Mitchell-Stump-Maxwell- Magraw family papers

Mitchell

Abraham Mitchell – (1733-1817) was a prominent physician practicing around the greater part of Cecil County. In 1772 he married Mary Thompson. In 1781 he purchased 200 acres of land at Fair Hill, Cecil County and resided there with his family.



George E. Mitchell – (1781-1832) was born at Head of Elk (now Elkton), Cecil County, MD, on March 3, 1781. He was the son of Abraham and Mary (Thompson) Mitchell. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia on June 5, 1805. He practiced medicine in Elkton, entering into partnership with his father. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1808 and served until 1809. He was a member of the State Executive Council and served as president from 1809 until 1812. In the War of 1812 he served with the Third Maryland Artillery. He was presented with a sword by the MD General Assembly. He married Mary Hooper in 1816. He was elected the U.S. Congress in 1823, serving until 1827. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1829, but was elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st and 22nd Congresses, serving from December 1829 until his death in Washington D.C. on June 28, 1832. He was instrumental in inviting Lafayette to the U.S. as a guest of the government.



Jane E. Mitchell - Was the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Thompson) Mitchell and the caregiver of brother George E. Mitchell’s daughters after his wife died.



Mary Alicia Mitchell Stump – Was the daughter of George Mitchell and Mary (Hooper) Mitchell. She married John Stump in 1834.



George W. Mitchell- (1820-1850) was the son of George E. Mitchell and Mary (Hooper) Mitchell. He served in the Mexican-American War.



Henry H. Mitchell- (1820-1896) Was the son of George E. Mitchell and Mary (Hooper) Mitchell. He was a physician and served as Clerk of Circuit Court. He married Henrietta Getty in 1870.



Alexander R. Mitchell – (1835-1915) Married Henrietta Stump (1842-1900).



Stump



Katherine W. Stump (Magraw) – (1846-1936) Was the daughter of John Stump and Mary Alicia (Mitchell) Stump. She married James M. Magraw.



Magraw

James Magraw D.D. – (1775-1835) Was born in Bart Township, Lancaster County, PA.. He studied languages at a classical school near Strasburg, and completed his classical and literary course at Franklin College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied theology under the Rev Nathaniel Sample, pastor of the churches of Leacock and Middle Octorara, and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle, December 16th, 1801. After spending some time as supply at New London, Chestnut Level, West Nottingham, Fagg's Manor, Little Britain, Chatham, and Deer Creek, and as a missionary in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Church of Lower West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland, April 4th, 1804. During his pastorate, about 1810, the Upper West Nottingham Church was organized, and he became its pastor, giving it one third of his time, until 1821. In 1822 he became the pastor, for one third of his time, of the recently organized Church of Charlestown and continued to serve it until his death. He was Superintendent of the West Nottingham Academy, which he was instrumental in establishing. In 1825 he received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Trustees of Dickinson College. He was a prominent and influential in Presbyterian Church courts. He was a member of the Convention of Ministers and Elders that met in Philadelphia. He was also a member of the General Assembly. He married Rebecca Cochran (1780-1831).



Jane E. Magraw – (1810-1826) Was the daughter of Rebecca (Cochran) and James Magraw. She was a student in Mrs. Saunders Seminary in Philadelphia.



Ann Isabella Magraw – (1817-1843) Was the daughter of Rebecca (Cochran) and James Magraw.



Samuel M. Magraw – (1809-1871) He was the son of Rebecca (Cochran) and James Magraw. He was a teacher at Nottingham Academy and was elected Principal after his father’s death, continuing until 1840. In 1843 he purchased a school called Baltimore High School. He married Mary Ann Maxwell (1807-1868) of Lancaster County PA.



Henry S. T. Magraw – (1815-1867) Was the son of Rebecca (Cochran) and James Magraw. He was an attorney living in Pittsburgh at the time of much of this correspondence. He married Emily S. Hopkins.



Stephen John Magraw – Was the son of Rebecca (Cochran) and James Magraw.



James M. Magraw – (1841-1889) Was the son of Samuel M. and Mary Anne (Maxwell) Magraw. He married Katherine W. Stump.



Adam R. Magraw – (1842-1907)Was the son of Henry S.T. and Emily (Hopkins) Magraw. He married Annie Harthorne (1849-1890). He died and was buried in Germany.



Rebecca C. Magraw – (1845-1865) Was the daughter of Henry S. T. and Emily (Hopkins) Magraw.