History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont; 
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich; Syracuse, N.Y.; 
D.Mason & Co Publishers; 1891.

County:  Franklin
Township:  Richford

MITCHELL, FREDERICK W.,  the well known druggist and proprietary 
medicine manufacturer of Richford, was born of Irish parents at St. Armand, 
P.Q., July 11, 1859.  His father was William and his mother was Margaret 
Mitchell, and of their five children Frederick W. was the youngest.  He 
remained on his father's farm until his fifteenth year, when he went to East 
Berkshire and entered the employ of W.S. Rublee.  Later he was clerk in the 
store of Richard Smith, of Richford.  About 1879, young Mitchell started a 
drug store in East Berkshire, which he continued for about five years, when 
he sold out and came again to Richford, purchasing the store of his former 
employer, Richard Smith.  In 1890 the Richford Chemical Company was 
incorporated and Mr. Mitchell was chosen its president.  June 7, 1879, Mr. 
Mitchell married Ella E., daughter of O.J. Smith, of Richford.  Of this 
marriage four children have been born, of whom three are living.

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