Mitchell, George Edwin, son of Lorenzo Dow and Hannah (Hill) Mitchell, was born in Cambridge, Middlesex county, May 8, 1844.
His early education was obtained in the public schools of Cambridge and Somerville. His first connection in business, in 1870, was with E. K. Goodall and George A. Dexter, under the firm name of Goodall, Mitchell & Dexter, wholesale dealers in butter, cheese and eggs, Faneuil Hall market, Boston.
In 1872 he became senior partner of Mitchell, Dexter & Co., commission merchants, their business ranking with the heaviest dealers in this line. He has remained in the same connection up to the present time.
Mr. Mitchell was married in Gloucester, October 22, 1865, to Annie Marie, daughter of John Cleaves and Hannah Palmer Knowlton. Of this union were four children: Annie Knowlton, Georgie Belcher, Fannie Allen, and Charles Edwin Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell was a member of the common council, Chelsea, 1878 and '79, member of the board of aldermen, 1880 and '81, serving as president of the board the latter year; mayor of Chelsea 1887 and '88, and was chairman of the Republican city committee for several years previous to 1887.
He has filled the office of chairman of the school committee, also chairman of trustees of the public library, and chairman of the board of water commissioners. He is chairman of the standing committee of the First Universalist church, member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge, F. & A. M., Shekinah Chapter, R. A. M., and Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar. He is treasurer of the Mayors' Club of Massachusetts.
Mr. Mitchell has a good war record. He enlisted in Somerville light infantry, company B, 5th Massachusetts volunteers, 1862, and served with the regiment in North Carolina, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service, and is now secretary of the old 5th Regiment Veteran Association, and president of Company B, 5th Massachusetts Veteran Association. He is also a member of Theodore Winthrop Post, No. 35, G. A. R., and member of W. S. Hancock command No. 1, Union Veteran Union.
George E. Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell has made a pronounced success of all that he has attempted in mercantile, political, civil and military life, and his friends are reasonably proud of the career of one who has filled so acceptably the many offices of honor and trust conferred upon him.