Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Mitchell, Henry
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Newtown Township


   HENRY MITCHELL quarryman and stone-cutter, P.O. Newtown, 
was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, July 29, 1830, 
and is a son of John and Sarah (Tippett) Mitchell.  He came 
to America in 1852.  He followed his trade in Brooklyn, N. 
Y., for six months, and from there went to New Haven, Conn., 
and worked at his trade in various places until 1868.  He 
then located in Bristol and operated a quarry in 
Yardleyville for fifteen years.  In 1883 he came to Newtown, 
where he has since operated a quarry.  He turns out over two 
thousand tons of stone a year for building purposes.  This 
stone is shipped to all sections of the country and the 
industry is one of the leading ones of Newtown.  He employs 
about fifteen hands.