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Lemuel B. Mitchell was born in Carroll County, Ky., January 15, 1881. His parents, James and Sophia Mitchell, were also natives of the same State, where his father died, but his mother is still living, and is now eighty years old. L. B. spent his life on the farm in Carroll County, farming and raising tobacco successfully until 1858, when he settled in Adair County, Wilson Township, near the place he now occupies. Although deer and game were plenty, Mr. Mitchell was never much of a sportsman; he did kill, however, a number of animals with his ax. He settled on his present farm in 1860, having purchased the land in 1858, the fall of which year he began to improve it. He now owns a little farm of eighty acres in good condition, and a good sized one-and-a-half-story house, with good barns, etc. He has an orchard of about 100 trees, and a variety of small fruits. In October, 1859, Mr. Mitchell married Malinda, daughter of John B. Shelton, one of the pioneers of Knox County. Mrs. Mitchell is a native of Iowa, but spent most of her youth in Knox County, Mo. There are four children: Sophia (wife of Haden Pemberton, one of the substantial farmers of Wilson Township), James T., Rosetta (a young lady) and Lemuel M. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are members of the Christian Church, as is also their married daughter. Mr. Mitchell has never sought nor held office.