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Surnames: AUSTIN
Classification: Query
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I am trying to obtain more ancestral information about my
great-grandfather, Thomas Blaine AUSTIN. I have a cpoy of a Wells County
Marriage Certificate indicating that Thomas B. Austin and Ida M. Besser
were married August 28, 1879 by Rev. Wm Beaty. The 1880 Wells County
(Zanesville) Census lists Thomas and Ida at Dwelling-Family 93-93. That
census also indicates that Thomas was then a 33 year-old Dentist. If this
census age is correct his birth-year would be 1846/47. However, other
family records show a birth-year of 1856 (or 1859?), so there is some
uncertaity as to his DOB. Family records also indicate Thomas died Oct.
18, 1886, but I have been unable to locate a death record, cemetery
record, obituary/death notice to substantiate this DOD. The 1880 Wells
County Census also indicates that Thomas was born in Ohio; his father was
born in Penn; and his mother was born in Ohio. However, I don't know what
Ohio County Thomas was born in, and I don't know his parents given names!
or his mother's maiden name. I would greatly appreciate any additional
Wells County information related to Thomas B. Austin--death recording,
obituary, cemetery record, church record, etc.
Tom Austin (taus007(a)aol.com)
From: taus007(a)aol.com