Leonard English was born to William W. English (son of Green English who was the son of John English, Jones County Georgia) and mother, Lavinia Donalson, in 1850 in Georgia. Lavinia and William were married in 1840 in Butts County Georgia. Nancy Benton was born to Hezekiah Benton also in 1850 in Georgia. In the 1860 Monroe County GA census William and Lavinia are listed with their children. Leonard's siblings include: i. JOHN4 ENGLISH, b. 1845. ii. JAMES ENGLISH, b. 1847. iii. C J ENGLISH, b. 1850. v. MARION ENGLISH, b. 1852. vi. NEWTON ENGLISH, b. 1852. vii.THOMAS ENGLISH, b. 1855. (possibly more children?) I have not found a place of marriage for Leonard and Nancy, but do know that as of 1870 in the Forsyth County Georgia census she was still living in the household of her father Hezekiah Benton. Leonard and Nancy's children are: 3. i. CORNELIA CAMELLIA?5 ENGLISH. ii. ELBY ENGLISH, b. May 27, 1887; m. BAMA. iii. OLLIE ENGLISH, m. MCKENZIE. iv. RUBIRL ENGLISH, m. LEATHA. 4. v. WILLIAM DENNIS WILL ENGLISH, b. August 03, 1874, Lebanon Community of Jones County MS; d. 1942. 5. vi. JOHN MILTON ENGLISH, b. May 11, 1876, Columbus, Georgia; d. August 26, 1958, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. Now, it seems funny to me that William was born in Jones County MS, and his younger brother John Milton was born in Columbus Georgia, but this comes from direct descendants (somebody obviously has their thoughts crossed . . . ) John Milton English is my grandfather in law. He died a few months before my husband was born in 1958. In the 1917 WWI records, it shows that he resides in Jones County, Mississippi, but works in MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA. He was a teacher by profession, but I don't know if he was teaching at that time. In 1919 he married Lena Pearl Hurst, and the family settled in Jones County MS, later moving to Lamar County. There is a time frame that I can't find William, Leonard, or John Milton on any of the census records that I have access to, i.e. 1880 forward. William died in 1895, I do not have a date of death for Leonard, and John Milton in 1958. The migration of this family would have been from Georgia, through Alabama to Mississippi. I have researched everything I can find in Columbus Muscogee Georgia and find NOTHING so I'm thinking that the mistake on the place of birth is on my father in laws part. He just remembered to tell me today that he thought his daddy (John Milton) had been married before!!!!!!!!! He was a great deal older than his wife, Lena Pearl Hurst, who was born in 1895, so it is very possible that he was married before. Any help you can offer will be GREATLY appreciated. I await anxiously your reply and thank you in advance. Ginny Walker English