan Brevard born abt. 1882.
4. Thomas James Mitchell
born July 1, 1850; died April 23, 1889 in Robertson County, TN.; married Carrie Wal(?) Lived at Columbia,
Maury County, TN. [11]
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| Tom Mitchell |
5. Ellen C. Mitchell
born August 11, 1853; died July 1, 1893 in Robertson County, TN; married a Anderson.
Buried in Mitchell cemetery.
6. Virginia 'Jeanie' West Mitchell
born September 30, 1855, died July 14, 1890 in
Robertson County, TN. [10]; , married May 7, 1879 to Burwell Grubb Fuqua in Robertson
County, TN.[13].
Children: 1) Ernest Mitchell Fuqua 2) Mary Elizabeth
Fuqua Rasson 3) Joseph Findley Fuqua
7. Addie J. Mitchell,
born June 5, 1857 in Robertson County, TN; Died June 10, 1909 in Robertson
County, TN. Never married. Was Addie a nickname for Adelaide
or Adelheid?
8. Fannie L. Mitchell,
born July 14, 1860; died August 8, 1942 with burial in the
Sadler Cemetery, Sadlersville, Robertson County, TN.; married James William Milam
born Nov. 19, 1847;
died Feb 24, 1935 in Montgomery County, TN. buried in Sadler Cemetery; Son named Roy lived between Pembroke and Fairview.
Note
written by Fannie Milam on her ancestry.
Was 'Fannie' a nickname for Elizabeth or Frances?
Children: 1) Calvin Finley Milam
9. Robert Logan Mitchell
born 31 July 1863 in Robertson County, TN.; died 8 Jan 1942 Franklin, Simpson
County, KY.; married Nola Draper.
Children: Lena Elizabeth 1917-1942, Ruth Bessie 1919-2007
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Photo abt. 1870 of Robert Mitchell's son-in-law
Capt. Clinton Linebaugh Randle
(identified by Daniel Randle,
Chattanooga, TN.) |
10. Lizzie Findley Mitchell,
born circa 1865-66. The
28 August
1922 Todd County, KY death record for Lizzie M. Kimbrough confirms that her
parents were Findly Mitchell and Elizabeth Linebaugh. She was born 6
January 1866, died 1922 and is
buried in Belmont Cemetery, Allensville, Todd,
Kentucky. She married on Aug 10, 1905 Judge Underwood Kimbrough (1848-1922) in
Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN. Both are buried in Belmont Cemetery
Children: 1) Mildred Kimbrough 2) Emma Kimbrough
[1] Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961
as transcribed on FamilySearch.org's website lists Lizzie M. Krinbraugh who died
in 1922 at Guthrie, Todd County, Kentucky as the daughter of Findley Mitchell and
Elizabeth Linebaugh.
[4] 1860 Federal Census - Montgomery
County, Tennessee - S.F. Mitchell
[6] 1880 Federal Census -
District 17 - Robertson County, Tennessee
S.F.
Mitchell.......M......W.....74..Head.........Married............Farmer.....................Kentucky........Virginia......Virginia
Mary Mitchell......F.......W.....55
.Wife.........Married.............Keeps
House............Kentucky........Maryland.....Kentucky
Anne Dixon.........F.......W.....37
.Daughter...Widowed........................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
Ellen
Mitchell......F.......W.....27...Daughter.......................................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
Addie
Mitchell.....F.......W.....23...Daughter.......................................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
Fannie
Mitchell....F.......W.....19...Daughter.......................................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
R.L.
Mitchell......M......W.....16....Son.............................................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
Lizzie
Mitchell....F.......W......13...Daughter.......................................................Tennessee.......Kentucky.....Kentucky
[7] - Mitchell cemetery records Book-Robertson County Heritage of Homes,
Published by Robertson County 1979
In 1835 James Mitchell died. He left his home, and 150 acres to his son Samuel.
Samuel married Mary Linebaugh in 1841, that same year he sold his portion of his
inheritance to his brother, Robert B. Mitchell and moved west. It is believed
that he made his home in Missouri for the next eighteen years. He returned to
Robertson County in 1859, purchasing ninety-three acres of land from the estate
of Robert Shanklin, where he built his home. Scattered throughout the front lawn
are several aging pecan trees planted by Samuel. According to family tradition
he brought the twigs in his saddlebags from Missouri to plant at his new home.
While the text above states that S.F.Mitchell resided in Missouri for the
eighteen years between 1841 and his return to Robertson County, TN in 1859, the
U.S. Census Records for 1850 [3] and 1860 [4]
shows him residing in Montgomery County, TN.
[8] Robertson County - Private Acts primarily to adjust
boundary lines between counties such that a farm located at a county line was
wholly within one county in lieu of being in two counties.
Acts of 1869-70, Chapter 32, rearranged the boundary line
between Robertson County and Montgomery County so as to place wholly within
Robertson County the homes and farms belonging to E. L. Fort, Robert Long, H. G.
Long, Harding Durham, A. M. Jones, C. M. Warfield, S. F. Mitchell,
John Sadler, and J. E. Hill.
[9]
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) Aug. 8, 1891
Mrs. Ingram returned this morning from a visit to her father's family, S.F.
Mitchell, Sadlersville.
[10]
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) Aug. 11, 1890
Mrs. Ingram has been absent several days on a visit to her father's family, S.F.
Mitchell, Sadlersville, and to help nurse the sick. Mr. Grubb Fuqua and
two children have been there since the death of his wife, very low with typhoid
fever.
[11]
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) Aug 4, 1891
Mrs. Carrie Mitchell and children, of Columbia, Tenn., are visiting S.F.
Mitchell family.
[12]
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) April 13,
1892
We paid a visit to the family of Mr. S.F. Mitchell - a most
delightful retreat from the bustle of the city. It was pleasant to view
the broad acres of green wheat and grass, and hear the cheerful notes of the
mocking birds, where they are plentiful. Mr. Mitchell is now eighty-four
years of age, and no youngster beats him getting around. He is a regular
hustler; cuts and splits wood and kicks the mules around for pastime. He
keeps a fat horse on which to gallop over the farm and to Sadlersville every day
for his mail.
[13]
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) May 17, 1879
Married: Fuqua - Mitchell - At the residence of the brides father, S.F. Mitchell
(at Sadlersville, TN), on the 7th inst., by the Rev. J.G. Gwyn, Mr. B.G. Fuqua
of Montgomery county, to Miss V.W. Mitchell of Robertson county.
