Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameCynthia HARRISON 
Birth Date2 May 1830
Birth PlaceWilliamsport, Warren County, Indiana
Death Date21 Feb 1899 Age: 68
Death PlaceSlagle, Polk County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBolivar, Polk County, Missouri
Spouses
Birth Date27 Feb 1826
Birth PlaceBlount County, Tennessee
Death Date24 May 1907 Age: 81
Death PlacePolk County, Missouri
Burial PlaceBolivar, Polk County, Missouri
OccupationMexican War Soldier Co. H, 2nd Missouri Volunteers Under Price, Polk County Sheriff
Family ID1668
Marr Date24 Feb 1848
Marr PlacePolk County, Missouri
ChildrenSarah Minerva “Dine” (1850-1926)
Emma Eugenia (1863-1955)
Cynthia Adaline “Ada” (1865-1961)
Rebecca Elizabeth “Betty” (1848-1932)
Notes for Cynthia HARRISON
Asleep in Jesus.
Once more we must mourn on account of the angel of death having entered a home and taken therefrom a loved one. On Tuesday evening, February 21, 1899, the spirit of Mrs. W. B. Mitchell took its flight from this house of clay and entered the eternal home on high.
About two weeks ago she was taken down with la grippe, which turned into pneumonia. Although the best medical assistance was invoked, and everything was done that kindred hands inspired by love could do, yet she gradually faded, each day a little weaker, each night a little farther gone, until at last the patient sufferer was called from earth to the “rest that remaineth to the people of God."
Miss Cynthia Harrison was born in Williamsport, Indiana, May 1, 1830. She was a member of the M. E. church, and her faith in the blessed Master was always strong. She was united in marriage with W. B. Mitchell February 24, 1848. Unto them were born twelve children, eleven of whom are living. How sad it is that one should be snatched away from those who loved her so well. Her husband is left now without a companion and her children without a mother. Our mother has crossed the dark river of death, where some of her loved ones have gone before her. There she is free from pain. There no sorrow comes, but all is peace and joy. Weep not for her, dear broken-hearted husband and children. Your loss is her eternal gain. All of earth's fairest flowers are budded on earth, but one by one they are taken from the cold, sinful world and transplanted in heaven, there to bloom throughout eternity. Those who knew her best loved her most. She will be missed by all, for she was kind and loving to everyone.
Funeral services were held at Hickory Point church, Thursday morning, February 23. After a very touching discourse by Rev. Hall, she was laid to rest in the Bolivar cemetery, to await the great judgment day, when we shall know as we are known. She leaves a husband, children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss.
Dear sorrowing friends, weep not for her, but prepare to meet her where parting will be no more. Soon you may be called to follow after her, so prepare, yourselves, that when the summons comes you may, like mother, be found waiting.
Another life has gone.
A home in sadness left;
The nearest, strongest tie
From us is now bereft.
A wife—how fondly loved;
Mother—the sweetest name.
Our sister, neighbor and friend
Death's icy hand has claimed.
With love thy gentle hands
Across thy breast we fold,
And drop the tear that's due
For kindness pure as gold.
We know a crown Is won,
Decked with eternal day,
On Ancestry from nancy_ellis48. Feb 21, 1899 Bolivar, Missouri.
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Once more we must mourn on account of the angel of death having entered a home and taken therefrom a loved one. On Tuesday evening, February 21, 1899, the spirit of Mrs. W. B. Mitchell took its flight from this house of clay and entered the eternal home on high.
About two weeks ago she was taken down with la grippe, which turned into pneumonia. Although the best medical assistance was invoked, and everything was done that kindred hands inspired by love could do, yet she gradually faded, each day a little weaker, each night a little farther gone, until at last the patient sufferer was called from earth to the “rest that remaineth to the people of God."
Miss Cynthia Harrison was born in Williamsport, Indiana, May 1, 1830. She was a member of the M. E. church, and her faith in the blessed Master was always strong. She was united in marriage with W. B. Mitchell February 24, 1848. Unto them were born twelve children, eleven of whom are living. How sad it is that one should be snatched away from those who loved her so well. Her husband is left now without a companion and her children without a mother. Our mother has crossed the dark river of death, where some of her loved ones have gone before her. There she is free from pain. There no sorrow comes, but all is peace and joy. Weep not for her, dear broken-hearted husband and children. Your loss is her eternal gain. All of earth's fairest flowers are budded on earth, but one by one they are taken from the cold, sinful world and transplanted in heaven, there to bloom throughout eternity. Those who knew her best loved her most. She will be missed by all, for she was kind and loving to everyone.
Funeral services were held at Hickory Point church, Thursday morning, February 23. After a very touching discourse by Rev. Hall, she was laid to rest in the Bolivar cemetery, to await the great judgment day, when we shall know as we are known. She leaves a husband, children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss.
Dear sorrowing friends, weep not for her, but prepare to meet her where parting will be no more. Soon you may be called to follow after her, so prepare, yourselves, that when the summons comes you may, like mother, be found waiting.
Another life has gone.
A home in sadness left;
The nearest, strongest tie
From us is now bereft.
A wife—how fondly loved;
Mother—the sweetest name.
Our sister, neighbor and friend
Death's icy hand has claimed.
With love thy gentle hands
Across thy breast we fold,
And drop the tear that's due
For kindness pure as gold.
We know a crown Is won,
Decked with eternal day,
On Ancestry from nancy_ellis48. Feb 21, 1899 Bolivar, Missouri.
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Notes for William Benson (Spouse 1)
Fifty Years of Married Life.
Major W. B. and Cynthia Mitchell celebratod the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at their home near Slagle, Polk county, Missouri, February 24, 1898.
The day was calm and serene as if made to order, and early in the morning the immediate relatives began to come in, and about 11 o'clock it was found that there were about one hundred present. The Major and his wife were the central figures of all their guests, and were as vivacious as though they had just passed 21 years.
Of the brothers and sisters who were present fifty years ago at the marriage only one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Robertson,
of Illinois, was present at their anniversary. Of the thirteen children born to W. B. and Cynthia Mitchell twelve are living, six of whom were present, two sons and four daughters. Of their 33 grandchildren there were 25 present, and these all ate together at one table, and the Major looking at them busily engaged declared that he was " proud of his Junior League," for they represent the blood of Southwest Missouri.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the dinner table, presided over by Mesdames Delaplain, Tuck, Myers, Mitchell. Utley and Mitchell, was ladend with the best viands of the land, and after a hundred men, women and children, most of them not small in stature or capacity, there was plenty left and to spare.
After dinner the photographer grouped the crowd, the children composing the inner circle, with the Major and his wife most prominent in the group, and set his camera and made the fatal "shot."
Major Mitchell was born in Blount county. Tennessee, in November, 1826, and moved with his parents to Polk county, Missouri, in July, 1834. He grew to manhood in Polk county, and in 1846 enlisted in the Mexican war under Price, serving in Co. H, Second Missouri Volunteers, for 12 months, returning in 1848, and was married to Miss Cynthia Harrison, who was born in Williamsport, Indiana, in 1830, and came with her parents to Polk county, Missouri, in 1844.
In 1858 Major Mitchell was elected as sheriff and collector of Polk county, and after serving two years was reelected to the same office for another term.
On Ancestry from nancy_ellis48. 50th anniversary article in Bolivar, Missouri.
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The following article conflicts with the above article in a number of ways.
Biography some of which is wrong, for instance that his wife was born in 1790 and doesn’t name his wife.
WILLIAM B. MITCHELL
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 679, 680--Polk County Biographies Section
William B. Mitchell, farmer, and county collector of Polk County, Mo., was born in Blount County, Tenn., February 27, 1826, his parents being James and Sally (Nave) Mitchell. The father was born in Tennessee about 1786, and in 1803 removed to Roane County, where he was married, it is supposed, about five years later. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1834 moved to Polk County, Mo., where he followed his calling up to the time of his death, in 1876. His wife was born in Tennessee in 1790, and died in Polk County, Mo., in 1853. Her union with Mr. Mitchell resulted in the birth of fourteen children, eight of whom survive. Morris Mitchell, the paternal grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, about 1762, and afterward emigrated to Tennessee, thence to Polk County, Mo., in 1835, where he died in 1848. His wife died also in Polk County, in 1853 or 1854. George Nave, the maternal grandfather, came from Germany and located in Tennessee in the twenties, and there died in 1828 or 1830. His wife survived him a number of years. William B. Mitchell grew to manhood in Polk County, Mo., and in 1846 enlisted in the Mexican War, under Price, serving in Company H. Second Missouri Volunteers, for twelve months, and then returned home and was married in Polk County, in February, 1848, To Miss Cynthia Harrison, who was born in Williamsport, Ind., in 1830, and came to Lewis County, Mo., with his parents in 1838, and to Polk County, in 1844. Eleven of their twelve children survive: Rebecca E. (Myers), Sarah M. (Tuck), Thomas H., A. M., Justin C., William C. (deceased), Walter E., Emma E. (Tuck), Cynthia A. (Utley), E. Benson, Sebern S. and Horace V. Mrs. Mitchell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1858 Mr. Mitchell was elected on the Benton Democratic ticket as sheriff and collector of Polk County, Mo., and after serving two years was re-elected tot he same office for two more years. In July, 1862, he was mustered into the militia, Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment, as a private, and was promoted to the rank of major the same day, and at the end of one year was made major of the Seventh Provisional Regiment of Missouri. In 1864 his regiment was transferred to the United States service, and he was a faithful officer until the close of the war. He received his discharge at Springfield, Mo., in July, 1865, having participated in a number of hard-fought battles. In 1876 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Polk County in the State Legislature, serving two years, and, in the fall election of 1888, he was elected by the same party to his present position. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, and also to the Grand Army of the Republic. Like his wife, he is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
On Ancestry from Christopher Admire.
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Major W. B. and Cynthia Mitchell celebratod the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at their home near Slagle, Polk county, Missouri, February 24, 1898.
The day was calm and serene as if made to order, and early in the morning the immediate relatives began to come in, and about 11 o'clock it was found that there were about one hundred present. The Major and his wife were the central figures of all their guests, and were as vivacious as though they had just passed 21 years.
Of the brothers and sisters who were present fifty years ago at the marriage only one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Robertson,
of Illinois, was present at their anniversary. Of the thirteen children born to W. B. and Cynthia Mitchell twelve are living, six of whom were present, two sons and four daughters. Of their 33 grandchildren there were 25 present, and these all ate together at one table, and the Major looking at them busily engaged declared that he was " proud of his Junior League," for they represent the blood of Southwest Missouri.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the dinner table, presided over by Mesdames Delaplain, Tuck, Myers, Mitchell. Utley and Mitchell, was ladend with the best viands of the land, and after a hundred men, women and children, most of them not small in stature or capacity, there was plenty left and to spare.
After dinner the photographer grouped the crowd, the children composing the inner circle, with the Major and his wife most prominent in the group, and set his camera and made the fatal "shot."
Major Mitchell was born in Blount county. Tennessee, in November, 1826, and moved with his parents to Polk county, Missouri, in July, 1834. He grew to manhood in Polk county, and in 1846 enlisted in the Mexican war under Price, serving in Co. H, Second Missouri Volunteers, for 12 months, returning in 1848, and was married to Miss Cynthia Harrison, who was born in Williamsport, Indiana, in 1830, and came with her parents to Polk county, Missouri, in 1844.
In 1858 Major Mitchell was elected as sheriff and collector of Polk county, and after serving two years was reelected to the same office for another term.
On Ancestry from nancy_ellis48. 50th anniversary article in Bolivar, Missouri.
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The following article conflicts with the above article in a number of ways.
Biography some of which is wrong, for instance that his wife was born in 1790 and doesn’t name his wife.
WILLIAM B. MITCHELL
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 679, 680--Polk County Biographies Section
William B. Mitchell, farmer, and county collector of Polk County, Mo., was born in Blount County, Tenn., February 27, 1826, his parents being James and Sally (Nave) Mitchell. The father was born in Tennessee about 1786, and in 1803 removed to Roane County, where he was married, it is supposed, about five years later. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1834 moved to Polk County, Mo., where he followed his calling up to the time of his death, in 1876. His wife was born in Tennessee in 1790, and died in Polk County, Mo., in 1853. Her union with Mr. Mitchell resulted in the birth of fourteen children, eight of whom survive. Morris Mitchell, the paternal grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, about 1762, and afterward emigrated to Tennessee, thence to Polk County, Mo., in 1835, where he died in 1848. His wife died also in Polk County, in 1853 or 1854. George Nave, the maternal grandfather, came from Germany and located in Tennessee in the twenties, and there died in 1828 or 1830. His wife survived him a number of years. William B. Mitchell grew to manhood in Polk County, Mo., and in 1846 enlisted in the Mexican War, under Price, serving in Company H. Second Missouri Volunteers, for twelve months, and then returned home and was married in Polk County, in February, 1848, To Miss Cynthia Harrison, who was born in Williamsport, Ind., in 1830, and came to Lewis County, Mo., with his parents in 1838, and to Polk County, in 1844. Eleven of their twelve children survive: Rebecca E. (Myers), Sarah M. (Tuck), Thomas H., A. M., Justin C., William C. (deceased), Walter E., Emma E. (Tuck), Cynthia A. (Utley), E. Benson, Sebern S. and Horace V. Mrs. Mitchell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1858 Mr. Mitchell was elected on the Benton Democratic ticket as sheriff and collector of Polk County, Mo., and after serving two years was re-elected tot he same office for two more years. In July, 1862, he was mustered into the militia, Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment, as a private, and was promoted to the rank of major the same day, and at the end of one year was made major of the Seventh Provisional Regiment of Missouri. In 1864 his regiment was transferred to the United States service, and he was a faithful officer until the close of the war. He received his discharge at Springfield, Mo., in July, 1865, having participated in a number of hard-fought battles. In 1876 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Polk County in the State Legislature, serving two years, and, in the fall election of 1888, he was elected by the same party to his present position. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, and also to the Grand Army of the Republic. Like his wife, he is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
On Ancestry from Christopher Admire.
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