Mitchell Sullivan (1819-1893)

Mitchell was born on 19 July 1819  in Bulloch Co., Georgia. He was the son of  William Sullivan and Lydia Peacock.  He was 5ft 6 inches tall, blue eyes, dark hair.

He married Elizabeth Ann Jones.
He married Susan A. Walker on 24 April 1862 at Lafayette Co., Florida.
Mitchell died on 19 November 1893 at Lafayette Co., Florida, at age 74.  He was buried in November 1893 at Midway Baptist Church., Lafayette Co., Florida.

He was a farmer by trade, owning several hundred acresof property per the 1850 Federal Census of Madison County Florida. Lafayette County was created from Madison Countyin1956 so that is why this family is enumerated in Madison County in 1850.
Prior to the Civil war, Mitchell served in the Union Army. He saw service in Company D of the Second Regiment of the Florida Cavalry. He was 5 ft 6 inches tall, blue eyes, hair dark. His son also served in the same company. [This information from Estelle V. Lences who obtained it from his service records]

The estate of Mitchell  Sullivan was probated 8 December 1893 in Lafayette County, Florida.

Children of Mitchell and Elizabeth Ann Jones are:

1. Roxie Ann Sullivan b. 7 Sep 1842, d. 16 Jul 1900

2. William James Sullivan b. 22 Dec 1844, d. 28 Aug 1932

3. Georgia Ann Sullivan b. 13 Aug 1846, d. 19 Feb 1918
4. Julia Ann Sullivan b. 4 Sep 1850, d. 29 Dec 1936
5. Thomas J. Sullivan b. 4 Jul 1856, d. 27 Dec 1883
6. James Mitchell Sullivan b. 1859, d. 7 Mar 1948

Children of Mitchell and Susan A. Walker are:

1. Samuel Ulyses Grant Sullivan b. Mar 25, 1867, c. Sep 14 1946
2. Lydia Ann L. Sullivan b. 19 May 1869, d. 23 May 1935
3. Sarah Ann Sullivan b. c 1872
4. Annie Louise Sullivan b. 15 Nov 1875, d. 2 May 1934
5. Cornelia Sophronia Sullivan b. 3 Aug 1878, d. 13 Sep 1912
6. Melvin H. Sullivan b. Sep 1880, d. 1951
7. John M. Sullivan b. 27 Jul 1885, d. 29 Sep 1963