DANIEL MITCHELL

    The grandparents of Daniel, David and Martha Mitchell, were among the earliest pilgrims of Union County.  He purchased and settled on 600 acres of land in Darby Township, where they both died.  The subject of this sketch was born in Darby Township, Union County, in 1817.  His parents, Moses and Jennie (Taylor) Mitchell, were natives of Pennsylvania, and located with the family in this township, where they passed the remaining years of their lives.  They raised a family of ten children. six of whom survive.  Our subject is the oldest living of the children, and was married in 1842 to Miss Sarah Marquis, a native of Madison County.  This union has produced four children, viz.: Edward, Cinthia, Hattie and Frank.  Mr. Mitchell occupied his present estate in 1846, consisting of 217 acres.  He is a practical farmer, and politically is a Douglas Democrat of the old Jacksonian school.