For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 376
H. H. ENGLISH, M. D....H. H. English, M. D., who is the only representative of his profession now residing in Conesville, was born in Henry county, Illinois, on the 3d of November, 1862, being the son of John and Sarah ( Harper ) English. The parents were both natives od Ohio but when quite young removed to Illinois with their parents and there they met and were married. Soon after their marriage they located on a farm near the town of Atkinson, Henry county, where the father engaged in stock-raising until 1907, when he removed to Atkinson, where he is now living retired at the age of seventy-two years, but the mother passed away in 1904. Five children were born to them: Dr. H. H. English ; J. L., engaged in the stock business in Tiskilwa, Illinois ; Mrs. N. E. Hart, who was killed in the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago ; John , a dentist, who died at the age of twenty-five years ; and Blanche, who died in 1904 at the age of twenty-one years.After Dr. English acquired his high-school education, he was compelled to become self-supporting and it was many years before he realized his ambition of studying medicine. He metriculated in the Keokuk Medical College, of Keokuk, Iowa, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1900 and located in Conesville, Iowa, where he has since continued and is building up a nice country practice.
In 1889 Dr. English was united in marriage to Miss Mary Joyce, who was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, on the 5th of July, 1869, a daughter of Michael and Mary Joyce. The parents were both natives of Ireland, emigrating to the United States in 1865 and locating on a farm in Whiteside county, Illinois, where they continued to live until 1884, when they removed to South Dakota and there the father is still living at the age of sixty-five years, but the mother passed away in 1898. They were the parents of the following children : Mrs. English ; John W., of Wessington, South Dalota ; and Kate, who died at the age of twenty-four years. Dr. and Mrs. English have two children: John J., born on March 24, 1890, is still at home ; Winnifred K., born on the 18th of March, 1891, is a high school graduate and has now been teaching for two years.
The family attend the Methodist church, of which denomination the parents are members. Fraternally Dr. English is identified with the Masonic order, his local affiliation being with the Columbus Junction lodge, also the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Wessington, South, Dakota, and the Modern Woodmen of America, being a member of the Conesville Camp. The candidates of the republican party have always received Dr. English's support at election, although he does not take an active part in politics, not being an office seeker. During the eleven years of their residence in Conesville both Dr. and Mrs. English have made many friends who hold them in high regard.
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