20th Century History of New Castle and
Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens

J. M. ENGLISH,

[p. 979] one of the organizers and a member and stockholder of the Acme Lumber Company, an important business enterprise of New Castle, has been a resident of this city for thirty-eight years. He was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1850.

Mr. English came to New Castle in 1870, from Mercer County, where he had learned the carpenter's trade, and this he followed continuously from that time until 1898, when he engaged in a lumber business. In 1901, in association with Robert W. Henderson, he organized the Acme Lumber Company and Mr. Henderson remained a member of the firm for three years and a half. After his retirement the business was reorganized and the present firm is made up of J. M. English, J. M. Smith and W. S. Taylor. A large retail business is carried on and also some wholesaling done, the company owning a planing mill and manufacturing sash, doors and builders' supplies.

In 1871 Mr. English was married to Miss Mary Hosaac, who was born and reared in Mercer County. They have two children: Elizabeth, who is the wife of Grant Dodds, of Superior, Neb., and Catherine, wife of Harry Kaven, of New Castle. Mr. English is a member of the United Presbyterian Church and one of its trustees. He is liberal in his support of church charities and stands high in the regard of his fellow citizens generally. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow and he belongs also to the Hoo Hoos, the lumber dealers' organization.


20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908

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