Benjamin Mitchell, D.D.

1800 - 1884

• Name	Benjamin Mitchell, D.D.
  Suffix	D.D.
  Born	25 Nov 1800	Chanceford, York, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1884	Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Buried	Highland Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio
  Person ID	I15171	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Major Joseph Mitchell,   b. 1758,   d. 1811, York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Mother	Mary Mitchell,   b. 2 May 1766, Fawn Township, York, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Jul 1803, York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	1790
  Family ID	F3911	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Alexander Dinsmore,   b. 26 Jun 1801, Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Jun 1842, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Married	26 Apr 1826	Peach Bottom, York, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Catherine Ann Mitchell,   b. 9 Jan 1827, Peach Bottom, York, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Rosanna Mitchell,   b. 26 Nov 1828, Peach Bottom, York, Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Feb 1904, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States   3. Joseph Addison Mitchell,   b. 1 Sep 1830, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 13 Jan 1860, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA   4. Andrew Dinsmore Mitchell,   b. 25 Mar 1833, Belmont, Ohio, USA ,   d. 4 Jan 1867, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States   5. Samuel Martin Mitchell,   b. 4 Sep 1836, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 16 Aug 1857, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States   6. Eliza Jane Clark Mitchell,   b. 7 Aug 1838, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 3 Jul 1900, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2005
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Huston,   b. Abt 1805, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Bef 1880, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Married	9 Apr 1845	Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2005
  Family ID	F3910	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 9 Apr 1845 - Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Died - 26 Dec 1884 - Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Buried - - Highland Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Name: Benjamin Mitchell Sex: M Title: Rev. Birth: 15 NOV 1800 in , York Co., Pennsylvania Death: 26 DEC 1884 in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio Burial: Highland Cemetery beside First Presbyterian Church at mt. Pleasnt, Ohio Note: He began to teach school at the age of 16 and by age 19 he turned to the study of theology under the Rev. Dr. Samuel Martin. On Oct. 26, 1828, Benjamin was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Castle. In the fall of that same year he migrated with his young family to the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. The 300 mile trip took them 3 weeks. He preached his first sermon in the brick Meeting House of the Associate (Seceder) Congregation at Mt. Pleasant in June of 1829. On Dec. 2, 1829, he was installed as pastor of the short creek and Bloomfield Presbyterian congregations. The Short Creek Congregation was first organized on the eastern slope of a high hill on the farm of Benjamin's uncle John Mitchell. This church later reorganized in 1834 as the First Presbyterian Chruch of MT. Pleasant. Dr. Mitchell remained until his retirement in 1876, and until his death was pastor emeritus. In 1834, Benjamin and Anne Mitchell purchased the place that Dr. Mitchell called "Pleasant Retreat". The house on this farm looked out over the Little Short Creek Valley. the house no longer stand. As an ardent abolitionist, Benjamin Mitchell used the house as an underground railway station before the Civil War. Dr. Mitchell was well known and loved for his long ministry, and for his teaching of Latin and Greek to many of the young men in the MT. Pleasant community.