Obituary for Henry Harrison Mitchell of Mayfield, Dekalb County, Illinois
 

Sycamore True Republican   December 14, 1884

On last Wednesday night, Mr. H.H. Mitchell of Mayfield died of heart disease, aged 66 years.  He has been in very feeble health for a year or more and his disease was aggravated by the terrible murder of his daughter, whose details will be remembered by all our people.  Mr. Mitchell was born in New York State in the year 1818 and came to this county among the earliest settlers, in the year 1837.  He is one of the last of the pioneers who lived and died on the land which he first entered from the government.  He left a large family.  The funeral was held yesterday at 11 a.m. and was attended by a large concourse who gathered to show respect to their old townsman.