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J. Burris Mitchell    Mr.
Mitchell graduated from Denison High School June 5, 1896. At the
outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, he was on of the first
men to enlist. Since he was already an exper5 sharp shooter and
rifle shot, he was appointed as 3rd Sergeant of Co. K, 3rd Regiment,
Texas Volunteers; this regiment was stationed at Ft. Clark, Texas, Bay
St. Louis, Mississippi, and Ft. Morgan, Alabama; however, this company
did not see any actual service. Shortly after returning from the war, he moved to Los Angeles, California in January 1899. The oil boom struck in Bakersfield, California in 1902; Mr. Mitchell disposed of his Los Angeles real estate business and re-located in Bakersfield where he maintained a brockerage firm that dealt in oil stocks, land, and bonds for a year. With a lull in the business at Bakersfield, he returned to Los Angeles in 1903 where he re-opened his offices to resume his former real estate business, which he operated for the next six years. In 1909 Mr. Mitchell re-entered the oil business as an oil broker, dealing in oil ands and leases. One year later in 1910, his business efforts were so successful that he organized the Midway King Pin Oil Co. of which he was Secretary. That same year he also organized the J. Burris Mitchell Co., which dealt in oil lands, leases, stocks and bonds; he held the position of President of this company. He was a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, and Chamber of Mines and Oil. Notables of the Southwest. Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Examiner, 1912. pg.266 SOURCE : Who's Who on the Pacific Coast (1913)
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