John Purroy Mitchel

Written by Adrian Murdock

Thursday, 14 June 2007

John Purroy Mitchel became Mayor of New York in 1912.  He was grandson of the famous John Mitchel 1815 - 1875.  His father James lost an arm in the American Civil war, fighting on the Confederate side.  His mother was Mary Purroy, thus his middle name. Sadly his life was cut short, when he died in a plane crash in 1918.  He is buried in "Woodlawn" cemetery, New York with his parents and Grandmother Jenny Verner Mitchel. Her husband the patriot John Mitchel rets far away in the "Old Meeting House Green" in Newry, Co.Down about 5 miles form Loughorne.