Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameColonel John Lendrum (Alexander) Mitchell, GG Grandson
Birth19 Oct 1842, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death29 Jun 1904
OccupationUS Congressman 1890 (Democrat). Senator 1893. Businessman, entrepreneur and politician.
EducationThe USA, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain (spoke English and four other languages). In his late 50s studied French literature at the University of Grenoble.
Note 1His papers and some of those of his family are held at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (Manuscript Collection 75, Golda Meir Library).
Note 2Served in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. He and his wife had an apartment at Maison Corinaldi, Place Grimaldi, Nice. ‘Only surviving child of Alexander & Martha’.
Note 3Donated generously to civic causes (e.g. Racine College) and to family members. Suffered during a run on the bank in 1893, using about 1.3 million dollars of his own assets to satisfy depositors.
Note 4At his death his estate was estimated at 505,847 US dollars.
Flags***, Dickson, Mitchell
FatherAlexander (John) Mitchell (1817-1887)
MotherMartha Reed (1818-1902)
Other spousesHarriet Danforth Becker
Marriage1865
Divorce1877
SpouseBianca Cogswell
Birth?
Death?
Note 1Her divorce from John was bitter and rancorous with mutual accusations of adultery and drunkenness.
Children
SpouseK. Parrot (?-?)