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John J. Mitchel is our "dead-end" ancestor, we have been unable to firmly establish when or where he was born, married and died, and whom his parents were. There is a lot of speculation, but no hard facts to our knowledge. Some say he was the son of Gov. David Brydie of Georgia - this has been disproved. Others say he was married to Emily Holztclaw - this is disproved by the known children of John *G.* Mitchell and Emily Holtzclaw; Henry Thomas and his sister, Sarah Ann Gemima are not included in that list. Josephine Burleson provides the best anecdotal evidence for his parents being William and Chloe (Smith) Mitchel - her grandfather, Elijah Hagen Mitchell remembered them as related and they did have a son of the approximate age as our ancestor. We would love to prove it one way or another - can you help?

That's all that she wrote on the back! (Thanks, Mom, you were usually better at identifying people in photographs than that!!) So, these ladies are related to Rena Mae Clark-Mitchell-Henderson-Mitchell, and are likely either members of the CLARK, JONES, ALLBRIGHT or MOORE families of East Texas or New Mexico. The building and sidewalk they are by looks like some in the Pioneer Square area of Seattle, but to date, I have been unable to firmly locate them. If you can identify them, please let us know!