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William English

 


 

 

WILLIAM ENGLISH, eldest son of James Y. and Jane ENGLISH, was born in Franklin township, Butler county, June 19, 1856, received a common school education, and afterwards taught in the schools of Franklin, Fairview and Washington townships for six years. In 1881 he settled upon the old English homestead in Muddy Creek township, where he is cultivating 100 acres, and engaged in the dairy business. He married Eliza Jane HILLIARD, a daughter of Frederick HILLIARD, and has four children, viz.: Newton; Pearl; Enos, and [p. 12751 James. He is a member of Zion Baptist church, and in politics, he is an adherent of the Republican party.

Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 Biographical Sketches, Chapter 74
Submitted by Jeanne Hall