Birth, death and marriage information from Alma Gray Durham Mitchell.

1910 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahanock District, Dwelling 215, Family 218
On Bestland Road to Howertons
Mitchell, James R., 40, farmer, owned farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 206
Mitchell, Cecilia, 31, has had 4 children, all of whom are living
Mitchell, Bernard, 12, in school
Mitchell, Ruby S., 10, in school
Mitchell, Joseph R., 6
Mitchell, Floyd M., 2

1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, E.D. 44, Dwelling 22, Family 22, Bestland Road
Mitchell, John R., head, owned, 51, farmer, general farm
Mitchell, C. A., wife, 41
Mitchell, B. E., son, 21, in school
Mitchell, R. S., daughter, 19
Mitchell, J. R. Jr., son, 16, in school
Mitchell, F. M., son, 12, in school

On 2 June 1928, Frank Granville Cook married Ruby Stella Mitchell in Cumnor, King and Queen County, Virginia. He was 30, single, born in Baltimore, Maryland, living in Smoots, Virginia, son of D. L. Cook and Alice Smoot. She was 24, single, born in Essex County, living in Bestland, Virginia, daughter of J. R. Mitchell and Cecilia Davis. Ceremony by C. M. Pegram, Baptist minister. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 236.]