To Liz and Austin researchers >From Helen Austin Please place this individual on your unplaced Southern Austins list. THOMAS J. AUSTIN BORN 13 OCT 1843 state unknown ===================================================== this is from a listing in a family bible of the family of John C. Austin 1831-1907,who is already on the Austin database for Southern Austins at AFAOA site and AustinsGenealogical Society John C. did name his first son by Elizabeth Edwards, Thomas J. L. Austin. This Thomas was born 1859 in Morgan Co, AL. No one in the family seems to know who this older Austin is?? It is possible that he was a brother or cousin to John C. , but we just do not know. I have tried the usual search methods, but have not found any clues. The younger Thomas, born 1859 appears on the 1860 census with his parents. However he does not appear in any other census or records, nor does his mother. According to family legend, Thomas and his mother, left with John's wagon one stormy night! by 1870, after the Civil War, John has married a second time in 1867, to Mary Easter Edwards, the younger sister of Elizabeth. In 1861, Mary Easter Austin, a daughter of John C. Austin was born in TN, location unknown. She was in the household with her father and (step?) Mother, Mary. No war record, either in Union troops or CSA has been proven for John C. Austin, although there are several possibilities in both, AL and TN records.