I am on this group for my poor London based Mitchells but, like you, I just love the real parts of history that it throws up, thanks, keep them coming. Clive Henderson Searching: Mary Louise Mitchell, born December 17, 1887; died April 26, 1956 in Charlton, London. She was the daughter of Walter Thomas Mitchell and Maria Ann Evans. Walter Thomas Mitchell, born July 27, 1865 in Islington, London. address 39 Stanmore Street; died Abt. 1919. He was the son of Thomas Mitchell and Maria Butler. He married Maria Ann Evans, born Abt. 1860; died February 18, 1910 aged 49 in Greenwich, London address 24 Stowage. -----Original Message----- From: Conni Braun [mailto:cbraun675@wideopenwest.com] Sent: 03 June 2003 21:13 To: MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MITCHELL] Mitchell History Marti and others - I also love history and especially when it comes to finding out things about my family. For many years we would visit my great uncle Harvey Mitchell, first when he lived in Independence, Missouri and then later when he returned to his home town of Abilene, Kansas. The first time I took my future husband out to introduce him to my uncle we wanted to go to the Dwight D. Eisenhower museum and library there in Abilene. Uncle Harvey wasn't very happy but went with us. Afterwards I asked him why he wasn't happy and he said because they torn down our family home which was located on the now grounds of the library. He told me that our family and the Eisenhowers were friends. Many years later and after my uncle's death I decided to research that side of the family which I knew almost nothing about. During the course of my research I learned that the family farmed near Hope, Kansas and eventually moved into town. I didn't think about the Eisenhower connection until I bought my husband a biography about Ike. Something very interesting struck me about the address given for the Eisenhowers. Going back to my history I confirmed that the Mitchells and Eisenhowers were indeed back fence neighbors and the story my uncle told me was probably true. It's a great additon to our family history! (PS on the other side of the family my Baldus great great grandparents lived across the street from the Bess Wallace home and my two youngest great great uncles would hide in the bushes while Harry Truman was courting Bess!) It's tidbits like this that make my history more interesting to read and more than just names, dates and places. Conni Mitchell Braun ----- Original Message ----- From: <Martibd@aol.com> To: <MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [MITCHELL] Civil War Mitchells > What an interesting story, June..especially for that family of Mitchells..but > I enjoyed the history too. > > Some of the union militia in Missouri seemed more criminal than anything > else. Two of my family lines had terrible incidents with them. Neither good, > one far worse than the other, including murder. > > I knew that Missouri was a slave state but went union when it was down to the > wire..but I didn't know the whole story until recently doing some > genealogy....the state and its citizens voted to stay with the Confederacy but Union > troops rode into the state and took over. There was, of course, a lot more. If > anyone is interested, I will see if I can find the site again for all the > details. > > Thanks for this story. One reason I love genealogy so much is that I love > history! > Marti > > > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please send an unsubscribe message to: Mitchell-L-request@rootsweb.com. If on digest, substitute a D for the L. > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== To contact the list administrator, please send a message to: Mitchell-admin@rootsweb.com.