Individual Details
Daniel Preston "Dan" English
(24 Dec 1868 - 24 Oct 1953)
"...brought 550 hogs from Round Valley to Willits." 29 Mar. 1907
"(...must be married to daughter of George Long of San Francisco) -DD 26 April 1907
"...came down from Covelo on business." -DD 1 Dec 1910
"...candidate for Supervisor, Third District. Lived in Round Valley for more than 40 years; ranch in Ukiah; pioneer family of the County." -DD 3 May 1930
D.P. English
"...cut hand 6 Sept. 1931 in Covelo."
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) 22 Feb 1901, Fri ·Page 6
Wylie and Dan English have been just turning over the earth with their two six horse gangs.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Friday, October 06, 1905
Dan English has sold 160 acres of land to Mrs. A. M. Johnson.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Friday, November 03, 1905
Dan English came limping in from Covelo this week with 90 hogs that he picked up in Eden valley.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) 30 Nov. 1906, Page 1
Salt Pork
Ed Gibson and Dan English came limping in from Round valley this week with 400 fine porkers. The boys are jolly fellows and expect to get as high as 5 3/4 cents for the hogs. They claim them to be hard feed and were brought from Salt river and are salted plenty and will bring good price as there are so many candidates demanding salt since the election. When asked further questions about the hogs they said that 82 of them were theirs but were not very communicative about the rest of them. So there you are. They may ship to the city if the defeated candidates do not require them all.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Friday, April 19, 1907
A number of our neighbors are sick with colds and sore throat - Dan English is one of them; it is pretty hard on Dan but not so bad as it would be if it was his tongue that was sore.
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Dan English was down from Covelo the early part of the week. He came to meet his father and mother in-law who were coming up from the south on a visit.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) Friday, May 07, 1909
Dan English has purchased the old Cal English place in Round Valley for $4,000.
Mendocino Coast Beacon (Mendocino, California) 07 May 1910, Sat ·Page 4
Dan English is cutting his first crop of alfalfa, and Dan says it is a fine crop.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) 05 May 1911, Fri ·Page 5
Dan English came limping in from Round valley this week with a bunch of fine looking schools ma'ams. Dan never fails to miss an institute. He is always right on tht job.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) 27 Jun 1913, Fri ·Page 5
Dan English came down from Covelo on important business the first to the week. He is one of the sterling citizens of northern Mendocino.
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wednesday, March 26, 1924
Dan English and son, Preston, have returned from a visit to Sacramento, whither they journeyed to consult a specialist.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) 28 Oct 1932, Fri ·Page 2
BURIES NEPHEW HERE
Dan English, well known resident of Covelo, was in town Tuesday to take charge of the body of his nephew, Harold Hall, who was killed recently in an automobile accident in Quincy, Plumas county.
The deceased was buried at the local cemetery this week.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) 03 Jun 1936, Wed ·Page 1
Miss Elizabeth English and nephew, Pete English, came in last Tuesday called here by the serious illness of Dan English, the former's brother and the latter's father.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) 23 Nov 1942, Mon ·Page 1
Jack Lovell, who has been engaged in defense work in San Francisco, has returned to the valley and will make his home with his wife and family at the Dan English ranch. Mr. and Mrs. English have retired from ranch life and are moving into Jack's new home in town.
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Jan 30, 1946, Wed ·Page 6
Are Coming Feb. 1
Mr. and Mrs. David Dresback, of San Jose, who recently purchased the Dan English ranch on East Lane, were here this week a couple of days arranging to take possession of their new home February 1, when Mr. and Mrs. Dan English will move to their home in town which they purchased from Mrs. George Ells.
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) 13 Feb 1946, Wed ·Page 3
In New Home
Mr. and Mrs. Dan English moved into
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) 14 Aug 1946, Wed ·Page 2
GRAIN CROP SHY
Dan English, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Clif Thompson, were here from Covelo last week. Mr. English states the grain crop in Round Valley is only about two-thirds of what it generally is on account of not having had late rains.
Ukiah Dispatch Democrat (Ukiah, California) 02 Apr 1948, Fri ·Page 5
Friends of Dan English will be glad to hear that he is much improved and is now able to walk to his meals, but is still in a very weak condition. We hope it won't be long till he will be able to be about town again.
Ukiah News (Ukiah, California) Thursday, July 30, 1953, Page 22
Mrs. Beulah English and her father, Dan English are caring for the Ham ranch near the Eel river ranger station, while Mr. and Mrs. Whit Ham are taking a vacation which will take them over a large part of California. They will spend some time in San Francisco and will take in the Ice Follies while there. Visiting their relatives will be one of their prime interests.
Biographical Sketch from "The History of Mendocino and Lake Counties" -
(Portrait of Dan P. English in volume)
DANIEL PRESTON ENGLISH.-- Two miles east of Covelo lies one of the finest farms of Round valley, a well-improved tract whose modern residence, substantial farm buildings, neat fences and uniform atmosphere of thrift indicate that the owner is a man of intelligence and agricultural acumen. Acquaintance with the owner, who is no less a person than Mr. English, deepens the impression created by the farm itself, for he is thoroughly posted in every department of agriculture and has ideas and opinions well worthy of consideration. Nor is his community enterprise limited to the management of his farm and the buying and selling of stock, for in addition his name appears on the directorate of the Bank of Willis, among the stockholders of the Round valley creamery, and in connection with other enterprises on which local prosperity depends. Outside of Mendocino county he likewise has interests, for he is the owner of a valuable alfalfa ranch near El Centro in the Imperial valley and the returns from that investment have been gratifying.
A member of a pioneer family of Mendocino county, where he was born on Christmas Eve of 1868, Daniel Preston English is a son of Calvin Henderson English, a Missourian by birth and an emigrant across the plains during the era of "prairie schooners" and ox-teams. Settling in Mendocino county, he became a very successful stock-raiser and general farmer and continued in the occupation until his death, which occurred in 1903. Meanwhile the son had been primarily educated at Central school district and later had attended Santa Rosa schools and Business College. For a number of years he engaged in farming with his father in Round valley, but with his marriage at the age of twenty-six, December 5, 1894, he rented two hundred and forty acres of valley land and embarked in independent farming. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Maggie Long, is a native of Missouri, and their union has been blessed with two children, Norma Beulah and William Preston. After six years as a renter Mr. English bought sixty-six and a half acres for himself which he has sowed to alfalfa and used as a dairy farm. By degrees he has risen to a position of influence among the efficient tillers of the soil. Nor has he been less capable in the raising of stock. By some he is regarded as without a superior in the valley as a judge of stock. His estimates of quality and weight are seldom found to be at fault. The greater part of his life has been passed on a farm and he is well fitted for the occupation of a farmer, yet at the same time, with a breadth of mental vision, he does not limit himself to agriculture, but takes a keen interest in all movements for the educational, moral and commercial development and advancement of the county.
Events
Families
Spouse | Margaret "Maggie" Long (1870 - 1911) |
Child | Norma Beulah English (1895 - 1985) |
Child | Calvin Henderson English (1903 - 1903) |
Child | William Preston English (1905 - 1936) |
Spouse | Josephine (Josie) Simmerley (1874 - 1952) |
Father | Calvin Henderson English (1830 - 1903) |
Mother | Frances Elizabeth Ruberts (1836 - 1908) |
Sibling | Charles William English (1861 - 1927) |
Sibling | Nancy Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" English (1862 - 1959) |
Sibling | Helen M. "Nellie" English (1864 - 1956) |
Sibling | Calvin Milton English (1865 - 1956) |
Sibling | Wylie P. English (1869 - 1944) |
Sibling | Louis Byron "Lew or Lou" English (1872 - 1952) |
Sibling | Vinson Edwin "Vincent" English (1874 - 1954) |
Notes
Birth
24 Dec 1867 -1900 census, Dec 24, 1868 - Floyd E. BarneyCensus
SD 3, ED 14, sheet 5A61, 62 English, Wylie, Head WM, Oct 1869, 30, Married 1 yr, CA TN IL, Farmer, O,F,F
Isso, Wife, WF, M-1, 1 child born & living, CA MA CA
Leila, Daughter WF, Feb 1900, 3/12, single, CA CA CA
62, 63, English, Daniel Preston, Head WM, Dec 1867, 32, Married 6 yrs, CA TN IL, Farmer, O,F,F
Maggie, Wife, WF, M-6, 1 child born & living, MO MO MO
Norma B. Daughter, WF, Nov 1895, 4, single, CA CA MO
Census
Sacramento Valley Rd.124, 124
English, Louis B. Head, M W 38, M1 8 yrs, CA, MO, IL Farmer, general farm, emp
Maude L. Wife, F W 32, M2 8 yrs, 5 children, 4 living, CA, IN, CA
James Son, M W 12, S CA, CA, CA
Byron Son M W 7, S CA, CA, CA
Virgil S. Son, M W 5, S CA, CA, CA
Darold Son M W 2, S CA, CA, CA
125, 125
English, Daniel P. Head, M W 42, M1- 15 yrs, CA, MO, IL Farmer, Own farm, emp
Maggie, Wife, F W 39, M1 - 15 yrs, 3 children 2 living, MO, MO, CA
Norma B. Daughter, F W 14, S, CA CA MO
Preston, Son M W 4, S, CA, CA, MO
Marriage
Daniel P English and Josie Lovell 27 Nov 1913 marriage License date. both widowed-second marriageUkiah Daily Journal 27 Mar 1914, Fri ·Page 1
DAN ENGLISH TAKES MRS. LOVELL AS BRIDE
Dan English and bride were in Ukiah the first of the week after a honeymoon spent in the bay cities. Mr. English returned to Covelo, while his wife will spend a few days more in San Francisco. The news of their wedding will come as a surprise to their many friends as they kept the matter secret from all but a few. They were married in Covelo on Sunday, March 8th. Mrs. English was formerly Mrs. Josie Lovell.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) Friday, April 17, 1914. Page 3
Marriage Licenses - ...Daniel English to Josie Lovell, at Covelo; ....
Census
English, Daniel P., 51, Head of Dairy farm, owned free of mortagage.Josephine, 42, Wife
Preston 14, Son, attends school
All born in California. Fathers born in Calif., Mothers of Daniel & Josephine born in Illinois.
Census (family)
19, 19, English, Daniel P, Head, Own home and radio, MW 62, 26 at age of marriage, CA MO IL, Farmer-Dairy FarmJosephine, wife, FW 54, 18 at age of marriage, CA Germ CA
Preston W, son, MW, 24 single, CA CA MO, Salesman- automoblie
Census (family)
Round Valley Twp, SD 1, ED 23-16, sheet 2Bvisit 51, own farm worth $1000, same house in 1935
English, D P Head, MW, 72, married, 8th gr, CA, yes, 54 hrs/we, Farmer, Farm, E, 52 wks in 1939, yes
, Josie, Wife, FW, 64, married, 8th gr, CA, no, housework
McClendon, Geo W, Boarder, MW, 65, widowed, 8th gr, CA, lived in Ukiah in 1935. no work-unable,
Death
Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN AgeENGLISH DANIEL PRESTON 12/24/1869 ROBERTS ENGLISH M CALIFORNIA MENDOCINO 10/24/1953 84 years
Ukiah News (Ukiah, California) Thursday, October 29, 1953
DAN ENGLISH DIES
Again one of our old-timers has slipped over the border to the "land that is fairer than day." Dan English who was the life of the party at the Hemenway 52nd wedding anniversary dinner not long ago, died suddenly at his home in Covelo, where he lived with his dauaghter Beulah Lovell, Oct. 24th. He was 84 years of age, and had lived in Round Valley a long time. He was twice married, first to Maggie Long, mother of his two children, Beulah and Preston, and later to Josie Simmerley Lovell. Both Preston and Mrs. Josie English were tenderly cared for by Beulah during the long final illnesses. Dan's brothers, Wylie, Charlie and Lou have preceded him in death. Vinson English, brother, still lives in Covelo. A brother, Dick and two sisters, Mrs. Nell Burt of Trowbridge, survive him. Miss Lizzie English lives with Dick at Chico. Doubtful if any of these can come to the funeral services, they are all along in years and not too well. A granddaughter, Mrs. Clifford Thompson and her two children live in Covelo.
Coming from a distance to be present at burial rites were Byron and Ida English of Napa, and Harold and Leila Saunders of San Francisco. Rev. DeFord and Alter jointly conducted services in the Federated church at 2 p.m. Oct. 26. The quartette; Mrs. Myrtle Rohrbough, Mrs. Eunice Jamison, Mrs. Lucy Bush and Mrs. Beatrice Lovell sang: "God will take care of you." Our friend was notable for his sense of humor and inexhaustible supply of anecdotes of early days. About 50 years ago when the writer lived at Sherwood and kept a stopping place, a race of tall lean men from Round Valley did teaming. There were the Goforths, the Van Dykes, the Englishes and George Bauer.
They would gather round the roaring fireplace, and roar louder than it did at Dan's inimitable stories. We shall miss him. We need his spirit of fun.
Ukiah News (Ukiah, California) Thursday, November 05, 1953. Page 11
Items to add to Dan English paragraph: Dan came to Round Valley when 19 years of age, and worked on his father's ranch until his marriage. He had various property interests, and lived on his place on East Lane until his health failed, and he moved to town. He was one of the first stockholders and directors of the Bank of Covelo, and always retained a lively interest in community affairs.
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Mrs. Isso English went for a visit with her daughter, Mr. Harold Saunders at Los Gatos. They had come for Dan English's funeral. Jack Lovell, grandson and family came from Willits, Byron and Darrell English, wives and daughter from Napa came also to tell Dan Goodbye. His nephews and in-laws were pallbearers. For some time past Sam Gray had not been well, and Dan English visited him every day, and helped about his errands, but when asked to sing at the funeral Sam did so with his fine bass. ....
Endnotes
1. Brown, Florena (Wisely)., Family history on Brown, Cummins, English, Lovejoy, and related families. (Tryon, OK: Florena Brown, 1994).
2. , "Valley View Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2011), .
3. Barney, Floyd E., Research on the English family of Mendocino Co., CA. (Mendocino Co., CA: Floyd E. Barney.).
4. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 27 October 2013), Daniel P English and Maggie Long, 1894.
5. Brown, Florena (Wisely)., Family history on Brown, Cummins, English, Lovejoy, and related families. (Tryon, OK: Florena Brown, 1994).
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > California > MENDOCINO > COVELO Series: T623 Roll: 93 Page: 121.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).
8. Barney, Floyd E., Research on the English family of Mendocino Co., CA. (Mendocino Co., CA: Floyd E. Barney.).
9. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 27 October 2013), Daniel P English and Josie Lovell, 1913.
10. census taken by Willard L. Bestrand., US Federal Population Census. 1920. California, Mendocino Co. (read Aug 11, 2001 by Nancy Prouty. Sonoma Co. Library Annex), SD 1, ED 118, sheet 1 (3101).
11. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1930 > CALIFORNIA > MENDOCINO > ROUND VALLEY TWP EDEN VALLEY & Series: T626 Roll: 177 Page: 135.
12. Barney, Floyd E., Research on the English family of Mendocino Co., CA. (Mendocino Co., CA: Floyd E. Barney.).
13. , "Valley View Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2011), .
14. Barney, Floyd E., Research on the English family of Mendocino Co., CA. (Mendocino Co., CA: Floyd E. Barney.).
15. , "Valley View Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2011), .