Name/Title
Mitchell family: Jean, Jessie & Agnes Mitchell, pioneer women in Traill County, DTEntry/Object ID
2023.323.1Description
This family history folder includes a photograph of three Mitchell sisters, Jean, Agnes and Jessie. An Ancestry.com family tree documents the year of birth of the three sisters as:
Jean Mitchell b. 1867
Agnes Mitchell b. 1868
Jessie Mitchell b. 1871
Further, a Hillsboro Banner story on page 5 of the 31 January 1890 issue, mentions that Agnes & Jessie Mitchell were teachers in Bohnsack Township.
Another user on Ancestry posted a photograph of Agnes (Mitchell) McSparron--also taken by Skrivseth in his Hillsboro photo studio. Agnes married William James McSparron in 1891. William McSparron was an early settler in Bohnsack Township.
This information was uncovered by Sarah Christensen of Hillsboro.Acquisition
Accession
2023.323Source or Donor
Traill County Historical Society
