Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameMITCHELL, Fannie Fern 
Birth Date20 Apr 1842
Birth PlaceTennessee
OccupationSchool Teacher
Death Date30 Jul 1932 Age: 90
Death PlaceDyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee
FlagsEzzell Line
FatherMITCHELL, Thomas H.
MotherNEWSOME
Misc. Notes
Fannie, a schoolteacher, was the daughter of Thomas H. Mitchell, a planter, who died in the infancy of his daughter. Her mother was Elizabeth Newsom. Fannie, their only surviving child.
Spouses
Birth Date5 Oct 1839
Birth PlaceFayette County, Tennessee
Death Date28 Apr 1895 Age: 55
Death PlaceElba, Fayette County, Tennessee
FlagsEzzell Line
FatherHARRELL, William Ira (1803-1856)
MotherBARNES, Temperance (1815-1878)
Misc. Notes
Goodspeed's History of Tennessee -
Fayette County Biographies
James C. Harrell
Surnames: HARRELL, BARNES, MITCHELL
James C. Harrell was born in Fayette County, Tenn., October 5, 1839, and is the son of William and Temperance (Barnes) Harrell, both natives of Nash County, NC.
The father was born in 1802 and died in Fayette County, October 20, 1856. The mother was born in 1814 and died in the same county October, 1878. They were both of Irish descent and in early life moved to Fayette County.
Our subject was educated at La Grange College, Tennessee, and Broaddus College, Mississippi; then commenced farming which he has continued ever since, except during his service in the Confederate Army. In 1867 he established a store at Rossville, but moved, the business to Elba in 1870 and still lives at the old homestead and cultivates the old plantation.
March 17, 1859, he married Miss Fannie Mitchell, born April 20, 1843, and they have had eleven children, ten of them living.
Mr. Harrell has always been a Democrat, and for several terms has held the office of magistrate. In 1884 he was elected to the Legislature, and was placed on the committees of public schools, railroads, penitentiary, agriculture and public roads. He was a thorough business member and was never absent from his desk. Mr. Harrell is a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight of Honor and a member of the A. 0. U. W.
He was originally a Baptist, but since 1874 he has been a member of the Christian Church.
In 1862 he enlisted as first lieutenant in Company C in Ballentine's Regiment, and served with it in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, participating under Van Dorn in the battles of Holly Springs, Jackson, Murfreesboro and the Georgia campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, and with Hood, from the evacuation at Lovejoy through the battles at Franklin and Nashville and was surrendered at Selma, Ala., under Gen. Frank Armstrong in April, 1865.
Mr. Harrell is a quiet, pleasant gentleman of marked force of character, exerting a wide influence in his county and esteemed by all.
Fayette County Biographies
James C. Harrell
Surnames: HARRELL, BARNES, MITCHELL
James C. Harrell was born in Fayette County, Tenn., October 5, 1839, and is the son of William and Temperance (Barnes) Harrell, both natives of Nash County, NC.
The father was born in 1802 and died in Fayette County, October 20, 1856. The mother was born in 1814 and died in the same county October, 1878. They were both of Irish descent and in early life moved to Fayette County.
Our subject was educated at La Grange College, Tennessee, and Broaddus College, Mississippi; then commenced farming which he has continued ever since, except during his service in the Confederate Army. In 1867 he established a store at Rossville, but moved, the business to Elba in 1870 and still lives at the old homestead and cultivates the old plantation.
March 17, 1859, he married Miss Fannie Mitchell, born April 20, 1843, and they have had eleven children, ten of them living.
Mr. Harrell has always been a Democrat, and for several terms has held the office of magistrate. In 1884 he was elected to the Legislature, and was placed on the committees of public schools, railroads, penitentiary, agriculture and public roads. He was a thorough business member and was never absent from his desk. Mr. Harrell is a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight of Honor and a member of the A. 0. U. W.
He was originally a Baptist, but since 1874 he has been a member of the Christian Church.
In 1862 he enlisted as first lieutenant in Company C in Ballentine's Regiment, and served with it in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, participating under Van Dorn in the battles of Holly Springs, Jackson, Murfreesboro and the Georgia campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, and with Hood, from the evacuation at Lovejoy through the battles at Franklin and Nashville and was surrendered at Selma, Ala., under Gen. Frank Armstrong in April, 1865.
Mr. Harrell is a quiet, pleasant gentleman of marked force of character, exerting a wide influence in his county and esteemed by all.
Marr Date17 Mar 1859
Marr PlaceFayette County, Tennessee
ChildrenWilliam Clarence
Susan Matthews (1878-~1962)