During the period of declining health, which occupied more than two years, Dr. Mitchell resigned many positions of responsibility, yet, at the time of his death, he was Sn. member of the Council of the Long Island College Hospital, member of the Amer. Med. Asso., Consulting Surgeon to St. John’s Hospital, to L. I. Coll. Hospital and to the Home for Aged Men, a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York Co. Med. Soc., and Kings Co. Med. Asso. He was also a life member and Corres. Sec’t’y of the L. I. Historical Society. It is matter of record that he was once a member of the Medical Staff of the Brooklyn City Hospital, and that he also filled with honor the Professorship of Obstetrics in the Castleton Medical College.
In 1843, Dr. Mitchell married Caroline, daughter of Hon. B. F. Langdon; in 1857, Frances, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Wright; in 1875, Kate, daughter of Hon. J. M. Van Cott, of this city.
Dr. Mitchell’s tastes were professional, literary, artistic and religious, but the centre of all was his own home. In the house which he had built more than forty years before, he died on the 8th of May, 1888, terminating a long career of untiring usefulness.
Mr. Chairman: In the preparation of this minute for the records of the Society, your committee have recognized the fact that they were appointed for this simple duty only. The pronouncing of a suitable eulogy belongs to other hands and to another occasion. We offer for your consideration the following:
Whereas, In obedience to the Divine Law the fully matured life of Chauncey L. Mitchell is ended on earth, and
Whereas, He was destined to fill a high position in the profession of medicine and as a citizen of this country, and
Whereas, He met all these requirements, fulfilled every duty, and discharged every obligation in such manner as only a highly cultivated, educated and honest man could, and
Whereas, When the end came, those who knew him best could truly say that he had left nothing undone to complete a noble, highly useful and honorable life;
Therefore be it resolved, That while paying this tribute to his memory we desire to express our high appreciation of his many virtues, and that while we deeply feel our loss, we also cherish his memory, and are grateful for the honor, dignity and advancement which his life’s work gave to this Society.
Resolved, That we offer our deepest sympathy to his bereaved family, and that a copy of these resolutions be conveyed to them as a humble tribute to his superior worth.