Individual Details
William Preston English
(11 May 1834 - 7 May 1908)
" William P. English. Whose portrait will be found in this history, was born in Missouri, May 14, 1834, where he resided on a farm until 1852, when he, in company with his mother, two brothers and three sisters, his father having died , came to California, crossing the plains with ox-teams, and arrived in Nevada county in October. After spending four years in the mines they, in the fall of 1857, came to Mendocino county, and the subject of this sketch located on his present place consisting of fourteen hundred acres situated in Redwood valley. Here he has since resided, being engaged in farming, stock-raising and wool-growing. Mr. English married in November, 1861, Miss Malisa J. Barnes, a native of Missouri. By this marriage they have six living children, Charles A., Mary M., Martha E., Nancy E., Emma J. and William E. They have lost two."
Newspaper excerpts mentioning W. P. English -
W.P. English: mentioned. -DD 30 Jul 1880 and 21 Oct 1881
Mr and Mrs. W.P. English, birth of twins, a son and daughter, Redwood, 16 Dec 1879 - Democratic Dispatch 26 Dec 1879 1:7 (Emma and William)
They had a sawmill and 3,000 acres and hotel and butcher shop, meat route.(according to granddaughter Dorothy Gordon Mayer)
The Mendocino Co. Museum collection contains a portrait of William Preston, a portrait of Malinda Barnes English, and a family picture with Eva, Mary, Martha, Charles, Emma, Grandpa both (Wm. P) Grandma (Jane), Wm.
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From archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/ca-land.htm
Mendocino County, CA - Index to Federal Land Patents
MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTION DOCID DATE NAME
MD 0170N 0120W 034 10257 1891/06/02 ENGLISH WILLIAM P
MD 0170N 0120W 035 10257 1891/06/02 ENGLISH WILLIAM P
Events
Families
Spouse | Melissa Jane Barnes (1847 - 1898) |
Child | Charles Amos English (1862 - 1935) |
Child | Mary M. English (1865 - 1936) |
Child | James Preston English (1868 - 1868) |
Child | Martha Elizabeth English (1869 - ) |
Child | infant English (1871 - 1871) |
Child | Nancy E. "Eva" English (1877 - 1953) |
Child | William Edwin English (1879 - 1953) |
Child | Emma Jane English (1879 - 1957) |
Father | Rev. Charles English (1805 - 1848) |
Mother | Nancy Wallis (1809 - 1888) |
Sibling | Calvin Henderson English (1830 - 1903) |
Sibling | Temperance Elizabeth "Tempe" English (1835 - 1856) |
Sibling | Wylie English (1838 - 1923) |
Sibling | Rebecca "Biddy" English (1845 - 1925) |
Notes
Birth
The 1850 census calculates to 1833Census
Same pg as brother Calvin H.237, 236, Wm English, 26 M, Farmer, 2000, 1530, MO
Census (family)
pg 18567 65 English, W. T. 36 M W Farmer 2500, 4000 Missouri
Melissa J. 24 F W Keeps House "
Charles A. 8 M W Goes to School California
Mary M. 5 F W " "
Martha E. 1 F W "
Census (family)
William ENGLISH Self M Male W 46 MO Stock Raiser TN TNMelissa ENGLISH Wife M Female W 35 MO Keeping House KY KY
Charles ENGLISH Son S Male W 17 CA At Home MO MO
Mary ENGLISH Dau S Female W 15 CA At Home MO MO
Martha ENGLISH Dau S Female W 11 CA At Home MO MO
Nancy ENGLISH Dau S Female W 3 CA At Home MO MO
Emma J. ENGLISH Dau S Female W 6M CA At Home MO MO
William ENGLISH Son S Male W 6M CA At Home MO MO
John BURGESS Other Male W 49 MO Farm Laborer KY TN
Clave BURGESS Other Male W 21 CA Farm Laborer MO TN
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Source Information:
Census Place Calpella, Mendocino, California
Family History Library Film 1254068
NA Film Number T9-0068
Page Number 216D
Property
NamesPatentee: WILLIAM P ENGLISH
Survey
State: CALIFORNIA
Acres: 160
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 6/2/1891
Land Office: Assigned For Automation
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 10257
Accession/Serial Nr.: CACAAA 023189
BLM Serial Nr.: CACAAA 023189
Legal Land Description
E½SE 34/ 17-N 12-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
SENE 34/ 17-N 12-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
SWSW 35/ 17-N 12-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
Census
SD 2 ED 76 sheet 2B39, 39, English, Charles A, Head, WM, Oct 1862, 37, Married 11 yrs, CA MO, MO, Orchardist, Own Free Farm
" , Mary C. wife, WF, Jan 1869, 31, married 11 yrs, 2 children born & living, CA TN MO
" , William F., son, WM, Oct 1892, 7, single, CA CA CA, at school
" , Floyd E., son, WM, Jan 1897, 3, single, CA CA CA
Graves, Margaret E, M-in-Law, WF, Feb 1838, 62, Wd, 2 children born & living, MO MO MO
Graves, Daisy, sister, WF, Aug 1887, 12, single, CA CA CA, at school
English, William P., Father, WM, May 1834, 66, Wd, MO TN TN, Farmer
Flan, Erie, Boarder, WM, Jun 1855, 45, single, Russia Russia Russia, 1890, 10 yrs in US Al, Farm Laborer
Endnotes
1. Palmer, History of Mendocino County, California. Calpella Township. page 565 Biographies on C.H. English and William P. English. pg. 570 bio on James N. Nuckolls. (Alley, Bowen, & Co., Publishers. San Fransico, Cal. 1880).
2. pcarna@pacific.net, "Redwood Valley Cemetery: A list of burials in the Redwood Valley Cemetery, Mendocino Co., CA. ," database, USGenWeb Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/mendocino/cemeteries/redwood.txt : accessed 28 March 2010), English.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > CALIFORNIA > MENDOCINO > CAPELLA TWP Series: M653 Roll: 60 Page: 815.
4. Barney, Floyd E., Research on the English family of Mendocino Co., CA. (Mendocino Co., CA: Floyd E. Barney.).
5. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 27 October 2013), William English and Jane Barns, 1861.
6. 1870 Census, Mendocino Co., California (Microfilm from Sonoma Co. Library Annex, Santa Rosa., CA Read 5/11/00, Nancy EH Prouty.).
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).
8. Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records, online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/], accessed 2007.