Individual Details
Jacob Franklin "Pete" ENGLISH
(1 Dec 1831 - 10 Aug 1908)
Events
| Birth | 1831 |  | |||
| Birth | 1 Dec 1831 | Gibson Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States |  | | |
| Birth | 1 Dec 1831 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | 2 Dec 1831 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | 2 Dec 1831 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | 2 Dec 1831 | Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Birth | Abt 1832 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1850 | with parents - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1850 | laborer (presumably on his father's farm) - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 31 Aug 1853 | injured in a logging accident - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Jun 1869 | Harriet Julia MASON | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1870 | pilot for timber rafts | | ||
| Residence | 1870 | Post Office: Ridgway - Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence (family) | Jun 1870 | Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States - Harriet Julia MASON | | | |
| Election | 1887 | county commissioner for 3 terms, 9 years, | | ||
| Death | 10 Aug 1908 | due to arteriosclerosis and valvular disease as well as old age - (at his residence), Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 10 Aug 1908 | Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 12 Aug 1908 | Grantonia, Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Jacob Franklin "Jake" ENGLISH | ||||
| Residence | Benezette Township, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Occupation | lumbering, farming | | |||
| Miscellaneous | "staunch Republican" | | |||
| Burial | Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States | | |||
| Employment | as a pilot in Miles Dent's logging business | |
Families
| Spouse | Harriet Julia MASON (1844 - 1908) |
| Child | Oscar B. ENGLISH ( - ) |
| Child | Alvina ENGLISH (1873 - ) |
| Child | Zula ENGLISH (1873 - 1971) |
| Child | Stanley L. ENGLISH (1874 - 1934) |
| Child | Clesta Jane ENGLISH (1877 - 1943) |
| Child | Verna Irena ENGLISH (1880 - 1918) |
| Child | Bertram L. ENGLISH (1873 - ) |
| Father | John Barefield ENGLISH (1801 - 1870) |
| Mother | Jane HICKS (1805 - 1887) |
| Sibling | William Ira ENGLISH (1827 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Clarinda ENGLISH (1830 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Celana ENGLISH (1836 - 1901) |
| Sibling | John Mark ENGLISH Jr (1838 - 1921) |
| Sibling | George W. ENGLISH (1840 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Sylvester A. ENGLISH (1843 - 1913) |
| Sibling | David F ENGLISH (1845 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Levi ENGLISH (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Graphius Rothrock ENGLISH (1849 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Gibson Township is now part of Cameron County.Consistent with 1850 census.
Consistent with 1900 census.
Consistent with FindAGrave.
Marriage
According to obituary, they had four daughters and two sons, all of whom survived the death of the father. The wife also survived him.Residence (family)
Referred to as "Julia"Burial
"Funeral services in honor of the deceased were held in the M. E. Church at Grantonia, on Wednesday, August 12, 1908."Endnotes
1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2016), Jane Hicks English, memorial # 92335263, biography provided by Marcia Lynne vonGunden.
2. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2015), John Barefield English, 146535483.
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
5. Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 081801-085800.
6. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Benezett, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1338; Page: 7B; Image: 67003; Family History Library Film: 552837.
7. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 25 August 2016) , Jacob Franklin English, b 2 Dec 1831, d 10 Aug 1908, cert #83854; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
8. Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Certificates of Death, file # 83854, Jacob Franklin English died 10 Aug 1908, filed 7 Oct 1908; digital image collection, Facebook.com (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.251745978656270&type=1 : viewed 6 October 2017); Album "Death Certificates" in group "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771".
9. Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 081801-085800.
10. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 23, Jacob Franklin English and Harriet Juleta Mason; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
11. 1850 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Twp., page 353 [left][stamped], dwelling 12, family 12, John English family; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZK3-FQM : downloaded 17 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. 1850 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Twp., page 353 [left][stamped], dwelling 12, family 12, John English family; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZK3-FQM : downloaded 17 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. 1850 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co., PA, population schedule, Benezette Twp., page 353 [left][stamped], dwelling 12, family 12, John English family; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZK3-FQM : downloaded 17 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2015), John Barefield English, 146535483.
15. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
16. George William Huntley, Jr., A Story of the Sinnamahone, Elk County Historical Society, indexer, reprint of 1936 williamsport edition (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1994), 437, 461.
17. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Benezett, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1338; Page: 7B; Image: 67003; Family History Library Film: 552837.
18. 1870 U. S. census, Elk County, Pennsylvania||Elk Co, PA, population schedule, Ridgway, Benezett, sheet 8 (stamped)-left side, lines 35-40, dwelling 76, family 78, Jacob English family; database index with digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163 : accessed 25 August 2016); 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..
19. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
20. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
21. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 25 August 2016) , Jacob Franklin English, b 2 Dec 1831, d 10 Aug 1908, cert #83854; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
22. Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Certificates of Death, file # 83854, Jacob Franklin English died 10 Aug 1908, filed 7 Oct 1908; digital image collection, Facebook.com (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.251745978656270&type=1 : viewed 6 October 2017); Album "Death Certificates" in group "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771".
23. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
24. Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 081801-085800.
25. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 23, Jacob Franklin English and Harriet Juleta Mason; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
26. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
27. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 25 August 2016) , Jacob Franklin English, b 2 Dec 1831, d 10 Aug 1908, cert #83854; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
28. Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Certificates of Death, file # 83854, Jacob Franklin English died 10 Aug 1908, filed 7 Oct 1908; digital image collection, Facebook.com (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.251745978656270&type=1 : viewed 6 October 2017); Album "Death Certificates" in group "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771".
29. "Modified Register for Levi Hicks", rtf file, "levi hicks desc.rtf", version 6, Paul E. Barley, Jr., Facebook group: "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244244132739788/ : downloaded 31 July 2017), 23, Jacob Franklin English and Harriet Juleta Mason; undocumented and unnamed family tree submitted 26 July 2017 by Paul E. Barley, Jr..
30. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
31. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
32. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/: accessed 25 August 2016) , Jacob Franklin English, b 2 Dec 1831, d 10 Aug 1908, cert #83854; citing Pennsylvania (State), Death certificates, 1906–1968, Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
33. Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Certificates of Death, file # 83854, Jacob Franklin English died 10 Aug 1908, filed 7 Oct 1908; digital image collection, Facebook.com (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.251745978656270&type=1 : viewed 6 October 2017); Album "Death Certificates" in group "Descendants of Levi Hicks born 1771".
34. "Ex-Commissioner English Dead," Cameron County (Pennsylvania) Press, 20 August 1908, p 1, col 1; digital page images, Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 14 April 2015), Chronicling America; image provided by Penn State University, University Park, PA. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032040/1908-08-20/ed-1/seq-1/.
36. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 84.