Background
MITCHELL, Ward Mayhew Parker was born on September 2, 1883 in New Bedford. Massachusetts. Son of Cecil Wallace and Lydia (Parker) Mitchell.
MITCHELL, Ward Mayhew Parker was born on September 2, 1883 in New Bedford. Massachusetts. Son of Cecil Wallace and Lydia (Parker) Mitchell.
Harvard University, 1903-1910: Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1907. Harvard Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1910.
With Legal Aid Society, New York City, 1911-1912. Admitted to Bar of State of New York, 1913. Practiced law in New York City, 1913-1915.
With firm of McLaughlin, Russell. Coe & Sprague, 1915-1917.
Member, Company G., Seventh New York Infantry., 16. Active service on Mexico Border, June-September 1916. Director, Military Training at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1917.
In United States Army, 1917-1919. Taught in Public Schools, Huntington. W. Virginia., 1920; with Legal Department of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New York City, April- September 1920.
Appointed Consul of Class Seven and assigned to Mexico City, Mexico, 1920. Chihuahua, Mexico, 1922. Appointed Consul of Class Six.
March 1923; assigned to Montreal, Canada, September 1923, Riviere du Loup. Canada, December 1923. Foreign Service Officer of Class Seven, 1924;’detailed to Department of State, March- May 1926.
Assigned to Quebec, Canada. 1927; Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 1928. Ghent, Belgium, since 1929.
Member: Phi Union (Life). Clubs: Harvard (New York City), American (Brussels), Anglo-Belgian (Ghent), Capitol City Chess and Checker (Washington).
Spouse Eleanor Washington Swann, June 7, 1916, Richmond, Virginia.