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CHARLES B. MITCHELL
Vol.3, p. 1167-1168

The present success and future promise of Charles B. MITCHELL, of
Vinita, may be said to be the result of a combination of good birth
and breeding, augmented by professional training in two separate
fields. He came to Oklahoma in 1910, with a clearly defined purpose,
and has not only made a success of his activities in the law, but has
developed about him that atmosphere of intellectual refinement
peculiar to the more settle portions of New England.

Mr. Mitchell was born at Brunswick, Main, October 9, 1870 and is a
son of George E. and Agnes E. (SEGAR) Mitchell. His father, born on
the old family homestead at Brunswick, August 30, 1850, has been
connected with the shoe industry of his native state for many years,
and at the present time is living in retirement at Lewiston, Maine.
Mrs. Mitchell, also a native of the Pine Tree state, was born in
Oldtown, in 1854, and died in 1890, the mother of seven children,
Charles B. being the first born. Mr. Mitchell is a self-made and
largely a self-educated man. His first training was secured in the
public schools of Auburn, Maine, after leaving which he secured
employment in a shoe factory there and was thus employed at various
places for several years. Next, be became a reporter on the Staff of
the Lewiston Gazette, a capacity in which he acted for about one
years, and while thus engaged decided upon a career in the law.
Accordingly, he studied for his profession in the office of Hon. J.
W. MITCHELL, at Auburn, and in 1892 was duly admitted to the bar and
began practice there as a partner with J. W. Mitchell, under the firm
style of J. W. and Charles B. Mitchell.

In 1894 Mr. Mitchell removed to Albany, New York, where he became
private secretary for James F. MCLROY, a consulting electrical
engineer, and his studies while acting in this position were along
the line of theological subjects. In 1899 he entered the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, and July 20, 1900, was ordained by the
Presbytery of Albany, New York, as a minister of the Presbyterian
Church, his first charge being at Montcalm, New Jersey. Later he went
to New York City and then to Haddon Heights, New Jersey, and after
spending ten years as a minister of the gospel decided to come to the
West. In 1910 he located at Vinita, where he again took up the
practice of law, in partnership with S. RIDDLE and A. D. BENNETT, the
firm style being Riddle, Bennett and Mitchell. They carry on a
general practice, although some specializing is done in banking and
corporation law, and the combination is known to be a strong and
learned one. Mr. Mitchell is a man of decided literary talent and is
a frequent and welcome contributor to various religious journals, and
to the Saint Louis Mirror. He is well read and widely traveled, and
has had charge of four different European touring parties. He is also
in urgent demand as a speaker, his style of delivery being easy and
attractive, and the subject matter of his speeches clearly, pithily
and eloquently presented. To his substantial and brilliant traits as
a lawyer and his stanch character as a man, he is possessed of the
sociable and attractive qualities of the cultured gentleman.

On February 8, 1913, Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage with Miss
Jessie F. MATHEWS, of Philadelphia.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jack Childers November 28, 1998.