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Josiah Law Mitchell

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Josiah Law Mitchell

Birth
Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Death
26 Oct 1924 (aged 30)
Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1, lot 290
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Josiah Law MITCHELL was a son of Julius Caesar MITCHELL and Ellen Jane HARDIN of Muscogee County, Georgia. The 1900 census lists Josiah, age 6, born "Mar 1833," an obvious error. Age 6 and born in March and indicates his birth about March 1894. His sister Josephine's grave stone records her birth and death on 27 January 1893.

Josiah was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and served in the United States Navy in World War I. The "General catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon" 1918, page 116 lists him:
Josiah Law Mitchell
U. S. Navy. 1949 Hamilton Ave., Columbus, Ga.

Josiah's Muscogee County, Georgia Death Certificate, State Registrar File Number 31079, records Josiah Law MITCHELL's birth on 17 March 1894 in Columbus, Georgia, and his death on 26 October 1924 in Columbus at age 30 years, 7 months, and 9 days. His parents were Jule C. MITCHELL, born in Glennville, Alabama, and Ellen HARDIN, born in Texas. Josiah was single and worked as a secretary doing clerical work. Cause of death was acute Bright's disease which was contracted in Newark, New Jersey. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery on 27 October 1924. Josiah's father, Jule C. MITCHELL of Columbus, was the informant.

[Compiled by: Robert Louis Daniell, Member #47276468]
Josiah Law MITCHELL was a son of Julius Caesar MITCHELL and Ellen Jane HARDIN of Muscogee County, Georgia. The 1900 census lists Josiah, age 6, born "Mar 1833," an obvious error. Age 6 and born in March and indicates his birth about March 1894. His sister Josephine's grave stone records her birth and death on 27 January 1893.

Josiah was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and served in the United States Navy in World War I. The "General catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon" 1918, page 116 lists him:
Josiah Law Mitchell
U. S. Navy. 1949 Hamilton Ave., Columbus, Ga.

Josiah's Muscogee County, Georgia Death Certificate, State Registrar File Number 31079, records Josiah Law MITCHELL's birth on 17 March 1894 in Columbus, Georgia, and his death on 26 October 1924 in Columbus at age 30 years, 7 months, and 9 days. His parents were Jule C. MITCHELL, born in Glennville, Alabama, and Ellen HARDIN, born in Texas. Josiah was single and worked as a secretary doing clerical work. Cause of death was acute Bright's disease which was contracted in Newark, New Jersey. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery on 27 October 1924. Josiah's father, Jule C. MITCHELL of Columbus, was the informant.

[Compiled by: Robert Louis Daniell, Member #47276468]

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