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Donald Grant Mitchell

Essayist/Novelist

Centurion, 1851–1850s

Born 12 April 1822 in Norwich, Connecticut

Died 15 December 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut

Buried East Side Burying Ground, Woodbridge, Connecticut

Proposed by Russell Smith

Elected 4 January 1851 at age twenty-eight

Archivist’s Note: Published under the pseudonym “Ik Marvel.” He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1857 and 1860.