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IndexRobert Barnett Mitchell was born near Paris, in Lamar County, Texas, on September 25, 1862, and died on November 30, 1925, son of Forest Mitchell and his wife, Martha Mitchell, both of whom in an early day came from Indiana and settled in Texas.
In 1880 at the age of eighteen years, he came to the Indian Territory, locating about three miles northwest of Albany in the Choctaw Nation. On August 1, 1899, he was married to Missouri Beal, who died on August 8, 1928, both being buried in the Albany Cemetery. He is survived by an adopted daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell Lewis.
He was appointed and served as United States Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory during the administration of the late Sheb Williams, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, when certain parts of the Choctaw Nation and all of the Chickasaw Nation were under that jurisdiction.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and affiliated with the Democratic party.
A rugged, honest, and faithful supporter of the law and good government passed away, and his community lost a fine citizen.