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- From: Gerry Lynn Hamilton, General Manager, Collegian Inc. (glh5@psu.edu):
Mahlon Alvin Mitchell grew up in Potter County, where he also spent his young adult years. He married Rose Byam in August 1918 and registered for the draft a month later. His 1918 draft registration and the 1920 census show that he was living in Annin Township, McKean County. He worked
as a self-employed blacksmith (1910, 1918, 1920, 1930).
In 2009, Luella Mae (Mitchell) Hamilton spoke about memories of Mahlon. She said his wife was a talker, but Mahlon was quiet: "He was nice and gentle." Luella said Mahlon and Rose often visited the Carl and Ettabell Mitchell home on Ross Glad, Coudersport, and they would stay overnight sometimes. Carl and Mahlon were brothers, and Carl and Etta were Luella's parents. Luella said Mahlon was the only one of Carl's siblings to visit often.
Mahlon is a common name in the Mitchell family. The 1920 census lists his middle initial as M. However, he signed his draft registration as Mahlon Alvin Mitchell. The signature seems to be the more authoritative source.
His draft registration also lists his birth year as 1882, but the ancestry.com image is not particularly good. If the registration card image is accurate, the draft registration official could have written the wrong year. All other availabluments list the birth year as 1883. These include the Ron Bruce chart, Mahlon's obituary, his father's pension information form, the Social Security Death Index and the 1900 census. The other census documents are consistent with a birth year of 1883/4.
The census reports present a mystery. The 1920 census report for the Mahlon Mitchell household lists a son, Charles Mitchell, age 18, born in Pennsylvania. The birth year for Charles would be 1901/2, when Mahlon was about 18. There is no otndication that Mahlon had a son. Mahlon was living with his parents in 1900 and 1910, and both census reports list him as single.
His wife Rosalie had a daughter Mabel before she married Mahlon in 1918. Using ancestry.com search, this Rosalie can not be identified in the 1910 census, and there is no combination of Rosalie (Rose, Rosa, Rosalee)
with a son Charles born 1901/2. There is no Charles Mitchell in the 1920 and 1930 census reports. Rosalie's first married name may have been Hotchkiss, and there is also no census record of this Charles Hotchkiss.
Conceivably, Charles was an adopted son. The same 1920 census report lists Carrie V. Mitchell as a 6-year-old daughter. Carrie was adopted, which is shown by the 1930 census report. In 2008, Luella said Carrie was
adopted. During a conversation in 2009, Luella did not know anything about Charles or whether Mahlon had been married earlier.
See the Rosalie Byam entry for more information about her first marriage,
Mahlon's obituary lists a daughter Phyllis Brownell. Luella said Phyllis was the daughter of Carrie and "Carrie died when Phyllis was born." Luella said Mahlon and Rose raised Phyllis, who later married a Brownell. Luella could not remembe name of Carrie's husband.
Luella did remember when Mahlon, Rose and Carrie visited Ross Glen in Coudersport, and Carrie brought a tall boyfriend. Luella said the boyfriend sang while someone -- maybe Carrie -- played the piano. Luella said she thought the boyfriend't name might be Star. Luella thought this visit was some years before Carrie married. [The 1930 census shows that Elmer L. Starr of Kane was born about 1914, which is about the same age as Carrie. He was the only male Starr listed in McKean County with a birth year ranging from 1908 to 1918. There were no Starrs listed in Potter County.]
Family chart compiled by Ron Bruce postmarked 11 Sep 2002
George Washington Mitchell and Lydia Eliza Vergason
Mahlon
B: 18 Aug 1883 Sweden Valley, PA
D: 08 Oct 1971 Andover, NY
1M: 31 Jan 1918 Little Valley, NY
Rosalie Ida Byam
B: 19 Aug 1873 Wellsville, NY
D: 24 Oct 1955 Hornell, NY
Carrie
2M: 04 Feb 1956
Addie Rice
B: 01 Sept 1900 Woodhull, NY
D: 15 May 1976 Emporium, PA
Pension questionnaire extract (negative image on letterhead)
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1897
No. 5. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth.
Mahlon Aug 18 1883
Date of reply: Oct. 1st, 1897
Signature George W. Mitchell
Stamped: US Pension Office Oct 2 1897
US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Ancestry.com McKean Co., Pennsylvania; Roll: 1894017; Draft Board: 1.
Name: Mahlon Alvin Mitchell
Address: Turtlepoint, McKean, PA
Age: 36, b 18 Aug 1882, white, native born
Occupation: self-employed blacksmith
Nearest relative: Ros__ [could be Rose, Rosa or Rosalie] Mitchell (wife)
Signed: Mahlon Alvin Mitchell
Medium height,
Dated: 12 Sep 1918
Social Security Death Index
Mitchell, Mahlon: b 18 Aug 1883, d Oct 1971
Issued: NY before 1951; Last residentce: 14806 Andover, Allegany Co., NY
1900 US Census, Eulalia, Potter, PA
Ancestry.com Roll: T623 1482; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 106; Dwelling 110
9 Jun 1900
*b June 1844, 55, George Mitchell, head, M 22 years, bNY fmPA, no occ, rwE, own, mortgaged, farm.
*b Jan 1865, 35, Lydia Mitchell, wife, M 22 years, 12 children born, 10 living, bfmNY, no occ listed, rwE.
*b Jan 1880, 20, Fred Mitchell, son, S, bPA fmNY, teamster, rwE.
*b Apr 1881, 19, George Mitchell, son, S, bPA fmNY, barkpeeler, rwE.
*b Aug 1883, 16, Mahlon Mitchell, son, 16, S, bPA fmNY, rwE.
*b Jan 1884[?], 16, Cora May Mitchell, daughter, bfmPA, rwE.
*b Jun 1887, 13, Maud E. Mitchell, daughter, bfmPA, rwE.
*b Apr 1888, 12, Charles Mitchell, son, bfmPA, rwE.
*b Aug 1892, 7, Clyde Mitchell, son, bfmPA, rwE.
*b Mar 1895, 5, Nettie, daughter, bfmPA.
*b Dec 1898, 1, Harry R. Mitchell, son, bfmPA.
1910 US Census, Sweden Twp., Potter Co., PA
Roll: T624_1415; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 825.
26 Apr 1910
*[b 1843/4] 66, George W. Mitchel, head, mw, 3M, bNY fPA mNY, rwE, own F farm.
*[b 1860/1] 49, Lydia E. Mitchel, wife, fw, 1M 35 years, 12 born, 10 living, bfmNY, E, no occ.
*[b 1883/4] 26, Mahlon Mitchel, son, mw, S, bPA fmNY, rwE, blacksmith, work out.
*[b 1887/8] 22, Carl C. Mitchel, son, mw, S, bPA fmNY, rwE, laborer, odd jobs.
*[b 1892/3] 17, Clyde Mitchel, son, mw, S, bPA fmNY, rwE, no occ.
*[b 1893/4] 16, Nettie J. Mitchel, daughter, fw, S, bPA fmNY, rwE.
*[b 1898/9] 11, Harry R. Mitchel, son, mw, S, bPA fmNY, rwE.
- 1920 US Census, Annin Twp., McKean Co., PA
Roll: T625_1600; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 4.
5 Jan 1920, Turtlepoint
* [b 1883/4] 36, Mahlon M. Mitchell, head, rent, mw, M, rwE, bPA fPA mNY, blacksmith, own shop.
* [b 1873/4] 46, Rosalie Mitchell, wife, fw, M, rwE, bNY fPA mPA, no occupation.
* [b 1901/2] 18, Charles Mitchell, [step?]son, S, rwE, bPA fPA mNY, laborer, bottle factory.
* [b 1903/4] 6, Carrie V. Mitchell, daughter, S, bPA fPA mNY.
- 1930 US Census, Andover Twp., Allegany Co., PA
Roll: 1405; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 1011.0.
4 Apr 1930, 12 Water St.
* [b 1883/4] 46, Mahlon Mitchell, head, rent, 10, not a farm, mw, age at 1M 30 years, rwE, bPA fNY mPA, blacksmith, shop.
* [b 1874/5] 55, Rosalie Mitchell, wife, fw, age at 1M 40, rwE, bNY fPA mPA, no occupation.
* [b 1912/3] 17, Carrie V. Mitchell, ad. dau, fw, S, rwE, bPA fUS mUS, Fanifer[?], silk mill.
*[b 1851/2] 78, Hiram Byam, father-in-law, mw, W, bPA fNY mNY, no occupation.
- Luella Hamilton's Obituary Scrapbooks
Undated clippings mostly from The Potter Enterprise (weekly newspaper), Coudersport, PA
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell, 88, succumbed early Friday morning (Oct. 8, 1971) at his home in Andover, N.Y. He was born Aug. 15, 1883 in Sweden Valley, a son of George and Lydia Verguson [Vergason] Mitchell. Besides his wife, the former Addie Rice, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Brownell, Buffalo, N.Y..; two brothers, Charle [Carl], Coudersport, and Harry Mitchell, Hornell, N.Y.; and two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Coates, Genesse and Mrs. Cora Shaffer, New Millport. Friends were received at the Mulholland Funeral Home, Andover, and a funeral and committal service was held there Sunday with the pastor of the Andover Pentecostal Church officiating.
- News clip
Potter Leader-Enterprise (weekly newspaper), Coudersport, Potter Co., PA
2 July 2008: 100 years ago this week
Mahlon Mitchell finishes his bark job the coming week and will be at his home on Dry Run street.
Some person or persons on mischief bent or thinking it too fresh salted the ice mine. No damage was done.
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