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Research
Sections:
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Research Participants:
- Linda Hoxit Raxter,
compiler
- Linda O. Anders
Previous Research by:
- Katherine English
Anderson
- Mary Jane McCrary
- Donna Kay New
- R. N. Price
- Dennis Symer
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Originally
Posted March 12,
2003
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All historic research is an
ongoing process. The following
information reflects currently available
sources and is subject to change as new
information is located.
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Household Group
Summary:
Heads of House:
Alexander Fletcher
English
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Naomi Malina "Mollie"
Young
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- Born: January
30, 1830
- Yancy County, North
Carolina (Present day
Mitchell County)
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- Born: October
16, 1833
- North Carolina
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- Died: August 16,
1896
- Transylvania County,
North Carolina
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- Died: December
22, 1902
- Transylvania County,
North Carolina
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- Buried: Davidson
River Cemetery
- Boyd Township,
Transylvania County,
NC
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- Buried: Davidson
River Cemetery
- Boyd Township,
Transylvania County,
NC
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Parents:
- Daniel David
English
- Jemima Mae Wiseman
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- Parents:
(
see household
abstract)
- Strawbridge Young (1797
- 1874)
- Martha Ann Gash (1804 -
1885)
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| Married:
September 14, 1859 in Henderson
County, North Carolina |
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Other Household Members:
Mary L. English -
Daughter
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| Born |
July 20, 1860 in
Henderson County, North
Carolina (Present day
Transylvania County) |
| Died |
June 29, 1940 |
| Buried |
Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Township,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Married |
James Webb Orr
(April 22, 1848 to November 11,
1915) |
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Martha L. English -
Daughter
|
| Born |
1862 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
|
| Buried |
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| Married |
Fielding Andrew
Lewis |
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Charles Overton English
- Son
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| Born |
1864 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
1951 |
| Buried |
Davidson River
Cemetery in Transylvania County,
North Carolina |
| Married |
Annie Hood
(1871-1937) |
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Melvina L. English -
Daughter
|
| Born |
1866 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
|
| Buried |
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| Married |
Rev. J.
Fenley Matney |
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Edwin Strawbridge
English - Son
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| Born |
October 31, 1868 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
August 19, 1943 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Buried |
Oak Grove Methodist
Cemetery, Brevard, Transylvania
County, North Carolina |
| Married |
- August 1898 to Leila
Jane Pickelsimer (August 2,
1833 to March 19,
1978)
- Daughter of Ransom
Joseph Pickelsimer and
Elmira A. Merrill
-
See Household Abstract for
E. S. English and Lelia
Pickelsimer
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Daniel Leon English -
Son
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| Born |
July 18, 1872 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
January 31, 1962 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Buried |
Gillespie-Evergreen
Cemetery, Brevard, Transylvania
County |
| Married |
- Maude Sumner (October
11, 1878 to May 17,
1959)
- Daughter of Mark Sumner
and Louise Ledbetter
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Nola Young English -
Daughter
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| Born |
February 12, 1878
in Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Died |
February 23,
1959 |
| Buried |
Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Township,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Married |
Eugene Erwin Lewis
(September 10, 1876 to May 7,
1952) |
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Alexander P. Rowe -
Boarder
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| Born |
about 1879 in North
Carolina |
| Died |
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| Buried |
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| Married |
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Previously Published
Research:
| Anderson,
Katherine English," Rev. Alexander
Fletcher English, 1830-1896,"
Transylvania County
Heritage Book Committee. The
Heritage of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, 1995.
Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc.,
1995, 90. |
| McCrary,
Mary Jane, "The English Family,"
The Transylvania Times, 92,
no. 72, (28 SEP 1978).[Based
largely on the obituary of A. F.
English from the August 1896
Sylvan Valley News. -
LHR] |
| McCrary, Mary Jane.
"Pioneer Preachers," chapter in
Transylvania Beginnings: A
History. Easley, SC: Southern
Historical Press, 1984,
68-82. |
| New, Donna,
"Genealogy - My Hobby," Ancestry
World Family Tree, http://www.ancestry.com,
Updated 18 JAN
2003. |
| Price, R. N. Holston
Methodism: From Its Origin to the
Present Time. Vol. Vol. IV.
1844-1870. Nashville, TN:
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
1912, 191 & 267. |
| Symer,
Dennis, "The Pickelsimer Family,"
Ancestry World Family Tree,
http://www.ancestry.com,
Updated 15 OCT 2002. |
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Census
Records:
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1860 -
Eighth
Federal Census
of the United
States
(from microfilm
- LHR) |
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Page 442B,
Dwelling #
1265, Davidson
River PO,
Henderson
County, North
Carolina |
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Name |
Description |
| A F
English |
30,
male, ME Clergy,
$1200 real estate,
$300 personal
estate, born in
North Carolina,
married within
year |
| N M
Young |
26,
female, North
Carolina, married
within year |
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1870 -
Ninth
Federal Census
of the United
States
(from microfilm
- LHR) |
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Page 404B,
Dwelling # 132,
Brevard
Township,
Brevard PO,
Transylvania
County, North
Carolina |
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Name |
Description |
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English, Alex
F |
40,
male, white,
Minister,
$345 real
estate, $500
personal estate,
born in North
Carolina |
| "
Malvina |
36,
female, white,
North Carolina |
| "
Mary L |
11,
female, white,
North Carolina |
| "
Marthy L |
8,
female, white,
North Carolina |
| "
Charles O |
5,
male, white, North
Carolina |
| "
Mattie L |
4,
female, white,
North Carolina |
| "
Edwin S. |
1,
male, white, North
Carolina |
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1880 -
Tenth
Federal Census
of the United
States, p
24, SD 4, ED
186 (from
microfilm -
LHR) |
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Dwelling # 207,
Davidson River
Township,
Transylvania
County, North
Carolina |
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Name |
Description |
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English, Alex
F |
White, male, 50,
married, farmer,
born in North
Carolina, father
born in North
Carolina, Mother
born in North
Carolina |
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- Naomi
M |
White, female, 46,
wife, married,
Keeping house, NC,
NC, NC |
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- Mary L |
White, female, 20,
daughter, single,
At home, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Martha
L |
White, female, 18,
daughter, single,
At home, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Charles
O |
White, male, 15,
son, single, works
on farm, attended
school, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Mollie
L |
White, female, 14,
daughter, single,
At home, attended
school, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Edwin
S |
White, male, 12,
son, single, At
home, attended
school, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Leon D |
White, male, 7,
son, NC, NC,
NC |
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- Nola |
White, female, 2,
daughter, NC, NC,
NC |
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Rowe, Alex P |
White, male, 21,
boarder, single,
carpenter, NC, TN,
NC |
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1900 -
Twelfth
Federal Census
of the United
States. SD
9, ED 111,
Sheet 2A (from
microfilm -
LHR) |
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Dwelling # 27,
North Brevard
Township,
Transylvania
County, North
Carolina |
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Name |
Description |
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Mollie English |
Head, white,
female, Oct 1832,
widow, born in
North Carolina,
father born in
North Carolina,
mother born in
North Carolina,
farmer, able to
read & write,
owns home |
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- Mattie |
Daughter, white,
female, Jun
1866, single, NC,
NC, NC, able to r
& w |
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- Nola |
Daughter, white,
female, Feb 1878,
single, NC, NC, NC,
able to r &
w |
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Vital Records:
Death Certificates:
| 17 MAY
1959 |
Transylvania
County, North Carolina Death
Certificate |
| Book 45 Pg 14 |
Maude
English, Community Hospital,
Brevard, Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Cardiac
decomposition with arteriosclerosis
Senility, Julius Sader,
physician |
| Born 10-11-1878 to
Mark Sumner and Louise
Ledbetter. White, female,
married |
| Buried 19 MAY 1959
at Gillespie-Evergreen, Brevard, by
Moore-Choate |
Marriage Records:
| 14 SEP
1859 |
Henderson County,
North Carolina Marriage Docket
1851-1872 |
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Page 46
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- A. F. English and
Naomia M. Young was
lawfully married on the
14th of September 1859 by
me
- - Wm Hicks M.
G.
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Property Records:
| 12 MAY
1867 |
Transylvania
County, North Carolina Registry -
Deed (from deed - LOA) |
| from Grantor |
Strawbridge
Young, Transylvania County,
North Carolina |
| to Grantee |
A. F. English,
W. L. Case, and S. R. Neill,
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
Church |
| Book
1 Pages 317-318 |
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Newspaper Accounts:
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APR 1903 |
Sylvan Valley
News |
| Personal notes
about D. L. English property
purchase. |
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MAY 1903 |
Sylvan Valley
News |
| Personal notes
about D. L. English trip to
Washington DC. |
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10 MAR 1922 |
D. L. English, "D.
L. English on Crowded Polls",
Brevard News |
| Letter to the
editor suggesting additional
polling places largely to
accommodate the new female
voters. |
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08 FEB 1962 |
The Transylvania
Times, Section Two, Pages 1
& 8 |
| "'Judge' English
Buried Last Friday Afternoon." |
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Family Records:
Cemeteries:
| Davidson River
Cemetery (from
cemetery markers - LHR) |
| Boyd Township,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Name,
comments |
Birth |
Death |
| Rev. A. F.
English |
30 JAN 1830 |
16 AUG
1896 |
| Naomi Maulina
English, wife of A. F. English |
16 OCT 1833 |
22 DEC 1902 |
| Erwin Edwin Lewis,
son of E. E. and N. E. Lewis |
31 JUL 1904 |
12 OCT 1904 |
| Fielding Miller
Lewis, son of E. E. and N. E.
Lewis |
25 FEB 1906 |
25 JUL 1906 |
| Homer F. Orr |
16 OCT 1888 |
12 JUL 1908 |
| James W. Orr |
22 APR 1848 |
11 NOV 1915 |
| Annie Hood
English |
1871 |
1937 |
| Mrs. Loula Orr |
20 JUL 1860 |
29 JUN 1940 |
| Agur W. Orr |
03 MAY 1894 |
06 AUG 1946 |
| Charles O.
English |
1864 |
1951 |
| Eugene Erwin
Lewis |
10 SEP 1876 |
07 MAY 1952 |
| Nola English
Lewis |
12 FEB 1878 |
23 FEB 1959 |
| August T.
Erickson |
03 DEC 1878 |
03 JUL 1963 |
| Mary Lewis
Erickson |
19 JUL 1907 |
26 AUG 1991 |
| Infant of D. L. and
M. S. English |
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| Gillespie -
Evergreen Cemetery |
| Brevard,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina |
| Name, comments |
Birth |
Death |
| D. Leon English |
18 JUL 1872 |
31 JAN 1962 |
| Maude S. English |
11 OCT 1878 |
17 MAY 1959 |
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Other Sources:
| 1905 |
Schenck,
Carl, "Report on Resources
Available within the Confines
of Pisgah National Forest, The
Property of George W.
Vanderbilt," |
| Summary |
Report written to
assist in sale of Pisgah Forest
while Schenck was employed as
forester. This report
highlights all potential
commercial uses of the
property. |
| Notes |
- Section II -
Enumeration of Existing
Pastures
- "On Avery's Creek (old
English and Perry Places) -
70 acres"
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- Orchards and Fruit
Trees
- "The orchards at the
old English place, at
Davidson's River, at the
so-called Rich Bend, at the
Sarah McCall place, at the
old Banther place, etc.,
are famous in Pisgah
Forest."
-
- Section III -
Enumeration
- Lower Davidson's
River
- 3 very good and large
farm houses (English, Orr,
Cagle) - $1200
- Lumber inspector's
house brand new - $250
- 1 school house -
$50
- 3 one room cabins
(Ananias, negro cabin, Ed
Smith) - $140
- 7 two room cabins (John
Perry, Hollingsworth, Leroy
O'Kelly, Neill place, R. O.
English place, M. D.
English place, Thrift
place) - $$420
- 2 three room cabins
(Jasper McCall, John Smith
at saw mill) - $200
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| Carl Alwin Schenck
Collection, North Carolina
State University Special
Collections |
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