William Christopher Mitchell

1839 - 1917  (77 years)

• Name	William Christopher Mitchell
  Birth	17 Dec 1839	Joliet, Will, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jan 1917
  Burial	Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I43387	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Frank Mitchell,   b. 8 Feb 1812, Ackworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire
  Mother	Hannah Poore,   b. 12 May 1816, Rutland, Jefferson, New York
  Family ID	F20557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Carrie or Dorcas Caroline Olney,   b. 19 Jul 1850   d. 17 May 1928, Wilmington, Will, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1877
  Children	1. Stella Blanche Mitchell,   b. 30 Aug 1878   2. Charles Olney Mitchell,   b. 22 Jul 1880   3. Josephine Mitchell,   b. 12 Dec 1883   4. Addie Mitchell,   b. 9 Jul 1889
  Family ID	F20552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Dec 1839 - Joliet, Will, Illinois Burial - - Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Debbie Owen (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 19 Sep 1999. !SOURCE: Marriage date (7 Nov 1877), death date (22 Jan 1917) and burial place (Thomas, Oklahoma) appear on "Whipple Family Bible Record," a page posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/whipple_bible.htm by the Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and viewed by Weldon Whipple on 19 Mar 2003). The web page states: This Bible was published 1836 at Hartford, Connecticut, by R. White and Hutchison and D. Wier. Pasted on the inside of the back cover of this Bible is "This Bible was left to me by my mother, Mrs. Dorcas C. Mitchell who was a daughter of Vernon L. Olney and Louisa Olney, /S/ Mrs. Blanche Boswell." Mrs. Boswell died May 17. 1928, was buried May 28, 1928 at Thomas, Oklahoma beside her husband, Wm. C. Mitchell. The Bible was first "presented to Louisa Whipple by her father, Stephen Whipple, Jan.12, 1839." This Bible record was copied in California by Magna Merle (Boswell) Williamson (Mrs. B.E.), mother of Jack Ellis Williamson, OGS member, Weatherford, Oklahoma. !SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002.