Brief Life History of Joseph H.
When Joseph H. English was born about 1824, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph English, was 35 and his mother, Elenor McCaslin, was 32. He married Mary Jane Lee on 27 May 1847, in Decatur, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Warren Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 21 March 1882, in Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Greensburg, Washington Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States.
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- Jos. H English, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph H English, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1825
Historical Information 1825: Decatur, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Welsh: ethnic name from Middle English English, Inglish, Inglis ‘English’ (Old English Englisc), sometimes alternating with Anglo-Norman French Engleis, Engles, Anglais, Angles (Old French Englois). Compare Inglis and England . Among the aristocracy and upper gentry it marked out a man of English ancestry from one of Norman or continental origin. In counties bordering England with Scotland and Wales the name distinguished an Englishman from a Scot or a native Welshman on both sides of the border. The name may also have been acquired by English merchants who traded abroad or who lived and worked in a ‘French’ borough in England (one exclusively administered by Normans).
Irish: in Ireland, this name was used to denote an Englishman, often being adopted for Irish Aingléis ‘Englishman’ or through mistranslation for Mac an Ghallóglaigh, see Gallogly and Golightly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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