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John William Mitchell BIRTH 18 Oct 1840 Licking County, Ohio, USA DEATH 31 May 1914 (aged 73) Elkhart County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Oak Ridge Cemetery Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA PLOT Section B (trackside) MEMORIAL ID 30108253 John W. Mitchell. The family of which the subject of this sketch is a representative, is one well known to the people of Elkhart county, for one or more of its members have been identified with its agricultural interest since 1850. In that year the parents of Mr. Mitchell, James G. and Rebecca A. (Frizzell) Mitchell, came to Elkhart county, settled in Jefferson township, and there resided many years. About 1880 they removed to Bristol and there the father‘s death occurred on July 11, 1888. The mother is still living and finds a comfortable home with her son John W. She was a native of the Buckeye State and the father of Maryland. Our subject was born in Licking county, Ohio, October 18, 1839, and came with his parents to this county where he finished his growth and education. He assisted his father in cultivating the soil and continued under the parental roof until November 19, 1865, when Miss Catherine B. Bartmess became his wife. She was born November 10, 1842, and the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Stutsman) Bartmess, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Elkhart county, Ind. Both are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have been born these children: Laura B., Hattie E., Charles L. (deceased) and William F. Laura B. Mitchell married H. W. Kantz, a young lawyer who is practicing in Bristol; Hattie E. Mitchell married W. A. Kantz, who is conducting a butcher shop in Bristol. Mr. Mitchell owns 140 acres of good, productive land in this township and is the owner of 160 acres in Alabama. He is a wide awake, thoroughgoing farmer and stock-raiser, making standard-bred horses a specialty, and his agricultural interests are conducted in a very successful manner. He is has a comfortable and pleasant rural home and has every thing to make it attractive and pleasant. He and Mrs. Mitchell are members of the Limited Brethren Church, and in politics he is a strong supporter of Republican principles. He served the Union faithfully in the Rebellion, enlisting September 11, 1861, in Company K, Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in service three years, being discharged at Indianapolis, September 24, 1864, at the expiration of time. He participated in the battles of Green River, Ky., Dalton, Ga,, besides numerous severe skirmishes. He was on duty at the barracks at Louisville, Kentucky, for about a year during his time of service. Elkhart County, Indiana: Biographical Sketches, Bef. 1902. Civil War, U.S. Army, Company K, 30th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 24, 1861. Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Major actions: Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Perryville, Ky., Battle of Stones River, Tenn., Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Kenesaw Mountain and the Siege of Atlanta. Farm boys from the Midwest knew how to ride and shoot well, breaking what was a stalemate in the East. Detailed actions include: Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Near Clay Village October 4. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19. Reconnaissance to Lavergne November 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stones River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Duty at Whiteside, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 3. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 20-24, 1864. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 274 Enlisted men by disease. Total 412.
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