Mitchell Kendall
Texas House of Representatives
In office
1870–1871
Personal details
Bornc. 1822
Georgia
Died1885(1885-00-00) (aged 62–63)
Marshall, Texas
Political partyRepublican

Mitchell Kendall (c.1822c.1885) was a blacksmith and state legislator in Texas for Harrison County, Texas. He was born in Georgia as a slave.[1] He was brought to Texas about 1850.[2] He served as a voter registrar in Harrison County and at the 1868 Texas Constitutional Convention where he voted to separate Texas into three states. He was elected as a Republican to the Texas House of Representatives for the Twelfth Legislature from 1870 to 1871.[3] He had a wife Adeline and five children.[1]

Kendall was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in New Town neighborhood of Marshall, Texas.[4] He was buried at the Old Powder Mill Cemetery in Marshall.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TSHA | Kendall, Mitchell". www.tshaonline.org.
  2. Freedom’s Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 125
  3. "Forever Free: The Biographies - Page 5 | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.
  4. "New Town, Marshall (Harrison County) · Uncovering St. John's · UNT Library Omeka S". omeka.library.unt.edu.


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