AUSTIN, Levi Brown

AUSTIN, Levi Brown

Male 1819 - 1897  (77 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  AUSTIN, Levi BrownAUSTIN, Levi Brown was born on 20 Feb 1819 in Addison County, Vermont (son of AUSTIN, Francis Brown and WHITTEN, Eleanor L); died on 13 Feb 1897 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Health / Medical: Final years were not spent in good health. From Santa Cruz Sentinel (as pulled from Hollister Free Lance): Hollister Free Lance: As an example of what a great amount of good is done, unobtrusively, in this world by the fraternal orders the case of the late L.B. Austin may be cited. During his connection with Mound Lodge I.O.O.F., of this place he paid into the lodge about $300 in dues, and drew out in sick benefits, nurses’ hire, etc., about $4000. The lodge’s care of him did not cease when he expired. His remains were brought over here from Santa Cruz and given a decent burial.
    • Obituary: From Santa Cruz Sentinel: L.B. Austin died Saturday morning at his home on Mission Hill after being confined to his bed for six months. IN 1840 he located in Cleveland, Ohio, and then moved to Iowa. In 1849 he came to California, and was the Sergeant-at-Arms of the first Legislature in California. From 1851 to 1868 he lived in Nevada Co. In 1872 he located to Santa Cruz. He leaves a widow and daughter, Miss Anna Austin. The body will be shipped to Hollister tomorrow for interment.
    • Residence: Between 1833 and 1838, Oswego, NY
    • Residence: 1838, Indiana
    • Residence: 1840, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Occupation: 1842, Furniture Business
    • Residence: 1842, Burlington, IA, USA
    • Arrival: 16 Aug 1849, Bear Valley, CA, USA
    • Occupation: 1850, Deputy Marshall
    • Residence: 1850, Fremont, Yolo, California
    • Residence: 1850, Fremont, Yolo County, CA, USA
    • Residence: 1851, Nevada County, CA, USA
    • Misc. Event: Nov 1853, Nevada City, Nevda, CA, USA
    • Occupation: 1856, Proprietor, Selby Flat Hotel, Selby Flat, Nevada County, CA, USA
    • Occupation: 1860, Miner
    • Residence: 1860, Nevada, Nevada, California
    • Residence: 1867, Selby Flat, Nevada, CA, USA
    • Residence: 1868, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
    • Occupation: 1870, Town Carpenter
    • Residence: 1870, San Juan, Monterey, California
    • Residence: 1874, Monterey, Monterey, CA, USA
    • Occupation: 1876, Monterey, Monterey, California, USA
    • Residence: Feb 1877, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
    • Occupation: 1878, Grocer, Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA
    • Residence: 1879, Washington Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
    • Membership: 1888, SCPS (Santa Cruz County Society of California Pioneers)
    • Residence: 1892, 78 Cayuga, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Notes:

    L. B. AUSTIN.



    L. B. Austin was born February 20, 1819, in Addison County, Vermont. His father, Francis Brown Austin, was a native of New Hampshire. His mother, Eleanor Whitten, was also a native of New Hampshire.

    In 1833 the family moved to Oswego, New York, where they remained until 1838. In the spring of 1838 they moved to Indiana. In 1840 he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained for two years. In 1842 he went to Iowa, where he engaged in furniture business, in the city of Burlington, remaining until 1849. He left Burlington with Captain Henry Niles' company for California. At St. Joseph the company received additions and thoroughly organized. They had no serious trouble with the Indians, and at Humboldt the company disbanded.

    He entered California August 16, 1849, through Bear Valley, passing Donner Lake, which had so recently been the scene of the Donner party's sufferings. Hearing that carpenters were in great demand at Fremont, Yolo County, he went there, 1851, he went to Nevada County, where he remained until 1868, when he went to Hollister. In 1874 he moved to Monterey, and in 1877 came to Santa Cruz.



    HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.- E. S. Harrison, Pacific Press Publ. Co., San Francisco, 1891

    Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.

    Misc. Event:
    Cofounded Oustomah Lodge I.O.O.F.

    Occupation:
    Stationer

    Residence:
    “Mr. L.B. AUSTIN, formerly of this town, has sold out at Monterey, and intends to try his luck at Santa Cruz.”

    Residence:
    No house # given

    Levi married MARTIN, Jane on 2 Sep 1851. Jane (daughter of MARTIN, James and COURLIEU, Ann) was born on 28 Feb 1821 in Missouri; died on 7 Sep 1904 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. AUSTIN, M J was born in 1852 in Ohio.
    2. AUSTIN, Annie Franklin was born in Oct 1859 in Nevada City, California; died on 23 Dec 1915 in Berkeley, Alameda County, CA, USA; was buried on 23 Dec 1915 in IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA.
    3. AUSTIN, Emma was born on 16 Nov 1862 in Nevada County, CA, USA; died on 11 Dec 1864 in Selby Flat, Nevada, CA, USA.
    4. AUSTIN, Nellie was born about 1863 in California.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  AUSTIN, Francis Brown was born on 24 Dec 1795 in Rochester, Vermont (son of AUSTIN, Jr Nathan and BROWN, Betsey); died on 4 Dec 1855 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: Between Sep and Nov 1814, Private in New Hampshire Militia
    • Residence: 1820, Hancock, Addison, Vermont
    • Residence: 1833-1838, Oswego County, NY USA
    • Residence: 1838, Bartholomew County, Indiana
    • Residence: 1846, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Hancock, Illinois
    • Census: 22 Oct 1850, Hancock County, IL, USA
    • Will: 18 Dec 1855, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA

    Notes:

    On February 6, 1856, an auction was held for Francis’ possessions. Most of the larger items were sold to FW Austin and D Cratsenberg. The total auction proceeds were under $200.

    Residence:
    1820 Newspaper item indicates possibly New Haven, VT (also in Addison county)

    Census:
    Francis & Eleanor living on farm with their six youngest children-Name: Francis B Austin / Age: 54 / Gender: M / Occupation: Farmer / Value of Real Estate: $300 / Place of Birth: N H / Attended School: /-

    Francis married WHITTEN, Eleanor L on 1 Apr 1818. Eleanor (daughter of WHITTEN, John and HALL, Betsey) was born on 1 Dec 1800 in New Hampshire; died on 24 Feb 1874 in Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  WHITTEN, Eleanor LWHITTEN, Eleanor L was born on 1 Dec 1800 in New Hampshire (daughter of WHITTEN, John and HALL, Betsey); died on 24 Feb 1874 in Kansas, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1833-1838, Oswego County, NY USA
    • Residence: 1838, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Hancock, Illinois
    • Census: 22 Oct 1850, Hancock County, IL, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois

    Notes:

    Census:
    Name: Eleanor Austin / Age: 49 / Gender: F / Occupation: / Value of Real Estate: / Place of Birth: N H / Attended School: /-

    Notes:

    Marriage
    Date: 1818«s125 Online publication - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.»

    Children:
    1. 1. AUSTIN, Levi Brown was born on 20 Feb 1819 in Addison County, Vermont; died on 13 Feb 1897 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
    2. AUSTIN, Emily was born on 4 Aug 1821.
    3. AUSTIN, Francis Sumner was born on 16 Oct 1824 in Addison, Vermont, USA; died on 17 Mar 1900 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA; was buried on 20 Mar 1900 in Vault in Moss Ridge Cemetery, Hancock Co, Illinois.
    4. AUSTIN, Lucius Monroe was born on 30 Nov 1826 in Vermont; died on 15 Dec 1889 in Clarion, Wright, Iowa, USA.
    5. AUSTIN, Freeman Whitten was born about 1828 in Vermont; died on 9 Jan 1891 in Mountain View, Santa Clara, CA USA.
    6. AUSTIN, Charles B was born on 12 Nov 1830 in Addison Co, VT; died on 1 Mar 1911 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA.
    7. AUSTIN, Susan B was born on 12 Nov 1832 in Vermont, USA; died on 21 Jun 1883 in Fountain Green, Hancock, IL, USA.
    8. AUSTIN, Eleanor was born on 27 Jan 1835.
    9. AUSTIN, Mary was born on 2 Jul 1836 in New York; died on 18 Mar 1875 in Hancock Co, Illinois; was buried in 1875 in Webster Cemetery, Hancock Co, Illinois.
    10. AUSTIN, Eliza Whitten was born on 5 Dec 1838; died on 4 Aug 1839.
    11. AUSTIN, William Henry Harrison was born on 2 Aug 1840 in Indiana; died on 23 Dec 1892 in Sanger, Fresno Co, California.
    12. AUSTIN, Eliza was born on 29 Nov 1842; died on 8 Sep 1856.
    13. AUSTIN, George Washington was born on 9 Apr 1848 in Illinois; died on 14 Mar 1925 in Hollister, San Benito, California, USA; was buried on 16 Mar 1925 in IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  AUSTIN, Jr Nathan was born on 28 Feb 1770 in Antrim, Hillsborough, NH, USA (son of AUSTIN, Nathan and BARKER, Phebe); died in 1847 in Rochester, Windsor, VT, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    “and d there in 1847, aged 78”

    Nathan married BROWN, Betsey. Betsey was born in 1773 in Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died on 2 Apr 1808 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  BROWN, Betsey was born in 1773 in Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died on 2 Apr 1808 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. AUSTIN, Francis Brown was born on 24 Dec 1795 in Rochester, Vermont; died on 4 Dec 1855 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA.
    2. AUSTIN, Nathan

  3. 6.  WHITTEN, John died on 16 Jul 1845 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, USA.

    John married HALL, Betsey in 1799 in Cornish, NH. Betsey (daughter of HALL, Samuel Read and HALL, Elizabeth) was born on 10 Sep 1777; died on 20 Jan 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  HALL, Betsey was born on 10 Sep 1777 (daughter of HALL, Samuel Read and HALL, Elizabeth); died on 20 Jan 1830.
    Children:
    1. WHITTEN, John was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth; died in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
    2. WHITTEN, Betsey was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
    3. WHITTEN, James was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
    4. WHITTEN, A Dau was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
    5. 3. WHITTEN, Eleanor L was born on 1 Dec 1800 in New Hampshire; died on 24 Feb 1874 in Kansas, USA.
    6. WHITTEN, Lucy was born on 6 Oct 1807.
    7. WHITTEN, Oliver was born on 10 Nov 1810; died in Jan 1816.
    8. WHITTEN, Elisha was born on 15 Dec 1815; died in Sep 1822.
    9. WHITTEN, Ann was born on 6 Apr 1817.
    10. WHITTEN, Sarah Hall was born on 21 Sep 1818.
    11. WHITTEN, Mary was born in Mar 1821; died in Sep 1822.
    12. WHITTEN, John L was born on 11 Jul 1823 in Chittenden, Vermont, USA.
    13. WHITTEN, Betsey Marsilva was born on 25 Jul 1825.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  AUSTIN, Nathan was born on 11 Jun 1748 in Metheun, Mass; died in 1840 in Rochester, Windsor, VT, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Emigration: 1800, Rochester, Windsor, VT, USA

    Notes:

    From Cochrane p. 344

    But little is known of the ancestry of the Austins of this town. The father of Nathan, named below, was killed by the Indians, but the time and place cannot be ascertained. The father and son were fording a river, both on one horse, when the savages fired upon them. The father was killed and fell into the river, but the boy and the horse escaped unhurt. This boy was taken to Pelham, and there he was brought up, and there he married; and his posterity are very numerous and respectable.

    NATHAN AUSTIN came here from Pelham, and began the Danforth farm, west of the Gould place, in 1780. His wife was Phebe Barker, half-sister to Capt. Peter Barker. Brought with him a large family. Moved to Rochester Vt., in 1800, and died there very aged in 1840.


    From Trapper Byrne:

    Nathan 4 joined up with the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga,
    N.Y., in 1777. He started something called the Danforth Farm in Antrim,
    N.H., in 1780

    Nathan married BARKER, Phebe. Phebe (daughter of BARKER, Zebadiah and MERRILL, Phebe) was born on 4 Jun 1748 in Metheun, Mass; died after 1780 in Metheun, Mass. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  BARKER, Phebe was born on 4 Jun 1748 in Metheun, Mass (daughter of BARKER, Zebadiah and MERRILL, Phebe); died after 1780 in Metheun, Mass.
    Children:
    1. 4. AUSTIN, Jr Nathan was born on 28 Feb 1770 in Antrim, Hillsborough, NH, USA; died in 1847 in Rochester, Windsor, VT, USA.
    2. AUSTIN, Marena was born in 1770 in Antrim, Hillsborough, NH, USA; died in 1850 in Goshen, Orange, VT, USA.
    3. AUSTIN, Hannah was born in 1779 in Antrim, Hillsborough, NH, USA; died on 6 Sep 1833 in Rochester, Windsor, VT, USA.

  3. 14.  HALL, Samuel Read was born on 27 Jan 1755 in Sutton, MA; was christened on 23 Mar 1755 (son of HALL, Stephen and TAFT, Sarah); died in 1814 in Rumford, ME.

    Notes:

    [Byrne.FTW]

    Samuel R. Hall, probably came to Croyden, to see about some land owned by his father, and settled there as a farmer. He held the offices of constable, collector, tithingman, moderator etc., and was a soldier from that town in the revolutionary war. He had surveyed in 1794, some of the eastern townships of Canada, and purchased the half of one of them, of fraudulent parties, and on Jan. 20, 1796, he started from Croydon, with his family, to go to Canada and take possession of his purchase, and proceeded as far as Guildhall, Vt., before he knew of the fraud. The swindlers had been paid, and Mr. Hall found himself in Guildhall (which was nearly a wilderness at that time), without the means to make any more purchases. He lived in Guildhall several years, and was a great spiritual blessing to the town; the people were destitute of the preached gospel, and Mr. Hall gathered them together and conducted prayer meetings, with exhortations, and his gifts and usefulness, appeared to justify his becoming a preacher of the gospel, and he was accordingly ordained as a Congregational minister. In 1807, he removed to Rumford, Me., where he was the means of gathering a church, and became its pastor, and continued such until his death. Mrs. Hall was a feeble woman in the later years of her life.

    Samuel married HALL, Elizabeth in Nov 1775 in Croyden, NH. Elizabeth (daughter of HALL, Hezekiah and TAFT, Elizabeth or Deborah) was born in Dec 1754; died on 14 Jun 1806 in Guildhall, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  HALL, Elizabeth was born in Dec 1754 (daughter of HALL, Hezekiah and TAFT, Elizabeth or Deborah); died on 14 Jun 1806 in Guildhall, VT.

    Notes:

    [Byrne.FTW]

    She was living with her uncle Lieut. Edward Hall of Croydon, when she married

    Children:
    1. HALL, Hannah was born on 7 Dec 1776.
    2. 7. HALL, Betsey was born on 10 Sep 1777; died on 20 Jan 1830.
    3. HALL, Lucy was born on 12 Dec 1780.
    4. HALL, Samuel was born on 23 Apr 1782.
    5. HALL, Read was born on 12 Dec 1784; died on 8 Dec 1787.
    6. HALL, Chloe was born on 11 May 1786.
    7. HALL, Hezekiah was born on 16 Mar 1787.
    8. HALL, Sarah was born on 24 Feb 1789; died on 14 Jul 1853 in By falling into a spring of water, in a fit.
    9. HALL, Josiah Brewer was born on 14 Jun 1790.
    10. HALL, Theodocia was born on 8 Oct 1793; died on 13 Feb 1795.
    11. HALL, Read was born on 27 Oct 1795.



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