Stephens-Franklin County GaArchives Biographies.....Mitchell, W. A. November 29, 1856 - 
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Source: The Toccoa Record, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia
Author: Unknown

The Toccoa Record, 10 Dec 1908, p. 1.  

Biographical Sketches


W. A. Mitchell.  Our neighboring town of Martin also contributes many worthy 
and enterprising citizens to our county, among whom is Mr. W. A. Mitchell, who 
is one of the progressive and most highly respected merchants of Martin.

Mr. Mitchell was born on a farm at Long Bridge, near Carnesville, Franklin 
county, Ga., November 29, 1856, and is of Irish-Welsh descent.  He had six 
brothers and three sisters.  His grandfather, Wm. Mitchell, was one of the 
earliest settlers of Franklin county, and moved there while the country was 
still inhabited by many Indians.  His father spent his whole life of  81 years 
in the county.

He received a common country school education with one year at Carnesville, 
after which he taught school the term of ’79-’80.  In the fall of 1880 he 
moved to Martin.  He then took a business course at Lexington, Ky., and in the 
fall of 1881 secured a position as clerk with R.D.  Yow & Co. at Avalon.  
Later he held a similar position with T.R. Yow & Co. at Martin.  In 1883 he 
went into business with I. W. Randall & Co. at Martin.  Seven years later he 
bought out the interests of the other members of the company, and is still 
conducting a general mercantile and fertilizer business there, with a large 
and steadily increasing trade.  Buying and selling cotton is also included in 
his occupations.

He was married to Miss Mary Randall Dec. 25, 1884, and is the father of seven 
children, four girls and three boys.  The three oldest girls have been well 
educated, Miss Mary being now an efficient music teacher in a college at 
Dayton, Va.

Mr. Mitchell has always been popular in his community and has served as 
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for 26 consecutive years.  He was also 
mayor of Martin several terms.  He is a prominent member of the Baptist church 
and faithfully serves as clerk and deacon.  He is also popular in fraternity 
circles, having held various offices, and is a Shriner in the Masonic order 
and a creditable member of the Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum and W.O.W. [Woodmen 
of the World].

Mr. Mitchell is an enthusiastic, public-spirited gentleman, and none are more 
loyal to the welfare of the county or more interested in the uplifting and 
educational affairs of his community.  As a business man he ranks at the front 
in this section.  Endowed with business sagacity, he has risen from the ranks 
and is ever equal to any intricate business problem.  He is just in the prime 
of life, and his days of usefulness have, virtually, just begun.


[Transcribed by June Coker McNew, January 2011.  To get a copy of the picture, 
I photographed the microfilm machine screen, but the quality of the image on 
the screen was very poor.]
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