Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Mitchell, James Willard 1861 - 
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Author: Bennett H. Young

James Willlard [sic] Mitchell.

   The present County Attorney, James Willard Mitchell, was born in
Nicholasville, in 1861. His father, Jas. T. Mitchell, was eldest son of Dr. Geo.
W. Mitchell; his mother was the third daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and
Mary Jane Wallace Brown, who was the eldest daughter of Joseph Wallace, son of
Capt John Wallace. Captain John Wallace was one of the most distinguished of the
Revolutionary soldiers who came to Jessamine. He served with General Washington
and General Wayne; he was at the battles of Brandywine, Trenton, Monmouth, Long
Island, and was with Washington at Valley Forge.

   No man in Jessamine county commands in a higher degree the confidence of his
fellow-citizens and no one is capable of arousing more enthusiasm in his party
and among his friends. He has great will force, unflinching energy, and has been
often compared to Gen. Joseph Wheeler, whom he is not unlike in stature and
appearance.

   Mr. Mitchell was elected County Attorney by a large and flattering majority.
The County Attorneyship was the first position to which Mr. Mitchell was elected
and he fills it with credit to himself and to his constituents. He is a man also
of fine business capacity, thorough reading and preparation, great punctuality
in the discharge of his official and personal business. Few men are more
eloquent or effective on the stump. He understands human nature, and is destined
if he chooses to follow public life, to become a leader of men.

   He married Miss Annie Anderson, daughter of Capt. Samuel M. Anderson, He is
thoroughly identified with the people of Jessamine, and they, in turn, feel a
just pride in his success and his attainments in his profession.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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