Mitchell Kendall Explained

Office:Texas House of Representatives
Term Start:1870
Term End:1871
Birth Date:c. 1822
Death Place:Marshall, Texas
Party:Republican

Mitchell Kendall (–) was a blacksmith and state legislator in Texas for Harrison County, Texas. Kendall was born in Georgia as a slave in 1822[1] and was brought to Texas around 1850.[2] He served as a voter registrar in Harrison County and at the 1868 Texas Constitutional Convention he voted to separate Texas into three states. He was later elected as a Republican to the Texas House of Representatives for the Twelfth Legislature from 1870 to 1871.[3]

The 1880 federal census reported stated that Kendall lived with his wife, Adeline, and his five children.

Kendall was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in New Town neighborhood of Marshall, Texas.[4] He was buried at the Old Powder Mill Cemetery in Marshall.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TSHA | Kendall, Mitchell. www.tshaonline.org.
  2. Freedom’s Lawmakers by Eric Foner page 125
  3. Web site: Forever Free: The Biographies - Page 5 | TSLAC. www.tsl.texas.gov.
  4. Web site: New Town, Marshall (Harrison County) · Uncovering St. John's · UNT Library Omeka S. omeka.library.unt.edu.