In searching for great-grandfather Almon Anderson Austin, we found him and his first wife Emily, on the LaSalle County, Illinois, Freedom Tnp., census of 1850. Almon and Emily are shown in the household of Merritt Austin, age 24, male, b. in NY and Phebe Austin, age 25, female, b. in NY. I have not been able to connect this Merritt and Phebe Austin to any of the Austin family trees. Can anyone help? Paul Kasper