Memorial Address—John Lendrum Mitchell . 
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family, his object being to supervise tbe education of bis child¬ 
ren. On this occasion, be spent more than three years abroad. 
At tbe time of bis death, Mr. Mitchell was president of tbe 
Central Investment company—tbe corporation which owns tbe 
Mitchell building and tbe Chamber of Commerce building— 
vice-president of tbe Marine National bank, director of the 
Northwestern National Insurance company, director of tbe 
Northwestern Trotting association, and a member of tbe Mil¬ 
waukee chamber of commerce. He was also a member of the 
Milwaukee Bankers’ club, of tbe Loyal Legion and of numer¬ 
ous other social and fraternal organizations. 
Mr. Mitchell was twice married. His first wife was Bianca 
Cogswell. Cf seven children by this union, but one son 
reached maturity and is still living. In 1878, Mr. Mitchell 
married Harriet Danforth Becker, who, with seven children, 
survived him. 
Born to great wealth, Mr. Mitchell had no illusions on the 
subject of money tending to disqualify him for citizenship in 
a republic. He instinctively despised vulgar display, yet his 
expenditures were liberal. His enthusiasms were not sordid. 
By habits of studious application, which were formed early 
and never relaxed, he acquired a copious knowledge of many 
subjects, ranging from agriculture to art. He loved study for 
its own sake, as was illustrated when toward the close of his 
life he enrolled himself with his young daughter as a student 
at a Trench university, going through a course in Trench lan¬ 
guage and literature and at the end being rewarded with a di¬ 
ploma for proficiency. 
He is remembered as a man of kindly nature, liberal intel¬ 
lectual attainments, and a lively sense of public duty. 
John Goadby Gregory. 
