Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameGeneral William Lendrum 'Billy' (John) Mitchell, GGG Grandson
Birth29 Dec 1879, Nice, France
MemoAnother source says 28 Dec, Nice.
Death19 Feb 1936
MemoAnother source says 18 Dec 1936.
Burial1936, Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Note 1General in US Army/Air Force. Founder of American air power. Awarded a special posthumous Congressional Medal in 1948.
Note 2Appears to have been married to and divorced from (1921) a first wife, Caroline and to have married again to someone call Janet.
Note 3The film ‘The Trial of Billy Mitchell’ is a fair attempt at an accurate account of his court-marshal which was later agreed to have been a travesty of justice given that the attack on Pearl Harbour vindicated everything he had predicted.
Note 4“A Question of Loyalty” by Douglas Waller (Harper Collins) 2004 is the definitive account of Billy Mitchell’s life and trial.
Flags***, Dickson, Mitchell
FatherColonel John Lendrum (Alexander) Mitchell (1842-1904)
MotherHarriet Danforth Becker (?-?)
Other spousesElizabeth Trumbull ‘Betty’ (Sidney) Miller ?
Marriage2 Dec 1903, Rochester, New York, USA
Divorce1922
SpouseCaroline (Enoch) Stoddard
Birth2 Sep 1880
MemoShe was a “pretty teenager” in 1898.
Death31 Jul 1964
MemoChose not to take her digitalis (heart medicine) and died on a sofa.
OccupationA talented artist.
EducationFinishing school in Rochester, New York, USA and Vassar College (1899).
Note 1A rich heiress.
FatherDr Enoch Stoddard (?-?)
MotherCaroline Sarah Butts (?-?)
Other spousesFranklin Frederick Korell
Children
1 FHarriet (William) Mitchell, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth14 Nov 1909, Fort Levenworth, Kansas, USA
Death?
2 FElizabeth (William) Mitchell, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth18 Aug 1906, Fort Levenworth, Kansas, USA
Death?
3 MJohn Lendrum (William) Mitchell, GGGG Grandson
Birthabt 1920