Person

Samuel S. English (Louisville attorney)

b. 1804-01-16 d. 1880-10-14

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Henry County native. Married to Nancy Scott Demint English. Father of Hannah English, Elisha S. English, and Demint W. English. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1847 to 1850. Unsuccessful Democratic nominee for U. S. Congress in 1853. Surveyor of the port of Louisville.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 98.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths, p. 73-74.

“Passed Away: Death of Col. S. S. English,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 15, 1880, p. 4.


Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), p. 668.

Find A Grave, "Samuel Scroggins English (1804-1880)," Memorial #114897235, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114897235&ref=acom (accessed May, 11, 2017).

Citation

English, Samuel S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197161 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Samuel S. English (Louisville attorney). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around English, Samuel S.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to English, Samuel S., a light orange dot to see the places connected to English, Samuel S., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to English, Samuel S..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between English, Samuel S. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.