Fred Mitchell

Notes:

From: Gerry Lynn Hamilton, General Manager, Collegian Inc. (glh5@psu.edu)

Fred Mitchell was a life-long resident of Potter County. He worked as a teamster (1900) as a young man still living with his parents in Eulalia Twp. For most of his life, Fred and wife Becky farmed in Genesee Twp.

US Census reports show the following names: Frederick (1880) and F.M. (1910), but Fred was the most common. He used Fred on his World War I draft registration card (1918). His father used Freddie on a pension questionnaire (1887).

Records show three different birth dates. The one he used for draft registration seems to be the most authoritative.
--24 Jan 1880, Family chart by Ron Bruce.
--23 Jan 1880, Pension questionnaire by his father.
--22 Jan 1880, Draft registration by himself.

Records show two different dates of death: 29 Dec 1940 on the Ron Bruce chart and 27 Jan 1941 on the cemetery listing.

Family chart compiled by Ron Bruce postmarked 11 Sep 2002
George Washington Mitchell and Lydia Eliza Vergason
Fred
B: 24 Jan 1880 Potter Cty, PA
D: 29 Dec 1940 Wellsville, NY
M: 04 July 1903
Rebecca Tuttle

US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Ancestry.com Potter County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1909282; Draft Board: 0.
Address: RFD 1 Genesee, Potter, PA
Age: 38, b 22 Jan 1880, white, native born
Occupation: Farmer
Nearest relative: Rebecca Mitchell, RFD 1 Genesee, Potter, PA
Signed: Fred Mitchell
Medium height, slender build, blue eyes, brown hair
Dated: 11 Sep 1918
[There is no record that Fred served in the military.]

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.
Freddie Jan 23 1880
Date of reply: Oct. 1st, 1897
Signature George W. Mitchell
Stamped: US Pension Office Oct 2 1897

Painted Hills Genealogy Society, Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses, Potter Co., PA
MITCHELL, Fred. Born 1880, died 1-27-1941

Social Security Death Index
No listing found for Fred or Frederick or F.M. Mitchell b 1880 or d 1940 or d 1941.

1880 US Census, Sweden, Potter Co., PA
Ancestry.com Roll: T9_1166; Family History Film: 1255166; Page: 549.4000;
Enumeration District: 112; Image: 0748.
9 June 1880
*[b 1844/5] 35, George W. Mitchell, wm, farmer, bfmNY
*[b 1860/1] 19, Lydia Mitchell, wife, keeping house, bfmNY.
*[b 1878/9] 1, Merty Mitchell, wf, daughter, bPA fmNY.
*[b jan/feb 1880] 5m, Frederick Mitchell, wm, son, bPA fmNY.
*[b 1876/7] 3, Nelly Mitchell, wf, daughter, bPA fmNY.

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 fPA mPA, no occ, rwE, own, mortgaged, farm.
*b Jan 1865, 35, Lydia Mitchell, wife, M 22 years, 12 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.

1900 US Census, Sweden Twp., Potter Co., PA
Roll: T623 1482; Page: 5A; .
9 Jun 1900, Dwelling 91
*b 1851, 49, Josephine Tuttle, head, wf, M 31 years, bfmPA, housekeeper, E cannot rw, own mortgaged house.
*b Jan 1884, 16, Becky Tuttle, daughter, wf, S, bfmPA, servant, rwE.
*b Feb 1890, 10, Charles Tuttle, son, wm, bfmPA, at school, rwE.

1910 US Census, Genesee Twp., Potter Co., PA (checked and updated 1-3-08)
Roll: T624_1415; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 494.
22 Apr 1910
*[b 1880/1] 29, F.M. Mitchel, head, mw, 1M 6 years, bfmPA, cannot rw, E, rent, farm.
*[b 1883/4] 26, Rebecka Mitchel, wife, fw, 1M 6 years, no children, bPA fMD mPA, rwE, no occ.
*[b 1888/9] 21, Fred Pierce, laborer, mw, S, bPA fUS mNY, rwE, farm.

1920 US Census, Genesee, Potter Co., PA
Roll: T625_1648; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 840.
*[b 1879/80] 40, Fred Mitchell, head, own, mortgaged, mw, M, rwE, bPA fUS mMI, farmer.
*[b 1874/5] 35, Rebecca L. Mitchell, wife, fw, M, rwE, bfmPA, no occ.
*[b 1846/7] 73, Josephine Oils, mother-in-law, fw, W, cannot rw, E, bfmPA.

1930 US Census, Genesee Twp., Potter Co., PA
Roll: 2143; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 881.0.
10 Apr 1930
*[b 1880/1] 49, Fred Mitchell, head, own farm RE6000, radio blank, mw, age at 1M 23, rwE, bPA fmNY, farmer.
*[b 1883/4] 46, Rebecca Mitchell, wife, fw, age at 1M 20, rwE, bfmPA, no occ.

Family/Spouse: Rebecca Tuttle. Rebecca was born in 1884; died on 08 Oct 1948; was buried in Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses, Potter County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]