Mendocino County Biographies

William P. English

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	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.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 565