John Calvin Gitchell (1828-1868), was born on December 22, 1828, son of Ezra B Gitchell (1800-), and Hannah (1788-).

Mitchell was born and raised in Boscawen where he was a student in the Boscawen Academy in 1846. He joined the Army during the Civil War. His life'scareer was as a cabinet maker, woodcarver, mechanic, and a farmer who grew corn, oats and barley. He wrote letters to editors of farming periodicals bothgiving and seeking agricultural advice.

He was a member of the Freemasons.

Correspondence of twenty-one year old John C. Gitchell to his young friend, the twenty-one year old, George Hilliard Davis (1836-1868), postmarkedBoscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, June 18, 1857, cover franked with scarce Scott #11. The two page letter begins with recollections of Election Day atConcord asking Davis if he still has his coin collection he spoke about and if so will he sell it or any part of it to him. Gitchell desires to collect thecolonial Fugio and Washington Cents and directly asks Davis about them

On June 1, 1863, he joined the 7th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. On December 3, 1865, he married Seibert George Sweatt, at Webster, New Hampshire.

He died September 17, 1868, three months before his 40th birthday.

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