Men and women of America; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries . ctor, soldier; born in Hamilton. NewYork, 1859; son of David J. Mitchell. Hewas educated in St. Johns School, Manlius,N. Y., and Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. the age of eighteen he adopted the stageas a profession, and became a member ofthe company at the Old Broadway Thea-tre, New York City. He rose rapidly andbecame the supporter of such stars as JohnMcCullough, Edwin Booth and LawrenceBarrett; also supported as leading manMadame Modjeska; and in 1883 accom-panied Mary Anderson to England, playingat the Lyceum Theat
Men and women of America; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries . ctor, soldier; born in Hamilton. NewYork, 1859; son of David J. Mitchell. Hewas educated in St. Johns School, Manlius,N. Y., and Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. the age of eighteen he adopted the stageas a profession, and became a member ofthe company at the Old Broadway Thea-tre, New York City. He rose rapidly andbecame the supporter of such stars as JohnMcCullough, Edwin Booth and LawrenceBarrett; also supported as leading manMadame Modjeska; and in 1883 accom-panied Mary Anderson to England, playingat the Lyceum Theatre, London. He wasleading man at the Drury Lane Theatre,the only American in the company; re-turned to America in 1885. and while play-ing at Winniiieg, in the Northwest the RielRebellion broke out. His adventurous spiritcaused him to leave his comjjany and enterthe service of the Canadian (lovernment asa scout; rendered valuable service and washighly commended and decorated for same;traveled extensively through South Americaand the South Sea Islands, writing and 11-. Masox MitchellU. S. Consul • MEN OF AMERICA. 1179 lustrating articles on those countries, es-pecially in rof^ard to Samoa, where he re-mained some time in company with RobertLouis Stevenson, the novelist. Subsequent-ly he visited the Fiji, Ellis, Gilbert, i\Iar-shall and Caroline groups of islands; andreturning to America he became manager ofthe Garrick Theatre. New York City, andacted in support of Mrs. James Brown Pot-ter. He served in the Spanish-AmericanWar as a member of the Rough Riders, andwas desperately wounded at the battle ofSantiago; accompanied Theodore Roose-velt in his gubernatorial campaign, mak-ing many effective speeches; returned tothe stage for a brief period, and in lfl02was appointed consul to Zanzibar. Whileat this post he distinguished himself inhunting for big game, and several museumsand his club in New York bear testimonyto his skill in this respect. On leaving Zan-zibar was decorated
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