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Robert Gwyn Mitchell and Lena Bell Carhart

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Born 19 Oct. 1852 in Monroe Co. MO, Robert Gwyn MITCHELL was the 3rd son and
fourth child of James Bourne MITCHELL and Martha Cowden DYSART. James Bourne
was 31 and Martha was 27 at the time of Robert Gwyn’s birth.

On 5 August 1891, in Macon Co., MO., Robert Gwyn, 38, married Lena Bell
Carhart who was 18 years his junior, born 22 March 1871 in Macon Co., MO. to
Elliot CARHART and Margaret PETTIT.

Robert, a lawyer, who is described as “having been called by the government to
break trusts” and a sunday school teacher, died 6 March 1909 in St. Louis, MO.
at the age of 56, his youngest son only being a year old.

Lena, though only 38 at the time of Robert’s death, never remarried. She died
26 Nov. 1957 at Baldwin KS., age 86.

Most likely is an error here but I find it curious that the April 4th 1910
census gives Lena as married, rather than widowed. For she would have been
widowed nearly a year. And all other information is correct.

Robert MITCHELL is given as having died in St. Louis MO. Saturday 6 March
1909.

Robert and Lena had 7 children, 6 of whom reached adulthood:

1.) Margaret Gwynette MITCHELL b. 11 Oct 1892. (Robert was 39 and Lena was 21.)
Married Warner B. HAGAN 8 April 1917 when she was about 25 and he was about 26.
Margaret died 20 Dec. 1933 at about the age of 41. Warner, born 21 June 1891,
died 19 Feb. 1954 at about 63.

2.) Robert C. MITCHELL b. 9 March 1895 in Macon, Macon Co. MO. 22 March 1871
(Robert was 42 and Lena was 23). Married 15 June 1925, Katherine ZEISNEIS. He
was about 30 and she about 29. Robert died in Sarasota FL., 28 May 1966 at
about 71. Katherine, b. 7 May 1896, died 2 Feb. 1980 at about 84. Read a
newspaper mention of Robert’s Honorable Discharge in the history section.

3.) James Dysart MITCHELL b. April 27 1897 at Macon, Macon Co. MO., died 6 Jan.
1900. James Dysart’s obituary is in the history section.

4.) John Carhart MITCHELL b. 9 Dec. 1901 at Macon, Macon Co. MO. (Robert was 48
and Lena was 30). John married Aileen WOODBURY on 1 June 1929. He was about 28
and she about 26.

5.) Dorothy MITCHELL b. 18 Oct. 1903 at Macon Co. MO. (Robert was 50 and Lena
was 32), married Albert Harry MCCLURE b. 25 Oct. 1900, Utica, Minnesotta.

6.) Lawrence Carhart MITCHELL b. 23 April 1906 at Macon, Macon Co. MO. (Robert
was 53 and Lena was 35), married Eleanor GOODSON on 11 May 1935. He was about
29. Lawrence died 7 Jan 1980 at Syracuse, Onondaga NY at about 74. Eleanor died
29 Oct. 1956.

7.) Benjamin Dysart MITCHELL b. 29 July 1908 at Macon Co. MO. (Robert was 55
and Lena was 37), married Helen OJALA, 25 Nov. 1937. He was about 29. Benjamin
died 26 August 1991, at about 83, in Duluth, Minn.

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Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City and other Missouri
Cities. Biographical Sketches. St. Louis and Chicago, Americal Biographical
Publishing Company, 1884.

Robert G. MITCHELL
Macon

Robert Swyn Mitchell of the firm of Dysart and Mitchell, is a son of James B.
and Martha C. (Dysart) Mitchell, and dates his birth in Monroe County,
Missouri, October 19, 1952. His father is a Cumberland Presbyeterian minister,
born in Virginia, and his mother is a native of this state, and a sister of
Benjamin R. Dysart, one of the leading lawyers in Macon county, and mentioned
in preceeding pages of this work. The family came to Macon county in 1853,
before Robert was a yrear old, and his father was president of McGee College
for many years, being now pastor at Kirksville.

The subject of this notice farmed until seventeen years old, attending school
during the winter terms, and then took a classical course in McGee College,
Macon County, and was graduated in 1874. Afterward he taught three years in
Chariton and Macon counties, making quite a success as an educator. He read
law with his uncle, Mr. Dysart, already mentioned; was invited to the bar in
1989 and since August of that year has been of the firm of Dysart and Mitchell,
his partner being his preceptor. He was county school commissioner for four
years, his term expiring in April 1883.

Mr. Mitchell is not only talented, but for a young man possesses a high degree
of culture. He is thoroughly devoted to his profession, diligent in his
studies, as well as in his practice, eminently reliable and trustworthy, and is
a rising young man. He holds a membership in the Cumberland Presbyeterian
Church, and is living a life consistent with his Christian profession.

Husband: Robert Gwyn + Mitchell (1)

Born: 1852 Oct 19 – , Monroe, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 1909 Mar 6 – St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (1)
Cause of Death: Heart attack (Dorothy Mitchell source)
Buried: – Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Father: Rev. James Bourne + Mitchell (1821-1901) (2)
Mother: Martha Cowden + Dysart (1825-1912)
Marriage: 1891 Aug 5 Place: , Macon, Missouri (1)

Events

1. Occupation: Attorney.

2. Census: 1870 Chariton, Macon, Missouri. (3) Image Source: Year: 1870;

Census Place: Chariton, Macon, Missouri; Roll: M593_790; Page: 58; Image:
116.
9/9 MITCHELL James B. 59 President College $3000 $3000 b. VA
Martha 45 b. MO
John L. 22
Susan A. 21
James W. 19
Robert D. 17
Louisa C. 13
Orpha B. 13
Bettie S. 11
Leonidas S. 8 b. IL
Orlando W. 5 b. MO
Mary L. 2

3. Census: 1880 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (4)

1880 CENSUS
Household:
Robert G. MITCHELL Self S Male W 28 MO Co. School Com &
Atty. VA MO
Sam’l. F. TRAMMELL Other S Male W 25 MO Grocer MO MO
Source Information:
Census Place Macon City, Macon, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254701
NA Film Number T9-0701
Page Number 389B

4. Census: 1900 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (5)

1900 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
pg. 125a
Rutherford St.
43/43
MITCHELL Robt. G. b. Oct. 1852/53? 47 yoa married 8 years b. MO., Father
b. VA. Mother b. Missouri atty at law
Lena Bell b. March 1878 28 2 children, 2 surviving b. MO father b. NY
Mother b. OH
Margaret B. Oct. 1892 7 b. MO., in school
Robt. C. March 1895 5 b. MO
Next door was a John A. TURNER, also an atty at law. And in the next
house, pg. 125b is Elliot CARHART.
45/45
CARHART Elliot March 1828 72 married 49 ys. NY Father b. NY mother b.
Conn. carpenter
Margaret b. Jan. 1830 70 7 children with 6 surviving b. OH, father b.
Delaware, mother b. VA
Ida M. b. April 1852 48 OH teacher in high school
Rosa b. 1869 31 MO teacher
Edith b. 1873 26 MO teacher
Next door lived John ERWIN a shoemaker born in Ohio, and Ace ERWIN and
family, a barber.

5. Note: Robert Gwyn Mitchell’s Prize-winning Essay. THE PRIZE WINNER ESSAY THAT WON THE D. A. R. PRIZE WRITTEN BY ROBT. G. MITCHELL, Condition and influence of Our Navy During the War of the American

Wife: Lena Bell + Carhart (1)

AKA: Lena Mitchell
Born: 1871 Mar 22 – , Macon, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 1957 Nov 26 – Baldwin City, Douglas, Kansas (1)
Buried: – Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Father: Elliot + Carhart (1828-1905) (6)
Mother: Margaret E. + Pettit (1830-1914)

Events

1. Census: 1880 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (4)

1880 Macon County, Missouri census, Macon City Township
Jaskiny Street?
121/129
CARHART Elliot 52 Carpenter b. NY Father b. Conn. Mother b. Conn.
Margaret 50 keeping house b. OH Father b. Del Mother b. MD
Ida M. 28 schoolteacher b. OH
Carrington 19 at school b. OH
Arthur S. 13 at school b. MO
Rosella 11 at home b. MO
Lena B. 9 b. MO
Editha A. 6 b. MO
To one side was a Charles HESSON (?) a lawyer born in Prussia, with wife
Carrie, and an Abner GILSTRAP, also a lawyer, with wife Julia. To the
other side lived a Reuben ELBURMAN (?) with wife Sarah, also a lawyer, a
Frances M. TAYLOR, an editor and printer, with wife Josephine, and a
Franklin AMES, also a lawyer.

2. Census: 1900 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (5)

1900 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
pg. 125a
Rutherford St.
43/43
MITCHELL Robt. G. b. Oct. 1852/53? 47 yoa married 8 years b. MO., Father
b. VA. Mother b. Missouri atty at law
Lena Bell b. March 1878 28 2 children, 2 surviving b. MO father b. NY
Mother b. OH
Margaret B. Oct. 1892 7 b. MO., in school
Robt. C. March 1895 5 b. MO
Next door was a John A. TURNER, also an atty at law. And in the next
house, pg. 125b is Elliot CARHART.
45/45
CARHART Elliot March 1828 72 married 49 ys. NY Father b. NY mother b.
Conn. carpenter
Margaret b. Jan. 1830 70 7 children with 6 surviving b. OH, father b.
Delaware, mother b. VA
Ida M. b. April 1852 48 OH teacher in high school
Rosa b. 1869 31 MO teacher
Edith b. 1873 26 MO teacher
Next door lived John ERWIN a shoemaker born in Ohio, and Ace ERWIN and
family, a barber.

3. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

4. Census: 1920 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (8)

1920 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Rutherford St.
1102/228/228
MITCHELL Lena B. 44 wd. b. MO
John C. 18 b. MO
Dorothy 16 b. MO
Lawrence C. 13 b. MO
Benjamin D. 11 b. MO
229/229
CARHART Ida 67 b. OH
Edith 46 b. MO music teacher
To one side lives Claude MOODY who’s given as a farmer and to the other
side is David JONES of Wales who is a coal miner. Lena has managed to
chop a few years off her age there, I see.

5. Census: 1930 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (9) 1930 MO, MACON CO., MACON,

DISTRICT 12
N. Rutherford
1102/104/115
MITCHELL Lena B. owns $5000 59 widowed b. MO father b. NY mother b. OH
Benjamin 21 b. MO parents b. MO
Laurence C. 28 Bondsman for Dysert and Yarnelle

6. She enjoyed Book club.

Children

1 F Margaret Gwynette Mitchell (10)
Born: 1892 Oct 11 – , Macon, Missouri (2)
Christened:
Died: 1933 Dec 20 – Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas (10)
Buried:
Spouse: Warner B. Hagan (1891-1954)
Marr. Date: 1917 Apr 8 – Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri (10)
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1900 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (5)

1900 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
pg. 125a
Rutherford St.
43/43
MITCHELL Robt. G. b. Oct. 1852/53? 47 yoa married 8 years b. MO., Father
b. VA. Mother b. Missouri atty at law
Lena Bell b. March 1878 28 2 children, 2 surviving b. MO father b. NY
Mother b. OH
Margaret B. Oct. 1892 7 b. MO., in school
Robt. C. March 1895 5 b. MO
Next door was a John A. TURNER, also an atty at law. And in the next
house, pg. 125b is Elliot CARHART.
45/45
CARHART Elliot March 1828 72 married 49 ys. NY Father b. NY mother b.
Conn. carpenter
Margaret b. Jan. 1830 70 7 children with 6 surviving b. OH, father b.
Delaware, mother b. VA
Ida M. b. April 1852 48 OH teacher in high school
Rosa b. 1869 31 MO teacher
Edith b. 1873 26 MO teacher
Next door lived John ERWIN a shoemaker born in Ohio, and Ace ERWIN and
family, a barber.

2. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

3. Census: 1930 San Angelo, Green, Texas. (11)

1930 TX, TOM GREEN CO.,
SAN ANGELO, DISTRICT 10
1504(?)/253/281
HAGAN Warner B. rent $75 38 first married 24 b. MO father b. England
mother b. MO oil operator
Gwynette 37 first married 23 b. MO parents b. MO
Barbara 12 b. TX parents b. MO
Marion 7 b. OK parents b. MO

4. Note: Gwynette’s essay, 1910 Feb 2. THE ESSAY THAT WON THE PRIZE, Why the Americans were Victorious in the Revolution

5. Death: Death date disrepency. Also is given as Dec 30 1933.

2 M Robert Carhart Mitchell (10)
Born: 1895 Mar 9 – Macon, Macon, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 1966 May 28 – Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida (10)
Buried:
Spouse: Katherine Stuart Holloway (1896-1980)
Marr. Date: 1925 Jun 15 – , Jackson, Missouri (10)
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1900 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (5)

1900 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
pg. 125a
Rutherford St.
43/43
MITCHELL Robt. G. b. Oct. 1852/53? 47 yoa married 8 years b. MO., Father
b. VA. Mother b. Missouri atty at law
Lena Bell b. March 1878 28 2 children, 2 surviving b. MO father b. NY
Mother b. OH
Margaret B. Oct. 1892 7 b. MO., in school
Robt. C. March 1895 5 b. MO
Next door was a John A. TURNER, also an atty at law. And in the next
house, pg. 125b is Elliot CARHART.
45/45
CARHART Elliot March 1828 72 married 49 ys. NY Father b. NY mother b.
Conn. carpenter
Margaret b. Jan. 1830 70 7 children with 6 surviving b. OH, father b.
Delaware, mother b. VA
Ida M. b. April 1852 48 OH teacher in high school
Rosa b. 1869 31 MO teacher
Edith b. 1873 26 MO teacher
Next door lived John ERWIN a shoemaker born in Ohio, and Ace ERWIN and
family, a barber.

2. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

3. WWI Draft Registration: 1917-1918, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
Name: Robert Carhart Mitchell
City: Kansas City
County: Jackson
State: Missouri
Birthplace: Missouri;United States of America
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)
FHL Roll Number: 1683384
DraftBoard: »11

Living at 2618 Campbell KC Mo.

Eyes were blue and hair color a light brown.

4. Author: 1936. Methods of Studying Physical Characteristics of Crude
Oil Within the Reservoir
Published 1936 by the University of Kansas

5. Death: Discrepency. Also given as dying May 31 19566.

3 M James Dysart Mitchell
Born: 1897 Apr 27 – , Macon, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 1900 Jan 6 – , Macon, Missouri
Cause of Death: Dyptheria
Buried: – Oakwood Cemetery, Macon, Macon, Missouri
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Cause of death: Dyptheria.

2. James Dysart Mitchell Obituary. James Dysart Mitchell

Born April 27 1897, Died Jan 6. 1900.

James Dysart MITCHELL, the little 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. G.
MITCHELL was taken suddenly ill Wednesday evening of last week with
dyptheria, and although all that medical aid and kind loving hands could
do was done for the little fellow,nothing could assuage his suffering,
and on Saturday morning at one o’clock he succumbed to the dread disease.
James Dysart was a bright, playful boy and he will be sadly missed by his
parents and little brother and sister, Robert and Gwynette. Yet with the
hope of the Christian they await the resurrection morn when they shall be
reunited in the Father’s house. A Scripture lesson and prayer was read at
the grave by Rev. R. T. CALDWELL.

Transcribed by JMK 2001

4 M John Carhart Mitchell (12)
Born: 1901 Dec 9 – Macon, Macon, Missouri (12)
Christened:
Died: 1989 Jun 4 (13)
Buried:
Spouse: Aileen W. Woodbury (1903- ) (10)
Marr. Date: 1929 Jun 1
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

2. Census: 1920 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (8)

1920 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Rutherford St.
1102/228/228
MITCHELL Lena B. 44 wd. b. MO
John C. 18 b. MO
Dorothy 16 b. MO
Lawrence C. 13 b. MO
Benjamin D. 11 b. MO
229/229
CARHART Ida 67 b. OH
Edith 46 b. MO music teacher
To one side lives Claude MOODY who’s given as a farmer and to the other
side is David JONES of Wales who is a coal miner. Lena has managed to
chop a few years off her age there, I see.

3. Census: 1930 Rochester, Monroe, New York. (14)

1930 NY, Monroe Co., Rochester, District 181
391 MIITCHELL, John C. rent $50 28 first married 27 b. MO parents b. MO
telephone and radio manufacturing engineer
Alleen W. 26 first married 25 b. KS father b. IL mother b. NY

4. Note: Newspaper article, undated

John MITCHELL, Richard MCKEE, Tom HARTMAN and George WILLIAMS returned
home Monday from Hannibal where they attended a Y. M. C. A. Convention
held at that place.

Transcribed by JMK 2001

5 F Dorothy M. Mitchell (1)
Born: 1903 Oct 18 – , Macon, Missouri
Christened:
Died: 2003 Dec 8 – Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Buried:
Spouse: Albert Harry + McClure (1900-1987) (1)
Marr. Date: 1927 Aug 14 – Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

2. Census: 1920 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (8)

1920 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Rutherford St.
1102/228/228
MITCHELL Lena B. 44 wd. b. MO
John C. 18 b. MO
Dorothy 16 b. MO
Lawrence C. 13 b. MO
Benjamin D. 11 b. MO
229/229
CARHART Ida 67 b. OH
Edith 46 b. MO music teacher
To one side lives Claude MOODY who’s given as a farmer and to the other
side is David JONES of Wales who is a coal miner. Lena has managed to
chop a few years off her age there, I see.

3. Census: 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois. (15)

1930 Chicago Cook Co. IL
census
1919/123 MCCLURE Albert H. 62.50 rent 29 father b. NY mother b. VT
investment accountant
Dorothy M. 26 parents b. MO
Mary P. 1 6/12 b. father b. Minnesota mother b. MO

6 M Lawrence Carhart Mitchell (10)
Born: 1906 Apr 23 – Macon, Macon, Missouri (2)
Christened:
Died: 1980 Jan 7 – Syracuse, Onondaga, New York (13)
Buried:
Spouse: Eleanor Goodson (1910-1956) (10)
Marr. Date: 1935 May 11
Spouse: Lucia C. Halverson (1910- )
Marr. Date: 1958 Jun 10
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

2. Census: 1920 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (8)

1920 MISSOURI, MACON CO., MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Rutherford St.
1102/228/228
MITCHELL Lena B. 44 wd. b. MO
John C. 18 b. MO
Dorothy 16 b. MO
Lawrence C. 13 b. MO
Benjamin D. 11 b. MO
229/229
CARHART Ida 67 b. OH
Edith 46 b. MO music teacher
To one side lives Claude MOODY who’s given as a farmer and to the other
side is David JONES of Wales who is a coal miner. Lena has managed to
chop a few years off her age there, I see.

3. Census: 1930 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (9)

1930 MO, MACON CO., MACON, DISTRICT 12
N. Rutherford
1102/104/115
MITCHELL Lena B. owns $5000 59 widowed b. MO father b. NY mother b. OH
Benjamin 21 b. MO parents b. MO
Laurence C. 28 Bondsman for Dysert and Yarnelle

7 M Benjamin Dysart Mitchell (16)
Born: 1908 Jul 29 – Macon, Macon, Missouri (16)
Christened:
Died: 1991 Aug 26 – Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota (13)
Buried:
Spouse: Helen Ojala (1910- ) (10)
Marr. Date: 1937 Nov 25
Spouse:
Marr. Date:

Events

1. Census: 1910 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (7)

1910 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Jackson Street. 1148/95/99
CARHART Margaret E. 80 wd. b. OH father b. Del. Mother b. VA
Ida M. 56 b. OH watercolor artist
Edith A. 37 b. MO teaches music in school
On one side lives Charles ERWIN, a shoemaker, and on the other, Nathaniel
M. SHETTON, a circuit court judge.
Further down the page on N. Rutherford St., 1102/101/105
MITCHELL Lena 39, given as married, 7 children with 6 surviving b. MO
father b. NY mother b. OH
Gwynette 17 b. MO
Robert C. 14 b. MO
John C. 8 b.MO
Dorothy 6 b. MO
Lawrence C. 3 b. MO
Benjamin C. 1 and 8/12
To one side lives Floyd MATTHEWS, a lawyer. On the other side lives
Willard CLARK, no profession given. Next door to him is Ben FRANKLIN, a
lawyer.

2. Census: 1920 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (8)

1920 MISSOURI, MACON CO.,
MACON CITY, WARD ONE
Rutherford St.
1102/228/228
MITCHELL Lena B. 44 wd. b. MO
John C. 18 b. MO
Dorothy 16 b. MO
Lawrence C. 13 b. MO
Benjamin D. 11 b. MO
229/229
CARHART Ida 67 b. OH
Edith 46 b. MO music teacher
To one side lives Claude MOODY who’s given as a farmer and to the other
side is David JONES of Wales who is a coal miner. Lena has managed to
chop a few years off her age there, I see.

3. Census: 1930 Macon, Macon, Missouri. (9)

1930 MO, MACON CO., MACON,
DISTRICT 12
N. Rutherford
1102/104/115
MITCHELL Lena B. owns $5000 59 widowed b. MO father b. NY mother b. OH
Benjamin 21 b. MO parents b. MO
Laurence C. 28 Bondsman for Dysert and Yarnelle

General Notes: Wife – Lena Bell + Carhart

Source: http://www.mssdar.org/ahelm/history.htm

ANNIE HELM CHAPTER NSDAR
Organized October 20, 1908

HISTORY

Anne Helm Chapter was organized by a group of 23 patriotic women on October 20,
1908, in Macon, Missouri

Charter Members were: Louisa William Brock, Maude Dysart Brock, Ethel Coulter
Brown, Mary Craddock Doneghy, Kate Campbell Doneghy, Martha Prewitt Doneghy,
Carrie Stewart Duffy, Emma Turner Dysart, Susie Mitchell Guthrie, Mattie
Blincoe Howe, Hettie Coulter Lamb, Martha Gilstrap Matthews, Mary Anderson
Matthews, Corrine Matthews, Lena Carhart Mitchell, Lena Trowbridge Payson,
Emily Pipkin Simmons, Amy Simmons, Lucy Simmons, Mary Van Cleve, Hallie
Wilkinson Wardell, Stella Turner Wilson, and Elizabeth Stickney Wilson.

The name Anne Helm was chosen in honor of Mrs. John T. Doneghy’s great-great
grandmother who assisted and sacrificed members of her family for the cause of
the Revolutionary War.

The Macon Public Library was founded on March 23, 1912, with Miss Sarah
Larrabee as librarian. It was located in the Howe Building opposite of the
Jefferson Hotel. DAR members raised funds by having “Tap Day” and several
“Macon County Banquets.” The response to the library was so great that it soon
became too large for the Howe Store. The library moved several times until, in
1915, the trustees voted to build a permanent library. The Anne Helm Chapter
purchased the lot on the corner of Rutherford and Butler where the present
library building is located.
The Anne Helm Chapter was instrumental in forming the first Red Cross Chapter
in Macon and helped to raise funds to sponsor Herbert English, a volunteer for
ambulance service in France during W.W.I.

On November 11, 1934, a bronze plaque was unveiled at the Macon County Court
House to honor four Revolutionary Soldiers who are buried in Macon County. They
are James Howell, James Lynch, Bennett Tilley, and Nicholas Tuttle.

Sources

1. McClure family record.
2. Michell E. Noll.
3. Missouri, Macon County, 1870 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
4. Missouri, Macon County, 1880 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
5. Missouri, Macon County, 1900 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
6. Carhart family record.
7. Missouri, Macon County, 1910 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
8. Missouri, Macon County, 1920 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
9. Missouri, Macon County, 1930 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
10. Mitchell family record.
11. Texas, Green County, 1930 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
12. Mitchell family record. …. Michell E. Noll.
13. SSDI.
14. New York, Monroe County, 1930 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
15. Illinois, Cook County, 1930 U.S. Population Schedule (Images at
Ancestry.com).
16. Michell E. Noll. …. Mitchell family record.

ESSAY THAT WON THE D. A. R. PRIZE WRITTEN BY ROBT. G. MITCHELL

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Keeping it all in the family, Robert Gwyn Mitchell (1852-1909) as well as his daughter, Margaret Gwynette Mitchell (1892-1933) both wrote prize winning DAR essays.

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ESSAY THAT WON THE D. A. R. PRIZE WRITTEN BY ROBT. G. MITCHELL

Condition and influence of Our Navy During the War of the American Revolution

When a British officer shouted to the patriots at Lexington on the morning of April 19, 1775, “Disperse, ye rebels,” the colonies did not possess a single ship with which to form a beginning of a navy.

For many years the colonies had been actively engaged in coasting trade and had aided England in her wars with France. They had a good many hardy, skilledseamen with which to man a navy, but no ships to put them on. Congress was not long in seeing theneed of a navy and in the same year ordered the construction of 13 vessels, one for each state. Two of these vessels carried 24 guns each. The rest of the 13 consisted of six brigs, carrying from ten to 12 guns; two schooners, each of eight guns and three sloops of ten guns. All of these were poorly equipped.

Early in 1776 Congress issued “letters of Marque and Reprisal” which authorized private parties to fit out ships and to attack the enemy’s ships and to do anything that a “Man o’ War” might do. It also authorized them to seize English merchantmen and to divide the spoils of prize money as it was called, among themselves.

It was a very tempting field for the brave and enterprising young American. It was not very long, after these letters were issued, until the swift sailing privateers put to sea. They helped the new Republic far more than we give them credit for.

In the year 1776, they captured 342 British ships, some of which were supply ships for the English army. This of course wrought a great damage to English shipping, and thus hurt the British land forces as well as her naval forces, for, to a certain extent, it cut off supplies from the outside.

Among the harvest of our Revolutionary naval heroes was an (unintelligible). He was a Scotchman and at the age of 12 years began a career as a sailor on a merchant vessel. After a good many years as a sailor he went to Virginia and made his home with his brother. When the war broke out he was among the first to offer his services on the side of liberty.

Paul Jones was the first man to hoist an American flag on an American Man of War. It was the well known rattle snake which bore the motto, “Don’t tread on me.”

Very few of our ships were up to the standard of the English ships, but we made the best of what we had and did it so effectively that when Jones sent to England he was looked upon with great terror. It was not our small, old ill-equipped vessels that frightened them, it was our unerring gunners. Bravery and skill that made them sit up and take notice. There is one exploit of Jones’ which shows his skill in baffling the enemy. One day he saw an American ship returning from the West Indies, heavily laden with supplies for Washington’s army. A British frigate was in hot pursuit and was gaining rapidly. Jones ran in between them and induced the British vessel to let the American vessel go and chase him. The British took advantage of this and started for Jones. Jones dodged them and thus the British frigate lost both.

England, thinking that her ships would do some good in America, sent most of them over here. I do not imagine she took into consideration that we might have a force on the water too.

From the time they came our ships kept them busy, not in actual fighting all the time, but in continual nagging and interferring, which kept the British from doing very great damage.

England, with France and Spain allied against her, Holland hostile to her and her navy over here in America, was a good place for us to strike. Jones saw this and sailed in the eighteen gun ship “Ranger” for Nantes, Frances. From here he went to Brest, refitted there, and in April, 1778, sailed for the British coast.

After taking (unintelligible) but failed. (unintelligible) fought a superior ship by the name of “Drake”, won the battle and returned to France.

From France he wrote for a larger and better ship. The ship that Franklin sent was an old Indiaman in which forty-two guns were placed. The original name for the ship was “Duras,” but at Jones’ request it was changed to “Bonhomme Richard.” It was in this ship that John Paul Jones had his famous fight with the “Serapis.”

In this fight with the “Bonhomme Richard” suffered from her own guns as well as those of the enemy. Two eighteen pounders out of a battery of six exploded killing the men that served them and tearing the deck away above them. The English shot a great hole through the hull of the American ship, but still Jones kept on. An explosion on the “Serapis” caused by the effect of a hand-granade thrown from the yard arm of the “Bonhomme Richard,” stopped the fight. At the same time the American ship was on fire and in danger of blowing up at any minute.

Of course, no matter how daring our cruisers, they did not always escape disaster. At the end of the warwe had lost twenty-four vessels, carrying four hundred and seventy guns; several of these were ship-wrecked. Contrast this with the loss of Great Britain: they lost one hundred and two vessels carrying two thousand, six hundred and twenty-four guns. The total number of vessels of allkinds captured by our cruisers and privateers was about eight hundred.

The influence of our navy in the war for independence was very great as I have shown. Some people go so far as to say we would not have gained our independence if it had not been for the navy. I hardly believe this, but at any rate, the war would have been longer and more disastrous had it not been for the timely and effective service rendered by our navy.

THE ESSAY THAT WON THE PRIZE

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Margaret Gwynette Mitchell (1892 b. , Macon, Missouri to 1933) was the daughter of Robert Gwyn Mitchell and Lena Bell Carhart. Later she married Warner B. Hagan.

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THE ESSAY THAT WON THE PRIZE

Why the Americans were Victorious in the Revolution

Last year Miss Louise BROCK won the Ann Helm chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution essay. On Tuesday evening the prize at the second annual contest was awarded to Miss Gwynette MITCHELL. Her theme was “Why the Americans Were Victorious in the Revolution.” She wrote as follows:

Among the many historic arts and political deliverances there is probably none more eighty in significance and results, none more famous in the annals of the world than the war of the American Revolution; and we who can now call ourselves Americans, refer with a great deal of interest to the reasons for the success of our forefathers.

The story of the Revolution is not a beautiful one, but it is one, the issues of which, even today, greatly affect this American commonwealth; for nations, like individuals must be governed by justice. As Theodore Parker beautifully says “Justice is the keynote of the world and all else is out of time.”

In the story of the war for independence, there are two things that equally surprise the reader–first, that the Britain should ever have deemed it possible to subdue their revolting colonies; and second, that having attempted it, they should fail.

The American colonies were separated from the mother country by almost three thousand miles of sea, and as England’s navy had been impoverished during the Seven Year’s War, it was difficult for her to provide transportation for her troops. The colonies too, possessed one thousand miles of seaboard with many fine ports, and the possibilities of the unexplored regions were many. England with her naval power might destroy their commerce, attack their seaports and deprive them of many of the luxuries of life but she could strike no vital blow.

During the long wars with the French and Indians the colonists had been subject to the most severe privations and had undergone many hardships, but these only served to make more firm their already noble characters and to awaken in their breasts the determination to free their country from oppression and to leave to their sons that most enviable inheritance which they themselves had so long desired–a country in which all might be born equal and where justice should prevail.

To anyone who judged the question from an unprejudiced standpoint, it was evident that should the colonies resolve to sever their connections with her mother country, it would be useless to resist. England at the beginning of the war underestimated the force of the movement but she was soon to learn the firmness and resolution with which she must contend.

Popular feeling in England against the seeming useless expense of keeping a large standing army and navy had caused these to be much reduced. This condition forced them to hire large troops and to depend on them for a great deal of their strength; so the government bargained with some German princes for the sale of their subjects and a large number of unhappy Germans were sent like so many slaves to aid George III in conquering the Americans. Could these indifferent forces expect to cope with a people rising as one man to advance a noble cause? It did not occur to Great Britain that she was trying to crush true English spirit with her mercenary troops.

Lord Carlisle, speaking of the great scale of all things in America, said, “We have nothing on a great scale with us but our blunders, our misconducts, our ruin, our losses, our disgraces and misfortunes.” One of these great “blunders” was the idea that the spirit of the American colonists could be quelled by mercenary troops; for thousands of colonists who had hitherto hesitated about consenting to independence now decided it to be necessary; tens of thousands who had doubled the advisability of accepting aid from France were now convinced of the necessity of the policy. The king had called the Germans to his aid; why should the colonists not accept the aid proffered them by their old enemies, the French? So it was argued and an alliance was formed. Spain and Holland, following the example of France, offered aid which was accepted.

England now realized the real significance of the rebellion, but her strength was averted by the dangerous European wars. Her old enemies, France, Spain and Holland had joined the war against her and she was again having trouble over her colonies in India. Instead of being merely a war for the possession of thirteen unruly colonies it had become a struggle for the preservation of her whole empire. Had the Revolution been merely a contest between England and America it would doubtless have been a temporary failure for the Americans, but England was not prepared to contest with a league of the strongest European powers.

The English claimed that their failure was largely due to incompetent generals. In a measure this was true; though England cannot lay all the blame on her military leaders. Their plan, of campaign was wrong, as they sought to occupy territory rather than to crush resistance. But the Americans were on the defensive and although the English should gain a few victories they would not prove fatal as long as an armed resistance was maintained. Lord North, with his quaint humor said, “I do not know whether our generals will frighten the enemy, but I know that they frighten me whenever I think of them.”

Nor did America possess many brilliant generals, but they were sincere, and when supervised by the great commander, George Washington, they accomplished much. Washington’s ability to hold large armies in check with small forces imperfectly equipped and his readiness to take advantage of the slightest opportunities mark him as one of the world’s great military commanders. His victories were few and unimportant and his only important battle, a failure, but his success lies in his skill to do much with little, to take advantage of very opportunity and rise superior to every disaster. He seemed to be a gift of providence to carry out a work, the success of which was destined to play an important part in the future history of nations.

Washington has been compared to the Duke of Wellington. True, their military ability and successes are similar, but had Washington been merely another Duke of Wellington the history of the war of the Revolution would have been very different. Long after Washington, the general, was no more, Washington the patriot and statesman was an important factor in the formation of the nation; for his also was the ability to mold the will of congress to suit the needs of the war.

We, who take such great pride in calling ourselves Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution do not do so merely because independence was fought for and won. It would have meant little to us had our forefathers, favored by the advantages of good fortune, fought only for their own personal gain. But when we think of the difficulties they so courageously overcame to establish the commonwealth which they themselves could scarcely live to enjoy, we can, in part, realize the great sacrifice they made for us. It would have been easier for some people to have endured some oppression rather than to purchase freedom at so precious a price as their own lives. But we know with what valor they fought and could wish to be known by no more honorable title than Daughters of the American Revolution.