Mitchell and White Genealogy

Tracing the Ancestors of Wealthy Edward Mitchell and Hattie Pride White

Persons of Note

Table of Contents

Immigrant Ancestors to America

Immigrant	Description

Revolutionary War Patriots

Patriot	Description of Service
John P. Campbell	John P. Campbell aided the American revolution in 1781 by serving as a private in the Revolutionary War for seven months. DAR ancestor A018659.
Thomas Coppedge	Thomas Coppedge aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1778 by serving as a private in the Army under Captain Thomas Gaskins. DAR ancestor A025907.
Archelaus Mitchell	Archelaus Mitchell aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1780 by serving as a private and a sergeant in the Revolutionary War. No DAR entry.
Jesse Reynolds	Jesse Reynolds aided the American revolution From 1776 - 1778 by serving as a sergeant in the Army under Captain Gross Scruggs. DAR ancestor A095699.
Capt. David Woodroof	Capt. David Woodroof aided the American revolution in 1779 by commanding a company of militia. DAR ancestor A128631.

War of 1812 Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
James R. Bias	James R. Bias served in the military From 28 Aug 1814 - 8 Feb 1815. served as a private during the War of 1812\|\|He was in Capt. Samuel B.Jeter's company of the Virginia Militia.
Joseph Fuqua	Joseph Fuqua served in the military From 1 Sep 1814 - 14 Sep 1814. enlisted at Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia and served as a private in Captain John P. Gray's company of Virginia militia.
John Glass	John Glass served in the military From 5 Sep 1814 - 19 Feb 1815. served in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Abram Bufords' Company of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Militia\|\|He was a substitute for John Cawthorn.

Confederate Civil War Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
John William Ashley, Jr	John William Ashley, Jr, served in the military Bet 20 May 1861 and 9 Apr 1865. He served as a private in Company I (the Amherst Rifle Grays) of the 19th Virginia Infantry. This company took part in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill between May and June of 1862. He took a furlough for 15 days in March of 1863. Beginning around June of 1863 he was detailed to special duty as a teamster driving one of the brigade staff wagons. The 19th Virginia Infantry was part of Garnett's Brigade at Gettysburg and were deployed at the center of the brigade during Pickett's famous charge on July 3rd. It isn't known if Private William Ashley took part in the charge. He remained as a teamster for the brigade command through the end of 1864, including at the Battle of Cold Harbor and spending a lot of time at Chaffin's Farm east of Richmond. No record exists for Private Ashley after 1864 but he probably stayed with the 19th Virginia until their capture at Sayler's Creek on April 6th, 1865.
David S. Campbell	David S. Campbell served in the military From Aug 1861 - Feb 1865. served in the Confederate Army as a private in Captain J. Henry Rives' Company of the Nelson Light Artillery\|\|He enlisted in Nelson County on 1 Aug 1861 for the duration of the war. He was reported as being sick in the field hospital at the end of 1864 and was given a 60 day furlough on January 11, 1865 by the medical examining board because he was incapable of performing his duties. He was suffering from anasarca, also known as "extreme generalized edema", a medical condition characterised by widespread swelling of the skin due to effusion of fluid into the extracellular space. There are no records that indicate that he ever returned to duty.
Corbin Decator Glass	Corbin Decator Glass served in the military on 5 Mar 1862. enlisted on the Confederate side as a private in Patterson's Company (Campbell Battery) of Virginia Heavy Artillery\|\|This unit was disbanded on 5 Jul 1862 and the men assigned to Company D of the 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion. He was listed as absent without leave from Co. D since 7 Jul 1862 and it is not known if he ever reported.
Edward M. Glass	Edward M. Glass served in the military From 5 Mar 1862 - 24 Sep 1862. served on the Confederate side as a private in Co. D of the 18th Virginia Heavy Artillery\|\|He was discharged on 24 Sep 1862 for unknown reasons.
Jesse Chiswell Glass	Jesse Chiswell Glass served in the military on 5 Mar 1862. enlisted on the Confederate side as a private in Patterson's Company (Campbell Battery) of Virginia Heavy Artillery\|\|This unit was disbanded on 5 Jul 1862 and the men assigned to Company D of the 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion. He was listed as absent without leave from Co. D since 7 Jul 1862 and it is not known if he ever reported.
Thomas W. Glass	Thomas W. Glass served in the military in Apr 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. was a private in Company I of Col. R. T. W. Duke's Regiment of the 2nd Virginia Reserves\|\|He was captured in hospital at Richmond on 3 Apr 1865, admitted to Jackson Hospital in Richmond on 9 Apr 1865, and turned over to the Provost Marshall on 14 Apr 1865.
Bowling Louis Mitchell	Bowling Louis Mitchell served in the military on 14 Jan 1863 in Caroline County, Virginia. enlisted as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's Company of the Virginia Light Artillery for the duration of the war.
	Bowling Louis Mitchell served in the military on 22 Sep 1864 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. was captured at the Battle of Fisher's Hill\|\|He was imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland and paroled 17 Mar 1865 to Aiken's Landing near Richmond, Virginia in an exchange of prisoners.
	Bowling Louis Mitchell served in the military on 20 Mar 1865 in Richmond, Virginia. appears on roll of paroled and exchanged prisoners.
Sylvester Mitchell	Sylvester Mitchell served in the military in 1862. served on the Confederate side as a Lieutenant in Company I of the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment, part of Early's Brigade\|\|He was severly wounded in the thigh on 28 Aug 1862 during the 2nd Battle of Manassas and reported as killed on 29 Aug 1862.
George Sallings Morris	George Sallings Morris served in the military From 11 Sep 1861 - Oct 1864. served on the Confederate side as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's Company of Light Artillery (Amherst Artillery)\|\|He enlisted in Richmond on 11 Sep 1861 and served the duration of the war.
Legrand Ferdinand Cortez Reynolds	Legrand Ferdinand Cortez Reynolds served in the military on 10 Mar 1862 in Lexington, Albemarle County, Virginia. enlisted in Company H of the 4th Regiment of the Virginia Infantry as a Private\|\|He developed a chronic leg ulcer and was detailed to light duty or hospital duty on 20 Aug 1864.
Obadiah B. Reynolds, Jr.	Obadiah B. Reynolds, Jr., served in the military From Nov 1862 - 17 Jun 1865. served on the Confederate side as a private in Company E of the 27th Virginia Infantry\|\|He served primarliy as a teamster or wagon master and was captured at Gettysburg on 3 Jul 1863 and held in the prison camp at Fort Delaware, Delaware until he was exchanged at City Point on 31 Jul 1863. Following his release he returned to his duty as a teamster and was captured again near Petersburg, VA on 25 Mar 1865. He was released 17 Jun 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance at Port Lookout, Maryland.
Addison Morgan White	Addison Morgan White served in the military on 7 May 1862 in United States. was discharged from Co. E of the 11th Virginia Infantry\|\|The militia unit was organized by faculty and students at Lynchburg College in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. It became Company E, 11th Virginia Infantry in the Confederate army. The commanding officer of the company, Captain James E. Blankenship, was a mathematics professor at Lynchburg College. Though Blankenship had graduated at the top of his class at the Virginia Military Institute in 1852, his nerve failed when tested in battle. During the First Battle of Manassas he fled in the middle of the fighting. It was reorganized on 26 April 1862.
John William White	John William White served in the military From 20 Jul 1861 - 4 Jun 1862. served on the Confederate side as a private in Company B of the 8th Virginia Cavalry\|\|He enlisted at Wytheville, VA on 20 Jul 1861 for 1 year. He was medically discharged on 4 Jun 1862 due to frequent hemorages from his lungs.

Union Civil War Veterans

World War I Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
John Edward White	John Edward White served in the military in 1918. served in the Army.

World War II Veterans

Veteran	Description of Service
William Kenneth Dishman	William Kenneth Dishman served in the military From 15 Apr 1946 - 19 Jul 1953. He enlisted in the United States Army on 15 April 1946 in Richmond, Virginia. He went through 8 weeks of basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and then returned home for 1 week of leave. He took the train from Washington, DC to California where he reported at Camp Stone. He departed California by ship on 6 Aug 1946 and arrived in Yokohama, Japan on 19 Aug 1946. He was assigned to the Eighth Army troop movement section as an administrative NCO and stationed at Zama, the "West Point of Japan". His section was responsible for coordinating troop movements into and out of Japan, and his main duty involved loading and unloading troop ships at the port in Yokohama. He obtained the rank of Sergeant while in Japan. He departed Japan on 26 Jun 1947 and traveled by air back to California. He was able to arrange transport by air instead of ship due to his position in the troop movement section. The flight took 60 hours, with refueling stops in Guam, Kwajalein, Johnston Island, and Hickam Field, Hawaii. He arrived at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air base on 28 Jun 1947 and was granted terminal leave from 4 Jul 1947 He traveled back home to Virginia by bus and was honorably discharged on July 31, 1947. He then served in the Army Reserves until 1953.
James Edward Mitchell	James Edward Mitchell served in the military From 1943 - 14 Apr 1946. served in the U. S. Army Air Force, 8th Air Force, 94th Bomber Group, as a radar mechanic\|\|He received an honorable discharge.
Gordon Henry White, Jr.	Gordon Henry White, Jr., served in the military From 17 Nov 1940 - 6 Jun 1944. served in the Company A of 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division\|\|He died during the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach in Normandy along with 18 other soldiers in Company A from Bedford, making Bedford the community that suffered the largest proportional loss of life during World War II. This group of soldiers became known as the "Bedford Boys".

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