Samuel S. English

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1804-01-16

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1880-10-14

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"Samuel S. English" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00000789, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Henry County native. Married to Nancy Scott Demint English. Father of Hannah English, Elisha S. English, and Demint W. English. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1847 to 1850. Unsuccessful Democratic nominee for U. S. Congress in 1853. Surveyor of the port of Louisville.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 98.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths, p. 73-74.
“Passed Away: Death of Col. S. S. English,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 15, 1880, p. 4.

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), p. 668.
Find A Grave, "Samuel Scroggins English (1804-1880)," Memorial #114897235, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114897235&ref=acom (accessed May, 11, 2017).

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