Legacy and Family
The town of Mitchell, Oregon, was named after him.
His daughter, Marie Elisabeth Mitchell, married François XVI Alfred Gaston, 5th Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Duc de Liancourt, Prince de Marcillac, Duc d'Anville, in 1892.
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