Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-01-29
MUCH ADO ABOUT DEATH SUMMONS
LICENSE PLATES DR.. ]. E. ENGLISH.
Oldest of the Medical Profession
In Baraboo Passes at His Home
Saturday Evening

Saturday Evening
John Eugene English was born in
Franklin county, Virginia, June Is,
1851. He was the son of Thomas T.
and Ann NJ. English. When little
more than year old he came with
his parents and older brother Thomas
to Baraboo. Wisconsin, where he
made his home ever since.
He was educated in the city schools
and chose as his life work tho prac-
tice of medicine. He studio Il sor
some time with the late Dr. McKen-
nan and later on entered Rush Medi-
cal College in Chicago, from which in
|stitution he was graduated in the
spring of 1884, and began practice in
Baraboo.
On September 81, 1885, he was unit
ed in marriage to Jane r. Wright of
Prairie du Sac. To this union two
children were born, daughter Phoe-
be, who died in infancy. and a son,
John Eugene, who resides at Live
Oak, California.
He was associated for some years
with the late DR.. Davis. In 1884 he
was appointed surgeon for the North
Western Railway, which position he
held for the remainder of his life. He
was also surgeon for the Cahoon Min
ing company, and he served on the
u. S. Pension board, and was ex-
aminer for various fraternal orders.
The high esteem and the affection
ate regard of numberless friends
were shown in words and deeds Of
loving kindness through all the days
of his illness.
No one in Baraboo could be more
greatly missed upon our streets and
in our homes than Dr. English
DR. English was fond of hunting,
fishing and outdoor sports. In the
earlier years of confining practice
he found scant time for these pleas
ures. But in later life he took more
leisure to indulge his love for the
agreas out OF doors. He found no
more enticing spot than his cottage
at the lower dells of the Wisconsin
river. There, in company with his
brother Tom and other congenial
friends, he spent many a happy day.
The past six winters he had spent
in a warmer climate, either California
or Florida, but his attachment to
his old home and friends in Baraboo,
drew him back each spring.
He was on the most fraternal terms
with all the physicians of the city,
whose regard and respect he held,
and from whom he had the most de-
voted attention during his illness.
His standing In the community is
expressed by letter from DR.. Gorst,
of Madison, portion of which is
quoted here:
No one in the history of Bara-
boo has been more of a pillar of
strength in the structure Of the
city and its surroundings, has
been a stronger barrier against
/ injury and disease of its citizens,
or has done more toward the res
toration to health of its citizens
who have suffered than yourself
After working with you for
twenty years under hundreds OF
trying circumstances, and meet
ing with you in numberless cases
where professional opinions might
differ, I have always found you
absolutely honest in your deal.
ings with both myself and the
patient.
81 have always had the great
est confidence in your professions
al ability and the highest regard
for your professional honor, and
/ am satisfied that at least once
you saved my life. I know you
better than ] know any of my
brothers, and can truly say
love you for all your great quail
ties. No one in Sauk county has
more friends than you have made
and no one deserves them more.
He spent his last days in the care
| of his immediate family and relatives,
land passed away quietly Saturday
evening, January "a, 1920, after an
illness of four months with heart
disease.
| No newspapers appeared Monday