removing about 1791 to New Hampshire, where he died October 28, 1816, his wife dying June 9, 1848. On the 19th of April, 1775, he enlisted in the Continental army, rose to the rank of lieutenant, and served until the 27th of May, 1781. He, Rotheus, was the eighth son of Seth Mitchell, who was born in Plymouth County, Mass., in 1715, and in 1738 was married to Ann Latham, a descendant of Robert Latham, who married Susannah, a daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow. Seth died in 1802, having been the fifth son of Thomas Mitchell, whose marriage to Elizabeth Kingman took place January 1, 1696. She was born in 1673, and was a descendant of Henry Kingman, who came from Wales in 1632. Thomas died in 1727. Thomas Mitchell was the second son of Jacob Mitchell, whose marriage to Susanna Pope took place November 7, 1666. They first settled in Plymouth, Mass., but afterward removed to Dartmouth, where they were both killed by Indians in July, 1675, at the commencement of King Philip's War. Their three children had been sent to the garrison the previous evening, and were taken to Bridgewater and brought up by an uncle. Jacob Mitchell's father, Experience Mitchell, came from Holland with the Pilgrim Fathers in the third ship, the " Ann," in 1623, and settled in Plymouth. In 1631 he moved with Miles Standish to Duxbury, and later in life to Bridgewater. He had a share in the first division of lots in Plymouth in 1623, he and George Morton receiving together eight acres. He also had a share in the division of live stock in 1627. He was one of the proprietors of Bridgewater, also one of the company who purchased the right of the original proprietors of Dartmouth, Mass. He married Jane, a daughter of Francis Cook, and by her became the father of four sons and four daughters. One daughter married James Shaw, two married Haywards, and one married John Washburn, lineal ancestor of the noted Washburn family of the present day. Mr. Mitchell died in 1689. His descendants are numerous in Maine and Massachusetts, and are to be found in all parts of the United States. Rotheus Hayward Mitchell, besides receiving the advantages of the common schools, was a student for some time in St. Lawrence Academy ,at Pottsdam, N. Y., and in his youth learned the millwright's trade, a calling he followed for a number of years during the summer months, his winters being devoted to the occupation of teaching. The year 1856 witnessed his advent in Story County, Iowa, and the same spring he was appointed deputy county surveyor, and at the next election was elected county surveyor, a position he held by re-election for four terms. In 1865 he was elected judge of the county, and he has filled the position of county surveyor from 1874 to the present time. He has been a member of the Republican party since its organization, and is one of its most enthusiastic supporters. His career throughout life has been one of unswerving honesty, illustrated with acts of liberality, and all measures of morality, education, temperance, and others of like nature, find in him a strong and liberal advocate. He was first married, May 27, 1854, to Miss Berintha R. Mott, who was born in Keene, Essex County, N. Y., in 1827, a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer and Berintha (Knapp) Mott. Mrs. Mitchell died on the 19th of October, 1864, at Nevada, Iowa, and two years later he took for his second wife Hannah C. Bixby, who was born in Ogle County, Ill., April 15, 1848, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Daniels) Bixby. Two children were born to them: Mary Berintha (born July 11, 1867, died March 29, 1875), and Clara Maria (born January 24, 1870, died October 15, 1870).