Background
Mitchell, James George was born on September 6, 1877 in Sydney, Australia. Son of Thomas and Frances (Mitchell) Mitchell.
Mitchell, James George was born on September 6, 1877 in Sydney, Australia. Son of Thomas and Frances (Mitchell) Mitchell.
Student Teachers Training College, Sydney, Australia, 1891-1893. Drake U., Des Moines, Iowa, 1910. Honorary Doctor of Laws Nashotah House (Wisconsin) 1947.
Margaret (deceased), Frances Elsie E. (Mistress Frederick Bullock). Married second, Marjorie Whitmore Tilton. Came to the United States, naturalized citizen, 1920.
Teacher department public instruction, New South Wales. Australia, 1891-1898. Secretary Young Men’s Christian Association, Sydney, Australia, 1898-1905, Auckland.
New Zealand, 1905-1907, Muscatine, Iowa, 1908-1910. Advertising writing, Des Moines, Iowa 1910-1913. Admitted to Iowa bar, 1913, New York bar, 1930, Supreme Court of the United States, 1935.
Practice of law, Greene, Iowa, 1914-1921, Des Moines. Iowa, 1921-1929; New York since 1930. Practicing individually, New York City, since 1957.
Member of American Foreign Law Association (1st vice president, 1947-1950), Association Bar City of New York (chairman 1943-1947), Australian Society of New York, American Church Union (Executive Board). Member Protestant Episcopal Church of United States of America (member Joint Commision on Approaches to Unity. 1943-1946); Served many years as general counsel for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
Married Lucy M. Drake, September 5, 1906 (deceased), children—Madeline (deceased).; married second, Marjorie Whitmore Tilton.