Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Mitchell, R. T. 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 2:42 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Mitchell, R. T. Whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, October 31, 1833. When ten years of age he with his parents moved to Todd county, Kentucky, where they remained six years; thence to Washington county, Illinois, where he remained four years. In March, 1853, being twenty years of age, he crossed the plains with Mr. Wilson White, who brought a drove of cattle and ox-teams, arriving in this county in October of the above year, located permanently in the Fall of 1854 on his present estate, about one mile from Windsor. Married Miss Sarah J. Carter, October 1, 1854. She was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, December 17, 1831. Their living children are: Emma C, Bertie and William. They have lost two, Johnnie and Robert J. Additional Comments: Russian River Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/mitchell922nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb