This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Austin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zg.2ADI/722 Message Board Post: Researching ancestors and descendants of John Austin (b. ~1814 NY) and Susan (born ~1819 in MA, maiden name unknown). They are listed in the 1850 and 1860 census in Hebron, IL, then moved to Woodbury County, Iowa, by 1870. Their children W. A (1847)., John P (1851)), Josey (1853), Belle (1856), Martha(?) (1858) , and Emma (1859) were all born in IL, probably in Hebron. Elisha Austin (male born 1832 in NY) lived with the couple in 1850, and may be related to John.