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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Levi English: Birth: 1859. Death: UNKNOWN

  2. Leonard S. English: Birth: 1861. Death: UNKNOWN

  3. William E. English: Birth: 20 DEC 1862 in Unknown. Death: 19 OCT 1900 in Unknown

  4. Joseph English: Birth: 17 NOV 1864 in Unknown. Death: 13 MAY 1895


Notes
a. Note:   From Dimmit County Mesquite Roots, page 14, story from, "Once a Slave" published in San Antonio Express, 1933.
 All of the Martin settlement families apparently went over to Ed Burleson's house to celebrate Independence Day. a dance was scheduled there that evening. The following account of the Fourth of July Indian raid was published in a 1933 story about Bob Lemmons, a former slave of the English family. It is not known if he actually saw the events, or only heard about them afterwards.
 "Burleson went a short distance from the ranch house to drive up some of his horses, and was attacked by Indians. He made his escape to the house, thought, and sending two or three boys to arouse the community, set out after the savages with the eleven men then present. Among these were Levi English and his oldest son, Bud, the owner of Bob. Being the oldest man in the party and having some Indian experience, Levi English was chosen as Captain".
 "They overtook the Indians on the Leona about 13 miles below Martin's Ranch, and at once attacked them. The band proved to be 36 Commanches, well armed and mounted two to a horse. They at first retreated, but, noting that the settlers had all fired their muzzle loading rifles, quickly dismounted and charged. In a few minutes, a desperate hand-to-hand battle took place, in which English's men were compelled to retreat. The Indians pursued fiercely and killed Bud English, Dean Oden and Dan Williams. The rest, all wounded, but three, succeeded in getting back to the ranch".
 Also his name is listed as John Aaron (Bud) English.
 Bert Bell provides that John Aaron was killed by Indians on the Leona River in Frio County, Texas.



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