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Alexander Mitchell. Click the image to learn more. Milwaukee’s leading financier and railroad magnate in the mid-nineteenth century, Alexander Mitchell was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on October 18, 1817. Twenty-two years later, he immigrated to the U.S., settling in Chicago.
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Alexander Mitchell (October 17, 1817 – April 19, 1887) was a Scottish-born banker, railroad financier and Democratic politician in Milwaukee . Early life. Mitchell was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Margaret (Lendrum) and John Mitchell, in 1817 [1] and immigrated to the United States in 1839.
Alexander Mitchell, eighth son of William Mitchell and Jane Ferguson, one of thirteen children, was born in William Street, Dublin, on 13 April 1780. His father was inspector-general of barracks in Ireland, a duty that took him all over the country.
Plan from the late 1840s of Mitchell's lighthouse in Belfast Lough. Alexander Mitchell, (13 April 1780 – 25 June 1868) was an Irish engineer who from 1802 was blind. He is known as the inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse.
May 1, 2019 · Alexander Mitchell: The Blind Engineer Who Gave Sight to Seafarers. Sandbanks are a hazard to marine traffic. Often found near coastlines, near the mouth of a river and around ports, these shallow, submerged beds of sand keep changing their shape and position posing great navigation risk to ships.
Kenneth Alexander Mitchell (November 25, 1974 – February 24, 2024) was a Canadian actor. He was known for his role as Eric Green in the CBS television series Jericho (2006–2008) and for portraying various characters in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2021).
Feb 21, 2016 · In 1865 he took over a financially troubled Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Co. He consolidated other small railroads to make his railroad one of the largest, 5000 miles of track, in the upper Midwest. Mitchell, S.D. is named after him because of the railroad affiliation.
