Joshua Wilberton MITCHELL^[1]

1844 - 1919  (74 years)

• Name	Joshua Wilberton MITCHELL
  Birth	26 Aug 1844	Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1880	Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	The 1880 census notes that Joshua made his living as a "carpenter".
  Death	17 Jun 1919	Roper, Washington Co, NC   [1]
  	Joshua died of apoplexy [cerebral hemorrhage] in Roper, North Carolina at 10:45am on 17 June 1919. He was 74 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	18 Jun 1919	Portsmouth City, VA   [4]
  	His body was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 18 June 1919.
  Person ID	I2332	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Benjamin MITCHELL
  Mother	Ann F. SMITH
  Family ID	F2112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Caroline CHERRY,   b. 17 Sep 1855, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 4 Oct 1926, Craddock, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 71 years)
  Notes	Joshua married Elizabeth Cherry as his second wife, following the 1881 death of his first wife Adaline. The couple had three children, Leonard, Maude and Gladys, who married William Holleman Cotten, Sr. in 1913.
  Children	1. Gladys Elizabeth MITCHELL,   b. 14 Jul 1892, Portsmouth City, VA d. 2 Jul 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Adaline M. CRAGIN,   b. 30 Sep 1838, Pasquotank Co, NC d. 1881 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1867	Norfolk Co, VA   [2]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 10 September 1867.
  Children	1. Lucy A. MITCHELL,   b. 14 Sep 1867, Norfolk Co, VA d. 1 Apr 1893 (Age 25 years)   2. Charles Webster MITCHELL,   b. 26 Dec 1874, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 12 Apr 1954 (Age 79 years)   3. Joshua Benjamin MITCHELL,   b. 2 Jul 1877, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. Sep 1973 (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 12 Sep 1870, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [S1018] Resided: June 1880, Deep Creek, Norfolk County, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1908] Joshua W. Mitchell, North Carolina death certificate no. 14518 (1919). [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 136: Joshua W. Mitchell - Adaline M. Weston marriage (1867), file no. 15105. [S3344] 1880 US Census / Mitchell, Joshua W. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA.