Adelaide Frances Parsons and Miles Leckie Mitchell

ADELAIDE FRANCES PARSONS, daughter of KATHARINE AMANDA HOUSTON and LUKE FISHER PARSONS, was born March 3, 1868 in Salina, Saline, Kansas,⁴⁵⁶ and died February 12, 1955 in Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas.^{456, 6744}

She married MILES LECKIE MITCHELL on June 1, 1893 in Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁶⁹⁴ He was born November 8, 1860 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania,⁴⁵⁶ and died July 29, 1939 in Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas.^{456, 6745}

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  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Adelaide F. Parsons)

Children of ADELAIDE FRANCES PARSONS and MILES LECKIE MITCHELL:

1. HAROLD PARSONS MITCHELL, b. August 8, 1894, Salina, Saline, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ d. November 20, 1900, Salina, Saline, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶
2. HELEN AMY MITCHELL, b. September 7, 1897, Salina, Saline, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ d. June 27, 1964, Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶
3. HERBERT HOUSTON MITCHELL, b. 1902, Kansas; d. July 29, 1984, San Francisco, California.⁶⁷⁴⁶
4. MARY KATHERINE MITCHELL, b. February 22, 1906, Salina, Saline, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ m. FENTON E. MCALLISTER on July 27, 1927 in Salina, Saline, Kansas⁸⁰⁰⁴; d. July 31, 1992, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶
5. WALTER RANKIN MITCHELL, b. November 15, 1908, Salina, Saline, Kansas;⁴⁵⁶ d. June 27, 1995, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.⁴⁵⁶



Personal Information

• Adelaide Frances Parsons was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Salina, Saline, Kansas. ⁶⁷⁴⁴

Work History

Newspaper Articles

Salina Semi-Weekly Journal, October 25, 1910⁶⁷⁴³

HAS 200 BUSHELS IN STORAGE

M. L. Mitchell Puts in His Vacation Packing Apples

Miles L. Mitchell, assistant postmaster, who has been off on a short vacation, returned to his duties in the federal building Saturday morning.

Mr. Mitchell has a farm several miles northwest of Salina and for the last few days he has been hauling apples, packing them and putting them in shape for cold storage. He will have about 200 bushels for sale next spring when apples are high. He says if he had the time he would put another hundred bushels in cold storage.

Obituaries

Manhattan Mercury, July 29, 1939⁶⁷⁴⁵

CITY COMMISSIONER OF SALINA IS DEAD

M. L. Mitchell Succumbs to Heart Ailment Which Struck Several Weeks Ago

SALINA, July 29—(AP)—City Council Commissioner M. L. Mitchell, 78, died here this morning of a heart affliction. He was a retired assistant postmaster and a former member of the Salina board of education.

Mr. Mitchell suffered a heart attack several weeks ago while visiting a son, Herbert H. Mitchell, San Francisco, Calif. The widow, another son, Walter R. Mitchell, Dallas, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. F. E. McCollister, Blackwell, Okla., and Miss Helen Mitchell, Salina, also survive.

The funeral will be held Monday afternoon.

Salina Journal, February 13, 1955⁶⁷⁴⁴

Mrs. Addie P. Mitchell

The funeral for Mrs. Addie Parsons Mitchell, 86, a daughter of one of Salina's earliest citizens, will be at 2 pm Monday in the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. James Elliott officiating.

The body will be at the Rush Smith Funeral Home until 1 pm Monday when it will be taken to the church. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Mitchell died at 5:30 am Saturday in Asbury Hospital.

Mrs. Mitchell was the daughter of Luke Parsons, an early-day sheriff of Saline County. He came to this community shortly after the founding of Salina. His wife was the first public school teacher in Salina.

Mrs. Mitchell, a life-time resident of this community, was born on her father's farm three miles east of Salina in a log cabin. She taught in the Oakdale school for some years. Her husband, the late M. L. Mitchell, was for many years assistant postmaster in Salina. He died in 1937. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Herbert H., Berkley, Calif; Walter R., Dallas, Tex., Mrs. Fenton E. McCallister, Grant's Pass, Ore., and Helen of the home; a brother and sister, Huston Parsons, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. C. C. Van Natta, Topeka, five grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 6, 18704725	Elm Creek, Saline, Kansas	Katharine Amanda Houston Luke Fisher Parsons Annie Elizabeth Houston Adelaide Frances Parsons Houston Dexter Parsons
June 29, 18804726	Elm Creek, Saline, Kansas	Katharine Amanda Houston Luke Fisher Parsons Annie Elizabeth Houston Adelaide Frances Parsons Houston Dexter Parsons Stella Irene Parsons
June 8, 1900491	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Miles Leckie Mitchell Adelaide Frances Parsons Harold Parsons Mitchell Helen Amy Mitchell
April 20, 1910490	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Miles Leckie Mitchell Adelaide Frances Parsons Helen Amy Mitchell Herbert Houston Mitchell Mary Katherine Mitchell Walter Rankin Mitchell
January 9, 19204723	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Miles Leckie Mitchell Adelaide Frances Parsons Helen Amy Mitchell Herbert Houston Mitchell Mary Katherine Mitchell Walter Rankin Mitchell
April 12, 19306742	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Miles Leckie Mitchell Adelaide Frances Parsons Helen Amy Mitchell Walter Rankin Mitchell
May 11, 19406741	Salina, Saline, Kansas	Adelaide Frances Parsons Helen Amy Mitchell