Mitchell, Orin, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was born in (iranville. Licking Co., Ohio, Jan. 18. 1809; was converted in 1H29; licensed to pre.ach in 1833; received on trial in the Ohio Annual Confer- ence in 1834, and appointed to Danville Circuit. He
travelled on Ph-mouth, Grand River, and Lapier cir- cuits, in ilichigan. In Ohio he received appointments to the station of Maumee and Perrysburgh ; to the cir- cuits of Portland, Mexico, Bucyrus, Norwich. Frederick, Clarksfield, Amity, Jeromeville, and Fairfield. In 1854 he took a superannuated relation, and died in August, 1869. Orin Mitchell excelled as a pastor, and his labors resulted in much good for the Christian cause.
Mitchell, Samuel C, a Presbyterian minister, was l)oni in Overton Co., East Tennessee, April 20,1806. He received a careful Christian training, early united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was soon after elected ruling elder. He subsequently left Tennes- see and settled in Indiana, and, becoming deeply im- pressed with a call to the ministrj-, in 1841 lie placed iiimself inider the care of the ^Yabash Presbytery, and immediately commenced preparation for the ministry. He was licensed to preach in 1843, and ordained at Limestone, Indiana, in 1846. He died Aug. 6, 1S62. Mr. Mitchell was a plain, earnest, and impressive preacher. See AYilson, Presb. J list. A Imanac, 1863, p. 415.
Mitchell, Thomas "W., a minister of the Metho- dist Episcopal Ciuirch, South, who labored as a mission- ary among the North American Indians, was born in In- diana April 15, 1810. His father removed to East Ten- nessee when Thomas was but two years old. Here he was educated. He professed religion in his eleventh year ; joined the Metliodist Episcopal Church ; removed to Missouri, with his parents, in 1835; was licensed to preach in 1837 ; admitted into the Missouri Conference the same year, and filled the following appointments: New jMadrid Circuit in 1837, and AYeberville Circuit in 1838. In 1840 he was located ; removed to the Cherokee Nation in 1845, and taught a public school until 1846, when he was readmitted into the Indian Jlis.-^ion Con- ference. From that time to 1851 he filled different ap- pointments, and was then appointed to i)rcsidc over the Creek District. In 1855'he was a])pointed superintend- ent of Fort Coffee and New Hope seminaries, and con- tinued until 1858. Then he was transferred to the St. Louis Conference, where he labored until 1«()2. During the war-storm he retreated to Texas, and, after the open- ing of brighter days, in 1866 he entered the Trinity Conference, where he labored until 1869, when he took a superannuated relation. In 1S71 he obtained a trans- fer and removed to the Indian Jlission Conference, and was appointed presiding elder of the Creek District. He died in the midst of his work, March 17, 1872, in Oc- mulgee, Creek Nation. See Minutes of Conferences, 1872, p. 745.
Mitchell, William B., a minister of the Jleth- odist Episcopal Church, was born in 1815. He was con- verted in 1843, and, though engaged in a lucrative busi- ness, turned aside to the ministry, to wliich he felt called of God. In 1845 he was licensed to preach; in 1846 was stationed at the Delaware Jlission, Delaware Coun- ty, N. Y., under his iiresiding elder; in 1847 joined the New York Conference, and was successively appointed to AYindham, Lexington, Jefferson, Prattsville, and Kortright circuits, and subsequently to Coxsackie and Hyde Park stations. He died Oct. 27, 1858. "His life was useful and consistent; his zeal for the interests of the Church untiring; his anxiety for the salvation of soids earnest and abiding." See Smith, Hacrtd Memo- ries (N.Y. 1870\ p. 99 sq.
Mitchell, "William H., D.D., an American divine and educator of the rrcsbytcrian communion, was born Sept. 7. l«12.at Monoghan, Irel.ind. His early training he received in his native town, and even tiien distin- guished himself by superior abilities and unwearied ap- plication. In his early manhood lie was a jiractitioner in law. Ill his twenty-seventh year, a little more than a year after his marriage, he came to this countrv. and set- tled at Montgomery, Alabama. For a mmilKT of years after this he was engaged as teacher. In 18 13 he was li- censed to preach by the presbytery of East Alabama, and
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shortly after lie was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Wetiimpka, Alabama. Possessing abilities of a high order, and being in all respects exemplary and pious, faithful, untiring, and devoted to his ministerial and pastoral duties, he enjoyed the confidence and es- teem of all who knew him. In August, 1850, Mitchell removed to Florence, Alabama, and became the pastor of the church in that place. He remained in this pul- pit till June, 1871, when the onerous and accumulating duties and cares of the Synodical Female College of that place, of which he had become president, in connection with his pastoral responsibilities, rendered it necessary that he should devote himself more entirely to the care and interests of the college. He died Oct. 3, 1872, after having held the presidency of the synodical college for over sixteen years. Personally, Dr. Mitchell was a fine- looking man, rather low of stature, pleasing in his ad- dress, and courteous and dignified in his deportment; sometimes grave and serious, and at other times humor- ous and entertaining. When among his most intimate acquaintances and friends, he was free and unreserved, and abounded in anecdote and wit. In ecclesiastical bodies he was usually a calm and quiet listener, speak- ing but seldom, and modest and diflident in advancing his opinions, but always wise, prudent, and conservative, yet decided and firm in his convictions. His sermons were written with care, and preached almost always from his manuscript; but his delivery was fluent and easy, and his oratory, without very much action, was earnest, solemn, tender, and impressive. See Memphis Presbyterian, Nov. 9, 1872. (J. H. W.)