Mitchell Kendall
Mitchell Kendall (–) was a blacksmith and state legislator in Texas for Harrison County, Texas. He was born in Georgia as a slave. He was brought to Texas about 1850. He served as a voter registrar in Harrison County and at the 1868 Texas Constitutional Convention where he voted to separate Texas into three states. He was elected as a Republican to the Texas House of Representatives for the Twelfth Legislature from 1870 to 1871. He had a wife Adeline and five children. Kendall was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in New Town neighborhood of Marshall, Texas. He was buried at the Old Powder Mill Cemetery in Marshall. References 19th-century American politicians American former slaves 1822 births 1885 deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown African-American state legislators in Texas African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era People from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Harrison County, Texas Radical Republicans Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives