Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

JOHN MITCHELL is a native of Cornwall, England, and was born November 8,
1833.  He is a son of John and Mary Ann Mitchell, also natives of England.
He was educated in the schools of his native country, and commenced
learning the trade of boiler-maker at the age of twelve.  He is the eldest
of six children, and came to the United States when twenty years old, and
located in Louisville.  He began work at his trade, and in 1872 engaged in
usiness for himself, manufacturing boilers, tanks, etc., and does the most
extensive business in that line of any house in the city.  He married Miss
Elizabeth Mitchell (also a native of Cornwall, England) in May, 1864.  She
came to the United States two years before her marriage.  They have seven
children, viz: John H., Joseph, William, George, Edgar, Mattie and Mary.
John Mitchell is one of the solid business men of the city.

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