AUSTIN, George Washington^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1848 - 1925  (76 years)

• Photos » Slide Show		George Washington Austin and Harrison Austin This is clearly George W Austin on left. Original caption says "George W Austin and brother". Given the date, and location (California), this must be either Levi Austin or Harrison Austin on the right. Both were in California from the 1870's onward, and given that Levi was 29 years older than George, and that these two look to be closer in age, I'm speculating this is Harrison Austin. -- Hugh Byrne
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  		George Washington Austin, early 1920s On his porch on 4th Street in Hollister, CA
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  		George Washington Austin (unconfirmed) From late 19th century Austin photo album. Not labeled, but looks very much like a young George Austin.

  
  

• Name	AUSTIN, George Washington
  Birth	9 Apr 1848	Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Not Stated, Hancock, Illinois   [5]
  Census	22 Oct 1850	Hancock County, IL, USA   [6]
  	Name: George Austin / Age: 2 / Gender: M / Occupation: / Value of Real Estate: / Place of Birth: Ind / Attended School: /-
  Residence	1860	Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois   [1]
  Military	11 May 1864	Civil War, Illinois 137 Infantry, Company I   [7]
  Residence	1872	Thayer, Neosho, KS USA   [8]
  Occupation	Between 1875 and 1916	Carpenter   [2, 9, 10]
  Residence	1880	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [11]
  Occupation	1886	Town Marshal   [2]
  Residence	1892	Victoria, BC, Canada   [12]
  Physical Description	1898	Height 5' 9", Light complexion, blue eyes, light hair   [13]
  Obituary	From Hollister Free Lance, 14 Mar 1925: GEORGE AUSTIN, OLD CIVIL WAR VETERAN, TOWN FIGURE, DIES The faint echo of Taps from the battlefields of Appomattox, Chickamauga and Gettysburg, floated over Hollister away, it caught up in its train the soul of an old Civil War veteran, George Austin, one of Hollister’s leading, but humblest, citizens for many years. Suffering for many months, but holding onto life at times only by the tenacity of the “61” spirit that made him “keep on”, George finally answered the last Roll Call a few minutes after ten o’clock this morning, and “fell in” the ranks of the Great Commander. Austin was for many years the town Constable of Hollister, a familiar and welcome figure with the law-abiding and a terror to the wrong doer but with that a just and cool law enforcer. His death further thins the ranks of all too few veterans of the Civil War of the community, and though his passing was expected at any moment, the actual news of his death came as a distinct shock to all of his old buddies and the rest of the community. Funeral arrangements in the hands of W.W. Black, have not been completed at this early hour of going to press; but burial will probably be on Monday in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, with the younger veterans of the Great War as an honorary escort. George volunteered in the 62nd Illinois infantry, a unit of the famous “Iron Brigade” at the opening of the Civil War, and saw much active service and experienced many hardships, as fell to the lot of them all in those heroic days. He was born in Illinois in 1848, so was a mere kid by the time the bugle sounded for him to volunteer and serve his country. Shortly after the end of the war, during the period of reconstruction, he moved West and settled in California. This afternoon announcement was made the funeral would be held on Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the Christian Church, with burial in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. A guard of honor from the young veterans of the Great War will attend. He survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie M. Austin, one son, C.J. Austin, and three daughters; Mrs. Ralph De Cries (of Oakland), Mrs. J.A. Ebi (of Hanford), and Mrs. Alvin Ebi, of Hollister.
  Residence	1898	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [13]
  Residence	1900	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [14]
  Residence	1906	Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA   [15]
  Residence	1910	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [16]
  Residence	1916	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [9]
  Occupation	5 Nov 1918	Constable, Hollister Township   [17]
  Residence	1920	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [18]
  Cause of Death	Colon cancer & bronchiatasis  [19]
  Death	14 Mar 1925	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [20]
  		George Austin Obituary
  Burial	16 Mar 1925	IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [21]
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  Notes	Summary on George Austin from Trapper Byrne: George Washington Austin. born 4-9-1848 in Illinois, died March 14, 1925 in Hollister of Colon Cancer. He was the 12th of 12 children. In May 1864, when he was 16, he enlisted in the Union Army and served in an Illinois regiment that saw service with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during his campaign in Georgia. George was in the Army for only 100 days, but that was not uncommon. There's nothing I've found that says whether George s actual combat, but I have my doubts. By 1872, George had found his way to Neodesha, Kansas, where he was married on the Fourth of July to Anna Marie Rue, commonly known as Anni She was just shy of 17 years old -- born 7-19-1855 in Ohio. They stuck around Kansas long enough for Conover to be born a year later. By April 1875 they had made their way to Hollister, where George was listed on the voter rolls as a carpenter. By 1886, the next set of surviving voter rolls, George is listed as the town marshal. In a newspaper interview, Grace said he was the town constable for 10 years and that she could remember him running for office every year. Since she was born in 1885, that would have his tenure lasting into the 1890s sometime. In that interview, Grace recalled living in ""a big house with a big lo ... Bad winters meant that wagon loads of mud had to be taken away. ... This was grain country the. You could see grain and hay storage bins everywhere.'' Sounds exciting, eh? Grace described her mother, Annie, as ""a good and religious woman, but she did like to watch the race horses every week.'' Grace, by the way, was a schoolteacher, and said she taught at ""the old Fremont school for over 10 years.'' George died of colon cancer on March 14, 1925. Annie lived to be 83 before succumbing of something called chronic myocarditis on 10-11-1938. She was living at 840 Washington St. in Hollister at the time. Hollister News Items on George Austin: The Hollister Democrat. February 23, 1883 Hard Blows -- Some people may entertain the idea that the position of a night watchman is one of ease and comfort. If any one hereabouts has such a notion, he should try the occupation a few nights. We know not how night officers act in other towns, but we dow know that officer Austin has experienced several rough times in the discharge of his duties as an officer. Last Saturday night he was compelled to use severe force in quelling a turbulent spirit, and in the fracas he recieved a painful injury to one of his hands, which has caused him much trouble since. Last Sunday night he again came in collision with a fighting character, and was forced to throw the man and threaten to use the club before the law-violator would act peacefully. In such cases as these, the officer would be justifiable in giving the resisting men a decoction of hickory and handcuffs. We do noth uphold any officer in abusing a criminal, but we believe that when a man attempts to injure an officer when making an arrest, that a genuine blow over the head should be administered. Mr. Austin is a most careful officer, but he always captures his man, and he fears none. The Hollister FreeLance. Februrary 4, 1887 G.W. Austin to A.H. Fredson, house and lot on San Benito street. The Hollister FreeLance. April 8, 1887 Fire Department -- The following-named persons are active members of the Hollister Fire Department * Alert Hose Co. No 1: G.W. Austin The Hollister FreeLance. May 27, 1887 Geo. Austin left last Tuesday morning on a business trip to Fresno, accompanied by G.M. Roberts. The Hollister FreeLance. February 1, 1889 **Grand Army Officers** The members of the Jesse I. Reno Post. No. 58 have elected the following officers: Wm Eastman, P.C.; Wm Cashman, S.V.; G.W. Austin, J.V.; F.W. Oliver, Adjt; H. Snibley, Quartermaster; J.W. Spader, O.D.; John Young, O.G.; D.K. Sanford, Chaplain; Q.V.R. Serles, Surgeon; H.M. Campbell, S.M.; D.F. Gray, Q.S. The Hollister FreeLance. Feb 2, 1889 Tres Pinos. We see the Tres Pinos schoolhouse is radiant ina new coat of paint, and the new fence is quite an improvement. It was moved from the street in which it stood by Mr. Geo Austin. The Hollister FreeLance. March 22, 1889 The Jesse L. Reno Post. of Hollister now numbers 33 members. Its officers are: Wm. Eastman, Commander W. Cashman, Senior Vice Commander Geo. Austin, Junior Vice Commander F.W. Oliver, Adjutant H. Snibley, Quartermaster D.K. Sanford, Chaplain J.W. Spader, Officer of the Day J. Young, Officer of the GUard D. Gray, Quatermaster Sargeant (Full story, p.2, col 5) *** For two years past B.F. Ross has held the position of Marshal of the Town of Hollister. His term expires in May, at which time a new Marshal will be elected. Mr. G.W. Austin announces himself as a candidate for this important office. Mr. Austin is well known by all our people, and has obtained already a good reputation as an officer. In 1882 he was appointed night-watchman, the following year he was elected Marchal. For 3 succeeding years he was re-elected Marshal. The Hollister FreeLance. May 10, 1889 ***G.W. Austin Elected Marshal*** W.W. McDonald is a first class man, and no doubt would have made a good Marshal but Austin received 190 votes while McDonald could only scare up 101. Frank Ross was elected marshal last year because all the roughs and toughs in town from R.R. Brown down or rather up, through the whole category of dead beats, pimps and drunks supported him. They elected Ross last year, and Mac thought as long as they stood in with him, he could get enough of the respectable element to pull him through. Alas! he reckoned without the cost, and the result is he got soup. Is Marshal Austin going to run the toughs, or will the toughs run the Marshal? Up to date the Marshal has run the toughs, and it is to be hoped will continue to do so. ***A Drunken Trio*** On Saturday three of Jon Cullen's men came into town and proceeded to get drunk. Marshal Austin arrested the worst one and told Joe Perez to put the team up. When Joe attempted to do this, the two who were left seized him by the legs and made him turn a somesault out of the wagon onto the ground. For this effort the remaining members of the trio were allowed to explore the mysteries of the calaboose. On Sunday morning John Cullen came to town, paid the fines of his men, and then got drunk, was arrested and locked up in the calaboose along with one of the men whose fine he had just paid. From The Adjutant General Report, Illinois: One Hundred-Day Men. Early in the spring of 1864 the government of the Northwestern States, namely: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, believing that the rebellion was nearing its close, and desiring to aid the Government in every way possible, tendered to the President a volunteer force of 85,000 one hundred-day men, to relieve the veteran soldiers from guard duty at our forts, arsenals and elesewhere. Of this number Illinois furnished thirteen regiments and two battalions. Speaking of the the service performed by the hundred-day troops, Governor Yates, in his last annual message, paid them a high and deserved compliment in these words: "Our regiments under this call performed indispensable and invaluable services in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, relieving garrisons of veterean troops who were sent to the front, took part in the Atlanta campaign, several of them also composing a part of that glorious army that has penetrated the very vitals of the rebellion and plucked some of the brightest laurels that this heroic age has woven for a patriotiic soldier. Five out of the one hundred-day regiments, after their term of service had expired, voluntarily extended their engagements with the Government, and marched to the relief of the gallant and able Rosecrans, who, at the head of an inadequate and poorly appointed army, was contending against fearful odds for the preservation of St. Louis and the safety of Missouri. The officers and soldiers of these regiments evinced the highest soldierly qualities and fully sustained the proud record our vetrans have ever attained in the field, and the State and Country owe them lasting gratitude, and we have in a great degree to attribute our success in Virginia and Georgia to the timely organization and efficient services of the one hundred-day volunteers furnished by all of said States. The President has, by order, returned them the thanks of the Government and the Nation for the service thus rendered, and accords the full measure of praise to them as our supporters and defenders in the rear, to which the regular reserve force of large armies are always entitled." The One Hundred and Thirty Seventh Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized at Camp Wood, Quincy, Ill, by Colonel John Wood, and was mustered in June 5, 1864, for one hundred days. On June 9, 1864, the Regiment left Quincy, and proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., where it was assigned to the Fourth Brigade, District of Memphis, Colonel E. L. Baltwick, Thirty-ninth Wisconsin commanding. On July 9, assigned to Third Brigade, Colonel John Wood commanding, and was stationed on the Hernando road, on picket duty. The Regiment was mustered out of the United States service at Springfield, Ill, September 4, 1864.
  Person ID	I172	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	12 May 2019

  
  

  Father	AUSTIN, Francis Brown,   b. 24 Dec 1795, Rochester, Vermont d. 4 Dec 1855, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	WHITTEN, Eleanor L,   b. 1 Dec 1800, New Hampshire d. 24 Feb 1874, Kansas, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1818  [2, 4]
  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.»
  Albums		Austin Family & Descendants (44) Francis Brown Austin descendants
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	RUE, Anna Marie,   b. 19 Jul 1855, Butler, Ohio d. 11 Oct 1938, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1872	Neodesha, Kansas   [2, 22]
  Notes	Grace recalled Hollister life: “A big house with a big lot... Bad winters meant that wagon loads of mud had to be taken away. ... This was grain country then. You could see grain and hay storage bins everywhere.” From Neodesha Citizen: Married Austin - Rue On the 4th of July, 1872, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev E.C. Cooper, Mr. Geo Austin of Thayer to miss Anna M Rue. The happy couple will please accept the thanks of The Citizen office for nice cake received. May George never Rue the day that made him husband Applied for license July 1st. [22, 23]
  Children	1. AUSTIN, Conover Rue,   b. 23 Jul 1873, Kansas d. 22 Feb 1953, SANTA CLARA, California (Age 79 years)   2. AUSTIN, Charlotte Amanda,   b. 17 Sep 1875, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 8 Aug 1956, Oakland, Alameda Co., California (Age 80 years)   3. AUSTIN, Selma Emeline,   b. 1 Jan 1881, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 13 Jan 1972, SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (Age 91 years)   4. AUSTIN, Grace Alma,   b. 30 Sep 1885, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 21 Jun 1986, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA (Age 100 years)
  Photos		Lottie Amanda Austin, Selma Emeline Austin, and Conover Rue Austin
  Albums		Austin Family & Descendants (44) Francis Brown Austin descendants
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Apr 1848 - Illinois Residence - 1850 - Not Stated, Hancock, Illinois Census - 22 Oct 1850 - Hancock County, IL, USA Residence - 1860 - Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois Residence - 1872 - Thayer, Neosho, KS USA Marriage - 4 Jul 1872 - Neodesha, Kansas Occupation - Between 1875 and 1916 - Carpenter Residence - 1880 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Occupation - 1886 - Town Marshal Residence - 1892 - Victoria, BC, Canada Residence - 1898 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Residence - 1900 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Residence - 1906 - Enterprise District, Hollister, San Benito, CA Residence - 1910 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Residence - 1916 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Occupation - 5 Nov 1918 - Constable, Hollister Township Residence - 1920 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Death - 14 Mar 1925 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Burial - 16 Mar 1925 - IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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Vance, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, Volume VII, (Springfield, Illinois, 1886), Name & Rank: Austin, George W, Private. Residence: Bushnell. Date of rank or enlistment: May 11, 1864. Date of muster: June 5, 1864. Remarks: Mustered out Sept 24, 1864., Page 103. [S749] Married Austin-Rue, “Geo Austin of Thayer”. [S204] 1916 Great Register of San Benito County, #4, Austin, George W, Carpenter, Republican. [S145] 1906 Great Register of San Benito County, #1, Austin, G.W., Age 58, Occupation Carpenter. [S11] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bur. [S64] Hollister Freelance, Died - Austin - at Sanger, Dec 23. Harrison Austin, a native of Indiana, aged 52 years (deceased was a brother of George W. Austin, formerly town marshall of Hollister, but now of Victoria BC, and L.B. Austin of Santa Cruz. He was once a resident of Hollister. Dropsy was the cause of death. [S144] 1898 Great Register of San Benito County, Hall #3, Name: Austin, George Washington, Carpenter, Age 50, Height 5' 9", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, From Illinois. 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Buried 16 Mar 1925 IOOF, Burial Permits Drawer, 1922-1926. [S54] California Death Index 1905-1929, AUSTIN, GEORGE W, Spouse initial=A M(Annie Maria), Age group = 1 (1-99 yrs), Age = 76, County = 35 (San Benito), Date = 3-14-25, Year filed with State = 25, Record ID = 13956 (hard to read last digit), Page 391. [S173] San Benito County Historical Society, San Benito County Burial, Removal & Transit Permits Issued 1874-1910, Austin, GW, 9 Apr, 1848. Parents: F.B. Austin - Eleanor Whitten, Died of Carcinoma of colon + Bronchiatasis of left lung. Buried 16 Mar 1925 IOOF, Burial Permits Drawer, 1922-1926. [S749] Married Austin-Rue. [S756] Wilson County Marriages, Wilson, KSq, Auston, George - Age 24--Rue, Amanda M. - Age 18--Applied for license July 1, 1872.