Fifth Generation

22. Vinson Edwin "Vincent" ENGLISH^11,79 was born on 24 Mar 1874 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Redwood Valley.^4,80 His marriage record may say he was born Ukiah Valley. -Florena Brown He appeared in the census in 1900 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo. Single, living with his parents. Day labourer He owned on 2 Apr 1915 in USA, California, Mendocino Co..⁷² Names

Patentee: VINSON ENGLISH

Survey

State: CALIFORNIA
Acres: 160
Metes/Bounds: No

Title Transfer

Issue Date: 4/2/1915
Land Office: San Francisco
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: Yes
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)

Document Numbers

Document Nr.: 04885
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 0
Accession/Serial Nr.: 466492
BLM Serial Nr.: CASF 0004885

Legal Land Description
SESE 28/ 22-N 13-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
E½NE 33/ 22-N 13-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
NESE 33/ 22-N 13-W No Mount Diablo CA Mendocino
He died on 30 Oct 1954 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Willits, Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital.^4,80,81 Vinson died from a hit and run accident. He was hard of hearing and was struck by a car driven by Keith Hurt in Covelo on the 29th of October. They took him to the hospital in Willits that evening but he passed away at 9 AM the following day.

He was buried on 1 Nov 1954 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo, Masonic Cemetery.⁸² Memoirs of Marjorie (Lovejoy) Prouty -
"My grandfather, Vinson English, was born in Redwood Valley (Ukiah), on a large ranch. His family had a Chinese cook who taught him Chinese songs and how to count in Chinese. He went to Sweets Business College in Santa Rosa and graduated in 1899. He married Fannie Brown and lived in Covelo (Round Valley).
His brothers, Dan and Wylie, also lived in Covelo. They had ranches there. Another brother had a ranch in Sacramento Valley. I was very afraid of the uncle who visited from Sacramento Valley when I was little. He talked very loud and insisted on my sitting on his lap. A sister, Elizabeth, "Auntie", was a school teacher who never married. She lived in southern California but spent her final days in Ukiah.
I remember when I was young, probably around 1932, the community put on a musical variety show. One of the acts was called "The Three Black Crows" featuring Dan, Wylie, and Vinson dressed up in black costumes singing. Vinson played the violin when a young man.
Vinson hauled freight and lumber. I remember riding on the freight and lumber wagon drawn by four large horses. The bench-type seat was high above the horses. Vinson had a small ranch and dairy and also was the county assessor for many years. He was well educated and well-read. He liked to talk, especially about "politics". I recall him insisting that this country should "watch Russia" and "beware of China." This was during the depression."

Excerpt from interview with Mark Walker:
"Vince English, I didn't know him well, but I knew him. I knew him way back. I think I met him about 1911 and I remember the first time I ever saw, talked to him. I was driving a freight team from Branscomb to the coast and freight from the coast to Branscomb, from Sherwood Valley to Branscomb, and from Covelo back and forth hauling stuff out of Covelo or to Covelo. ...sometimes bring back grain... like that. Branscomb bought two horses from Vince English and put them in the team. So I was coming up the mountain there from Dehaven and Vince English comes down and says, "Stop, I want to see my two horses." They was on the team. I didn't know him, we got acquainted then, that way. He stops to see his two horses and we talked and after that I knew Vince English. When Rob got married, I knew who he married. I knew Darrell very well. Darrell was Lou English's son. And Darrell's mother was Lovell, and Darrell's mother's sister was Gina, Gina Lovell."


Occupation: County Assessor
Snippets from Newspaper articles -
Vinson English
"... had two sons." -19 Jan 1923
"...Round Valley rancher." 2 Dec. 1932
V. English
"...received a patent 2 Apr 1915" -DD 17 Jan 1931 (land patent, see below)

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From archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/ca-land.htm
Mendocino County, CA - Index to Federal Land Patents

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTION DOCID DATE NAME

MD 0220N 0130W 028 466492 1915/04/02 ENGLISH VINSON
MD 0220N 0130W 033 466492 1915/04/02 ENGLISH VINSON Vinson Edwin "Vincent" ENGLISH and Frances Gonella "Fannie" BROWN were married on 1 Feb 1905 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo Reservation. They appeared in the census on 28 Apr 1910 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Round Valley Township.⁸³ English, Vincent, Head, 36, married 5 yrs. California, Missouri, Illinois, General Farm, Renting
Fannie E., Wife, 33, m- 5 yrs. 2 children born and living, California, Sweden, Illinois
Anna F. daughter, 4, California
John B. son, 1 6/12, California

The previous household is brother Wiley English's
They appeared in the census on 28 Jan 1920 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Round Valley Township, Precinct 1.⁸⁴ English, Vinson, Head 45, Rents General farm
Annie, Wife 42
Anna, Daughter 14
John B., Son 11
Edwin S., Son 8 2/12
All born in California.
Vinson's Father born in Tennesse, Mother Illinois.
Annie's (Frances) Father born in Sweden, spoke Swedish, Mother born in Kentucky.
All the children attended school.
They appeared in the census on 12 Apr 1930 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Round Valley Indian Reservation.⁸⁵ 48, 48 English, Vinson, Head, Own, radio, MW 56, Married at 31, CA MO IL, Farming, general farm
Fannie G. Wife, FW 52, Married at 28, CA Sweden, KY, Clerk Drug Store
Shirley E. Son, MW, 18, single, CA CA CA Laborer farm labor

23. Frances Gonella "Fannie" BROWN⁸⁶ was born on 30 Mar 1877 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo.^4,87 She died on 4 Feb 1961 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Ukiah.^4,87 Died at the Holden St. Rest Home in Ukiah.
Aged 83 yrs., 11 mos., 4 days.

She was buried on 6 Feb 1961 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo, Valley View Cemetery.⁸⁷ Fannie Brown married Vinson English when she was twenty-seven. Before she married, she taught cooking, sewing and household skills to girls on the Covelo Indian Reservation. After marriage she worked for a while as a telephone operator and then ran a drug store for a local physician, John S. Hogshead, M.D. Her granddaughter, Marjorie, remembers that she wouldn't let them have any of the chocolates or other candy on display in dishes in the drug store. Even though the dishes were inside a glass cabinet mice managed to get in at night and Fannie was always setting mouse traps. Her grandmother always had peppermints in her purse that she let them have instead. Marjorie also recalled overhearing when she was little that the only other doctor in town was an alcoholic that would sell liquor to Indians. This was against the law at that time period.

Mrs. Fannie English
"...received 50-year membership pin by the Covelo O.E.S." RJ 24 June 1946
(Order of the Eastern Star)

Fannie must have worked as a registrar or deputy around 1927 as a Covelo birth certificate has the signature "Fannie G. English" at the bottom.
Children were:

11	i.	Anna Francis ENGLISH.
	ii.	John Bunyan ENGLISH was born on 7 Nov 1908 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo. He died on 27 Aug 1990 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Fort Bragg.4 Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age ENGLISH JOHN BUNYAN 11/07/1908 BROWN M CALIFORNIA MENDOCINO 08/27/1990 559-03-0992 81 years He was buried in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Fort Bragg, Rose Memorial Cemetery.88 Ref: Holds family Bible with English, Brown, Jones data.
	iii.	Edwin Shirley ENGLISH was born on 27 Nov 1911 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo.2 Last Name First Name Middle Date Sex Mother County ENGLISH EDWIN S 11/27/1911 MALE BROWN MENDOCINO He died on 9 Jan 1995 in USA, California, Sonoma Co., Sebastopol.4,89 Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age ENGLISH EDWIN SHIRLEY 11/27/1911 BROWN M CALIFORNIA SONOMA 01/09/1995 557-09-9019 83 years He was buried on 17 Jan 1995 in USA, California, Mendocino Co., Covelo, Valley View Cemetery. Shirley English "...had daughter born in Ukiah." 25 Feb. 1946 (Marilyn)