Background
English, George Washington was born on May 9, 1866 in near Vienna, Illinois, United States. Son of Manuel Carrol and Rebecca (Smith) English.
English, George Washington was born on May 9, 1866 in near Vienna, Illinois, United States. Son of Manuel Carrol and Rebecca (Smith) English.
Student Ewing (Illinois) College, 1883-1885. Bachelor of Laws, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1891.
Teacher district schools 4 years. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1891. Chief deputy sheriff, Johnson Company, Illinois, 1891-1892.
Began practice at Vienna, Illinois, 1893. City attorney 2 years. Member Illinois House of Representatives 1907-1912 (a leader in exposure of graft in legislature, 1909).
Removed to Centralia, Illinois, 1912. Special income tax attorney, United States Treasury Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1918. United States district judge, Eastern District of Illinois, by appointment of President Wilson, since May 9, 1918.
Mason (32°).; Odd Fellow, K. of Philisophy. Member Sons of Veterans.
Married Lillie May Farris, of Vienna, Illinois, September 1894.