Bio of MITCHELL, Morris B. (b.1890), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 552-553
MORRIS B. MITCHELL
Morris B. Mitchell has been an active representative of the legal profession in
Minneapolis since 1916 and for the past two years has practiced as junior
partner of the firm of Rockwood & Mitchell. His birth occurred in Louisville,
Kentucky, on the 21st of August, 1890, his parents being Morris M. and Elizabeth
I. (Dwinnell) Mitchell, both of whom were natives of Wisconsin. On leaving the
Badger state they made their way to Kentucky, where the father engaged in the
leaf tobacco busi­ness to the time of his death. The mother, who still survives,
is now a resident of Minneapolis.
Morris B. Mitchell obtained his early education in the public schools of his
native city and subsequently matriculated in the University of Wisconsin, from
which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1912. In further
preparation for a professional career he then entered the Harvard Law School,
which conferred upon him the degree of LL. B. at his graduation in 1915. Coming
to Minneapolis, he was admitted to the Minnesota bar in the following year and
in this city has since engaged in the practice of law with excellent success.
Since 1920 he has been associated with Hon. Chelsea J. Rockwood. Untiring in his
devotion to the interests of his clients, he never forgets that he owes a still
higher allegiance to the majesty of the law, and his prominence in professional
circles is indicated in the fact that he is now serving as secretary of the
Hennepin County Bar Association and as chairman of the committee on
incorporation of the bar of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He is likewise
a member of the American Bar Association and Minne­apolis representative on its
local council for Minnesota and enjoys an enviable repu­tation as one of the
capable and leading young lawyers of Minneapolis.
There is also an interesting military chapter in the life record of Mr.
Mitchell. In 1916 he saw service on the Mexican border as sergeant major of the
First Battalion of the First Minnesota Field Artillery under Colonel Leach. At
the time of the World war, he entered the United States navy and was made an
ensign. In the latter connection he was sent all over the country and was
waiting for an assign­ment when the armistice was signed. He is a popular member
of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Minneapolis Golf Club, the Minneapolis Athletic
Club and the Automobile Club, and is a director of the newly formed University
Club of Minneapolis. He has made many warm friends during the period of his
residence in this city, where it is felt that a promising career lies before
him.