G'day Everyone, I have received the funeral report for Joseph Mitchell son of Thomas Mitchell and Lydia Mitchell - brother of Abraham , Martha, Mary and Lydia Mitchell. Husband of Phoebe Mitchell (nee Sutcliffe) . Father of Rufus, Albert , Clara Harry and unknown daughter. Bradford Observer - Thursday April 12 1877 Page 8 col 1 Funeral of the Late Joseph Mitchell - At noon yesterday the remains of the late Mr Joseph Mitchell, of Bowling Park, who died on Friday last, at the age of forty -six, were interred at Undercliffe Cemetery. The deceased was the second son of the Late Mr Thomas Mitchell and was the junior partner in the firm of Messrs, Mitchell Brothers, mohair manufacturers, Bowling, a firm which is one of the largest of the kind in the kingdom. Unlike his brother, Alderman Abraham Mitchell, the deceased gentleman never took a prominent public position. Had he been desirous of late of embarking on a public career, probably the fact he was suffering from heart disease - which, aggravated by other ills that flesh is heir to, caused his death - would have prevented him from assuming the heavy and anxious burdens which often fall to the lot of those who devote themselves to the public service. Notwithstanding, however, the comparative retirement in which he lived, his funeral yesterday was honoured by the presence of a very large concourse of people, among whom were many of the employees of the firm. The funeral party left Bowling Park shortly before noon, and proceeded to the cemetery by the way of Rooley Lane, Manchester Road, Leeds Road and Otley Road. In Manchester Road most of the shops were closed, and large numbers of persons gathered to witness the cortege, which passed in the following order:- Four police officers, about forty friends of the deceased, the hearse without plumes, eight mourning coaches conveying the relatives and a few friends, following by private carriages of Mr Yates, Mr W H. Townend, of Heaton, Mr M Rhodes, Mr I Smith, Mr Bottomley, of Shelf, Mr W Sutcliffe, and Mr S Ackroyd. Among the friends preceding the hearse were Messrs Manoah Rhodes, W Ingle, T Smith, C. Wright, R Holt, Halliday, and other well known gentlemen. At the cemetery there was a great crush to obtain admittance to the mortuary chapel, which proved sadly too small to accommodate all who were desirous of obtaining seats within it. Here the burial service was read by the Rev H Hoare, of Haslingden and the Rev S Crump, Bradford, after which the coffin, adorned with wreaths of flowers, was lowered into the family grave, the bordersof which had previously been adorned by blooms of white azalea, in which was blended the adiantum or "maiden hair" fern. The whole of the arrangements were under the superintendence of Messrs. Parkinson, Clark & Co., and were carried out in a very efficient manner. Kind Regards Lori Mitchell