George Edwin Mitchell
- Born: 1852, Worcester Co., MD
- Died: 1936, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
- Buried: 1936, Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
G.E. MITCHELL, Dealer in Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Coal, Hay, etc., Salisbury, MD
Two receipts from Nov 14 1910 and Feb 3 1911 from G.E. Mitchell for 4 bushels of "H. Lucie" and "W. C. Hair" each time are in this collection. George Edwin Mitchell is listed as grain dealer, age 56, in the 1910 census is the City of Salisbury with his wife Maria, age 40, and son Philip, age 7 \endash they are living on E. Williams Street. In 1920, he is still there and listed as a manager of a Lime Company but, by 1930, he is listed as having no occupation perhaps because that year he is listed as age 78. Further investigation finds Mitchell was born in 1852 and died in 1936. He and his wife Maria (Mumford) Mitchell (1869-1955) are buried in Parsons Cemetery in Salisbury.
Mitchell's business is listed on the receipts as "opposite Fulton Station" with telephone number 230. Fulton Station still stands today at the intersection of US Business 50 and Mill Street on the east side of Mill Street. I found a photo of the current structure (see below, credit, Linda Duyer) and it is still an industrial area that had easy access to a railroad spur up Mill Street. Mitchell operated his business out of the building across from Fulton Station.
What is a mystery to this writer is what Arch Johnson bought when He purchased 8 bushels of "H. Lucie" in late 1910 and early 1911. The "W.C. Hair" is not entirely clear either but horsehair was used in those days to reinforce plaster work for housing construction. One can possibly assume that Johnson was purchasing plaster for work he was performing on his home outside of Fruitland. It was a relatively new home at the time having been built about 15 years earlier and perhaps he was expanding it.
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