Elbert English

Elbert H. English (1816-1884) was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court when the state seceded from the Union in 1861. English was also secretary at St. Johns’ College in the mid-1800s and was a prominent Arkansas Freemason. He is buried at Mount Holly Cemetery.

balding white man with beard in suit jacket vest and tie signed "yours truly E.H. English"

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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