ENGLISH, Samuel

ENGLISH, GLASS, DUNCAN, VOAKLANDER, MULVEE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 11/20/2007 at 22:16:35

Samuel English is one of the early settlers of Burr Oak township. He came here and purchased his land in 1861, and has since been a permanent resident of the township. He was born in Green Co., N. Y., April 15, 1817. When fourteen years of age he removed with his parents to Susquehanna county, where he was brought up on a farm. In 1850 he moved to Adams Co., Wis., and from there to Mitchell Co., Iowa, and located in the township of Burr Oak. He was married in Broome Co., N. Y., May 1, 1845, to Mary Mulvee, daughter of Owen and Bridget Mulvee. Mrs. English was born in the north of Ireland. They had four children, two sons and two daughters, three of whom are living -Maria, wife of William Voaklander; Lyman married Sarah Glass; Frank married Eliza Duncan; Anna was the wife of James Duncan. She died, aged twenty-one, leaving one child, a son Clifford. The three children living are all settled in the same township with their parents.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 284.