Kitchel, Cornelius Porter (1875-1947)

Cornelius Porter Kitchel was a politician and lawyer. He graduated from Philips Andover Academy in 1897 and then from Yale Law School in 1901. He acted as attorney-in-chief of the Legal Aid Society in 1905 for about a year. He practiced in New York in 1908. He served on the City Council from 1915 to 1920.  He was a member and president of the Board of Education from 1922 to 1930. He was the vice president of the board of directors of the Englewood Hospital Association from 1926 to 1929.  From 1930 to 1933 he acted as the mayor of Englewood. 

He married Edith Ray. After she passed he married Mildred Hankee. He had three children, Lieutenant Commander William Ray, Robert Hankee, and Elizabeth Kitchel Lincoln. He descended from Robert Kitchel who signed the Guildford Covenant and Robert Treat who helped found the City of Neward. He was the son of Farrad Deforest Kitchel who was the first cashier of the First National Bank. He was the grandson of Harvey Denison Kitchel, president of Middlebury College. His nephew was Denison Kitchel a lawyer who was the campaign manager for Barry M. Goldwater.

"Early Banker's Son Taken at 72." The Evening Review, 20 Jan. 1947, p. 5.

"Cornelius Porter Kitchel." Find A Grave.

“Cornelius P. Kitchel.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Mar. 2024.

"Kitchel Is Dead, Ex-Mayor Here." The Record, 15 Jan. 1947, p. 2.

1875-10-07

East Liverpool, Ohio, USA

1947-01-14

"Cornelius P. Kitchel To Be Legal Aid Society Attorney." New-York Tribune, 1 Feb. 1905, p. 10.