American citizen., 1874-11-21
HON. 4. 3. MITCHELL.

of Mr.. Mi rhrll. on the 2OIh CT
September last. reached this com
munit, through, communication ct
his hrrra,,,i widow to h,.i brut,rrS
Col. Lewis aud B III. TIil,uan A.
ter Il i.ng'rluG Illness at uiiIrh sui
feriug c"nSrpu 'n' G,'rn ~ or'sin,i
n,r>onS disease, Gr d ,.rt..d ttI>
HE en- in,' "a, ". ii 1t ~ 'ls, II .nr
near Summit. M,>,.sS'i,:;p. L. ~
ever sd IL hear OF the death ~
tlisnIS and ac4naintan,-''-, Il ''i u
pcrva.,ive ~li. il III ,-0i ioi''nr.- with
the wi,iuw ami chIltIen in MIS,I>-
Sippi, and the co,urti inn> and rti;l-
tivtS OF tn" deceased Ia tniS Sjatr.
Will peINail IL tnis communicative
circle aud theatre ut his Nnu:!ir.
day>-aTong whom he had many
adm ring friends aud early asSor.-
aIeS.
Mr. Mitchell WAS the sou OF Mar
maduke MI, ch,.li, We'll and f,yorI-
bly, known aud remembered rs II
worthy citizen and eminent ply 81
clan. Mr.. Mitchell WAS born in
this county, at or near Shelby viIir.
aud at the time OF HIS death had
just entered upon his 59th year.
His early b"yhe".d anu school days
were III iie schools uf old He,ltOr'!
aud among bis associates in those
halcNon times mny be numbered
some of our present well known aud
esteemed fellow citizens. Cipt. w.
Il. Nj. Bramr-nur present Circuit
Court Clerk Capt. W. ). Jett, the
lat" john 5. Dav :, Thos. B.Cannon,
Il. q. Green and OthtrS We're among
his school fellows, all OF whom have
with pleasure and speak of him in
teims OF tue friendship and admi-
ratioh.-A,nunyh his prec-piorS We're
tue piunS and hIghI\ esteemed Par
son Newton, Col. A BRAN Martin
who died IF cholera ill 1S33-aId
Capt. q. G. Osborne, now a ven-ra-
bic and highly respected citizen.
AT an early day. perhaps anterior
to the cholera prevalence ErIe in
1888, Mr.. Mitchell emisrared with
his father AMI mother to Madison
county, Mississippi, IN which State
they both, ut advanced ages, prece
de,i him t" the grave. After mUv-
ins to Mississippi he brcamr ii stu
,-n, OF Yale C"ile2r, aud abon, the
age of twenty (2O) he Was gradua ed
in that Nein-,ahir InStitu ION. He
rrtur ned To his adopted State, and
Tor MANY wears m,u.. Canton his
houe Htie he WIS Ir "a numitr m
Yeats Editor ct the. y AMERICAN CIT
IZ IN, weekly pa, ,eI pu"i'>inr't 1T
anton. a,d al "r .r,>Iuc that
.."u .ty h, Continued {" wri'- tor tll.-
paper -vhi,,- un,l..r h. u.;liia .ri.tt.nt
of his f,it,d, Alr. I;U$ O,ih. He.
also uIOie p,i!ticai aiiici.> im illr.
fen ,t.>>ee j.ap.r> H.. wiriIeu an
easy W.n, and his Productions We're
characterize, Il hy f,c.- ani abiltt,
and though W. "t:rn "I1f red w.tn
him IN his p liiicni essays, IrI his
articles wrIe illustrative of that
maull .IISn ~ liicn ieIt lined I"
HIN AS ii naii . l.rI liant lntcilrct
dn'l ie Sri,o5ar>hiI,. He WAS,
~ hiie cltiZ,n "I NJ M,dis.Lr county,
her hO Orri ref'rrSru t,tiVe IN S.'unr
"t tue Stat. L-gis atnre~. though
Il WhIo in poIt.c>. wnrn The civil
>tIi.e -n>rluie'i the c"u Try h,- uni
ttd hi dv>tItirS wiih the ) .uih,
and his oilrs. son, AI%rrp"n >
Milcnti,, hi er passing through the
wal aud b,aVrly iacIrS the dangers
Of many regular e" gas-.ir"n'S fell
victim at last To Il bail projected IN
one of the last skIrmiShrS of the
war around Petersburg and Eich-
mOnd.
The writer knew the Hon. A. S.
Mitchell well, and 70 one had IA
higher regard for truth, Integrity
and hOI or than he, all OF which he
amply illustrated through IL lite OF
exemplary 60 duct, OF temperate
habits, and acts Of liberality and
true friendship. He was known
aud esteemed hrreVer he lived as
Il good man in all the relations of
lite, his whole course exhibiting
many noble IMPULSES and manly
VII. urS worthy of remembrance and
imitation. He also protes>ed and
lived the life of IA clIi istihn.
As ii member of the editorial fra
trInIiy Of his native Slate, We have
teit IL Il pleasant task to say this
much I $ an humble tihnre IN our
par to his worthy mrmory.-Sheibg-
riUe Ienn.) Commercial.
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