1836–1911
E. Craige Mitchell

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 21, 1836, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri.

Died: De­cem­ber 8, 1911.

Buried: Oak­land Ce­me­te­ry, St. Paul, Min­ne­so­ta.

Biography

Edward was the son of Ed­ward Phil­lips Mitch­ell and Eli­za­beth Tyn­dale. His mo­ther des­cend­ed from a bro­ther of Will­iam Tyn­dale, au­thor of the first Eng­lish trans­la­tion of the New Tes­ta­ment.

In 1841, Ed­ward’s fa­ther moved the family to Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, where he en­gaged in mer­can­tile pur­suits and was pre­si­dent of the Com­mon­wealth Bank. His eldest son, James Tyn­dale Mitc­hell, be­came a jus­tice of the Penn­syl­van­ia Su­preme Court, and for ma­ny years ed­it­ed the Am­eri­can Law Re­gis­ter.

Edward was edu­cat­ed in Phi­la­del­phia’s Cen­tral High School and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia. In 1859 he was ad­mit­ted to the bar in Phi­la­del­phia. In 1861, he be­came a Swe­den­bor­gi­an min­is­ter. He served pas­tor­ates in:

In Ap­ril, 1872, Mitch­ell moved to Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta, and in 1876 to St. Paul, Min­ne­so­ta. From 1872–80 he of­fi­ci­at­ed in both Min­ne­ap­olis and St. Paul, but start­ing in 1880 he served the St. Paul church on­ly.

In 1865, he mar­ried Lou­sia C. Fer­nald of Port­land, Maine, but she did not long sur­vive. In Ju­ly 1876, he mar­ried An­nie Iun­ge­rich.

Active in ci­vic life, Mitch­ell was in­volved with:

Works

In ad­di­tion to ma­ny ser­mons and lec­tures, Mitch­ell’s works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

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