Ammi Ruhamah Mitchell

Ammi Ruhamah Mitchell (May 8, 1762 – May 14, 1824) was an 18th- and 19th-century American medical doctor. He also served ten years in the Massachusetts Legislature.

Early life and education Mitchell was born in 1762 in North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (today's North Yarmouth, Maine), to Judge David Mitchell

He studied medicine in Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire. While in Portsmouth, at the end of the Revolutionary War, Mitchell accompanied French surgeon Dr. Meaubec aboard a 74-gun ship that was sent as a gift to Louis XVI in Brest, France. with Mitchell later naming his second son David Meaubec Mitchell in his honor.

Career

Mitchell was the original owner of 333 Main Street, built around 1800, in today's Yarmouth, Maine. He set up his practice there, where he worked until his death.

Personal life

On August 25, 1785, Mitchell married Phebe Cutter (1764–1829), He died just over a year after Mitchell's birth. Mitchell remained a deacon for 21 years.

He was on the board of overseers of Bowdoin College, and was one of the trustees of the Maine Charity School.

Death Mitchell died in 1824, aged 62. He was buried in Yarmouth's Old Baptist Cemetery.

His practice was taken over by Dr. Gad Hitchcock. After Hitchcock's death in 1837, the town sought out Eleazer Burbank, who had been practicing in Poland, Maine, for around two decades, to fill the vacancy. Burbank remained there for the next 29 years, until his death in 1867.