MITCHELL-Robert - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Robert Mitchell, manufacturer of woolen goods, Veedersburg, is a son of James and Mary Mitchell, both natives of Virginia, and emigrated to Fountain county in 1832, and settled in Van Buren township, on Coal creek. The former died about one year after his arrival here. He was a millwright by profession. James Mitchell raised a family of seven children, all of whom are dead except Robert, who was born in Virginia, in 1822. He remained in his native state some little time after his parents came to Fountain county. Robert was married in 1847, to Margaret Patton, native of Fountain county, and daughter of Thomas Patton, an early pioneer. She died in 1849, leaving one child, which survived its mother less than a year. He was married a second time, to Miss Mary A. Middlebrook, a native of Fountain county. By this marriage he has three daughters: Florence, Bell, and Kate. Mr. Mitchell learned his trade principally in the State of Virginia. In 1854, in company with Solomon Hetfield and James Carr, he erected the Sugar Grove Woolen Mills, one mile south of Veedersburg, where he still remains operating the same, having been engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods for forty-five years.