Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight

Life Span
to
Full name
Omsby MacKnight Mitchel
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
John Mitchel (father), Elizabeth McAllister (mother), Louisa Clark Trask (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Educator
Scientist or Inventor
Other
Other Occupation
Astronomer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Other Affiliations
Other
Other Affiliation
Royal Astronomical Society
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
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