The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-11
THOS. ENGLISH DEAD
EARLY PIONEER PASSED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND THIS MORNING.
LIVED HERE FIVE YEARS.
Fer Fifty Years He was Actively Connected
With the Business Interests of the City
Death Results After Months of
Patient Suffering from Paralysis.
(From Fridays Daily J

Thomas E. English, one of the best
known residents of this city, passed
away this morning shortly after s
o'clock at his residence on Congress
street. To many people the announce
ment of Mr.. English's death will come
as great surprise, for although he has
been i'll for many months, it was
thought that he was recovering and
hopes were entertained that he would
be spared for several years. The cause
of the death of Mr.. English was par
alysis. He had been i'll for nearly a
year, but some time ago he was able to
he about the house again. Last even
ing about 1870 o'clock he was taken
with a relapse and the friends and rela-
tives were at once summoned to his
bedside. He lost consciousness and it
became apparent to the anxious watch
ers that the end was not far distant.
Every effort was made to revive him,
but he failed to rally from the relapse,
and this morning surrounded by almost
the entire family he fell asleep in a
peaceful sleep that knows no waking.
The death of Thomas English marks
the passing of another of the early
pioneers of Kenosha county. The de-
ceased was born on October 23d, 1924,
in Mitchelltown, county Cork, Ireland.
He came to America in 1910 and two
years later he took up his residence in
this county and became one of the
sturdy early settlers who were so in
strumental in the foundation and de-
velopment of the city and county. At
the time Mr.. English arrived in this
city there were only few inhabitants
here, and with his characteristic
push and energy he soon assumed
leading position among the people of
the little town. In 1915 he went into
business and started a harness shop,
which business he continued in the
same location for period of over fifty
one years. In 1896 he retired from
active business life and since that time
he has lived quiet and secluded life.
Mr.. English was married on August
z, l847, to Miss Ann Cootey, also a
resident of this city, who had come
here from Ireland several years ago.
To this union ten children were born,
and six of them are left to mourn the
death of their father. They are Rev.
Father j. E, English, Attorney j. P.
English, both of Omaha; w. R. English,
of Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Mamie Rice, Mrs. Ollie Hoye, of this
city, and Mrs. j. G. Hoye, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
The early life of Kenosha was all
held in the memory of Thomas English
and no more enjoyable hour could be
spent than to sit and listen to the
stories Of the early times as told by
Mr.. English who took an especial pride
in the city of KenOsha and its devel-
opement. In the early days Mr.. Eng
lish organized the first band in the
city and he always considered it a
great honor that this band was one OF
the few organizations that were called
to New York to assist in the welcome
given to the famous singer Jenny Lind |
when she made her nTsC VISIT TO Gnls
country.
AS a business man Mr.. English was
a pronounced success and his genial
good fellowship and his great number
of friends made his place of business
the meeting place of the old settlers of
the city.
The deceased was always a member
of the st. James Catholic church and
it was ever a matter of pride to him
that he had been able to dedicate one
of his sons to the Office of Holy Priest
hood. In his work for the church he
was very loyal and the church built in
the city was largely the result of his
efforts.