History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 479.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

JOSEPH MITCHELL, farmer and stockraiser; P. O. Paris; was born in Paris,
May 24, 1822.  He is a grandson of William and Mary Wilcox Mitchell, who
were natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to this State, locating near
what is now Paris, shortly after the battle of Blue Licks.  He was a
tanner by trade, and it is supposed that he worked one of the first
tanneries in the county.  The Mitchell family emigrated first from
Scotland to the north of Ireland, from which place they emigrated to
America.  They belonged to the Old Scotch Church, what is now denominated
as Scotch-Presbyterian, and were very strict in regard to their religious
ideas of worship.  To William Mitchell and wife were born four children;
the eldest was William, who settled in Mason County; Thomas was the
father of our subject, who located in Paris; James settled in Indiana;
Jane was the only daughter.  She married James Graham, and settled in
Indiana also.  William Mitchell lived an honorable and upright life, and
died a christian, which life he lived for many years.  Thomas Mitchell,
the father of Joseph, was born in this county, and early in life learned
the blacksmith's trade, but did not follow this vocation long, but
learned the saddler's trade, which business he followed for many years.
He, too, like his father, lived agreeable to his profession, being a
member of the same church.  His death occurred in 1836.  His companion
in life survived him until 1849.  Their union was blessed with four
children, William being the eldest; Joseph, Mary and Thomas.  Of the
above, William settled in Paris, and engaged in the grocery business,
where he lived until removed by death in Dec. 1867.  He left a family of
seven children.  Mary married George Irvine, and first settled in
Indiana, but finally removed to Kansas, and there died, leaving three
children.  Thomas settled in Lexington, where he now resides.  He is
cashier in the First National Bank of that place.  Joseph, our subject,
was raised in Paris, and at the age of twelve, he entered the store of
N. B. Ryan as clerk; at the age of twenty-three he became a partner with
his employer, in 1845, under the firm name of Ryan & Mitchell, which
association lasted until 1861.  In 1865 he removed to the farm he now
owns, consisting of 430 acres, situated on Winchester Pike, near Paris,
where he has since been engaged in farming and stockraising, making a
specialty of short-horns and Cotswold sheep.  The farm Mr. Mitchell owns
was settled by the Breckinridges.  Since 1865, Mr. Mitchell has been
President of the Northern Bank of Paris, and for many years a member of
the Presbyterian Church.  He has been twice married; first, in 1847, to
Sarah M. Ryan, who was born in Paris, daughter of Newton B. and Ann
Griffing.  Her family (the Ryans) were natives of Virginia.  Mrs.
Mitchell died in 1857, leaving two children: Newton, and Sarah M., who
married James L. Gay, of Woodford County.  His second marriage was
consummated Oct. 1867, to Elizabeth J. Brooks, who was born in Clark
county, daughter of Samuel and Polly (Gass) Brooks; both were early and
representative families of this county.  One daughter by last marriage
named Mary.

Mitchell Graham Irvine Ryan Griffing Gay Brooks Gass
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Fayette-KY Woodford-KY Clark-KY VA IN KS PA Scotland Ireland

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