Lieut Col. Cornelius Berrien Mitchell, (USA)

formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of NY (Who's Who Vol. 4 )

Mitchell family papers Biographical / Historical note Biographical note

"The Mitchell family was descended from William and Margaret Mitchell of Coleraine, Northern Ireland. They had three sons, William, John and Edward (1769-1834). Their father, a bookmaker and stationer, died in 1773 and their mother was remarried in 1779, to John Fulton. William and Edward immigrated to America around 1790. The two brothers set up a business as bookbinders in Philadelphia and then in New York. William later moved to Philadelphia, where he worked as a bookbinder and on the newspaper, The Porcupine's Gazette and died in 1798. Edward stayed in New York and married Cornelia Anderson in 1794. In 1801 he became a member of the Methodist Church and in 1803 he was ordained as a minister in the Society of United Christian Friends. He was active in this profession, until his death in 1834, writing and preaching many sermons and publishing a collection called The Christian Universalist. Mitchell had eight children, including William Mitchell, an attorney and Judge who served on the Supreme Court of the State of New York. William married Mary Penfold Berrien (daughter of Cornelius Penfold Berrien and Elizabeth Bruen Morris). One of their sons, Cornelius Berrien Mitchell served in the Civil War. He joined the Anthon Battalion Light Artillery in 1862 and joined the 84th Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York in 1863, filling the ranks of Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel, Inspector of Rifle Practice, Chief of Artillery and Colonel before resigning in 1882. He was also a merchant and an active member of many civic and religious organizations. In 1880 he married Mary Elizabeth Davis and he was the father of Cornelius von Erden Mitchell."

•Cornelius Berrien Mitchell, Army collection certificates and receipts, 1862

Certificate of Tribute, The National Guard, State of New York, 1876 Mar 7

Clippings and visiting card with notes, 1900, n.d

Correspondence, 1862-1886

Personal-Letters to family while CBM was serving in the Civil War, 1862-1863

Professional, 1871, 1875, 1886 (Mostly with veteran and military organizations.)

Diary, 1863 (Memoranda of social calls and letters written.)

• Member of the Union League Club as of 1864

Affiliation with St. Mark's (Episcopal Church)

On 2nd Avenue, on the old site of the Stuyvesant chapel Cornelius was a member of the Vestry for at least one year, if not many more (1894-1995) ~• he was a senior warden there : https://www.newspapers.com/image/25983393/?terms=%22Cornelius%2BMit...

Legal work for the Spingler/van Beuren estates

~• was probably done by a Mitchell firm... probably the same as Cornelius'

Had a Horse Farm on family land (thru wife)

Loantaka Way, Morris County
The Morris County Chronicle
10 Aug 1909, Tue · Page 5
https://www.newspapers.com/image/886857948/?terms=%22CORNELIUS%20MI...

see wife's profile for more on Loantaka

Interested in Hanrness racing/show .. se Morris county Fair
The Morris County Chronicle
30 Sep 1898, Fri · Page 4 and go back to pages for other vB/Davis relatives
https://www.newspapers.com/image/886711232/?terms=%22CORNELIUS%20MI...

Served as a Regimental commander in the 84th NY. There are six references in:

• The Orange Riots - Irish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871
  • Michael A . Gordon, Cornell University Press (1993)

Also mentioned in :

• History of the Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M. -- N.G.S.N.Y. (Eighty-Third N.Y. Volunteers††.) 1845-1888
  • Historian, George A. Hussey. Editor, William Todd (1889)