There appears to be a great deal of confusion and a lot of people have a lot of different information. I think he originally came from York, England to southern New York in the 1700s and moved on over to Ohio and then to southern Illinois, specifically, Golconda. I think that he had three sons with him. John Austin, Joshua Bailey Austin, William Harrison Austin and Thomas Jefferson Austin. I have a good bit of data on W.H. as I am descended from him. I believe all of my W.H. data is correct. There is a great deal of confusion about T.J as W.H also had a son named T.J. and a grandson named T.J. I believe ol' Sam's wife may have been named Charity and some say her last name was Bailey, but who knows. A lot of folks say there are many more children of Sam, but I just don't think so. Some also say that two of his sons served in the Black Hawk Indian war, but I can find nothing to support that. I think that W.H. was born in Ohio, but can't find a darn thing there about it. There is another group online that has a huge amount of data on J.B., and I have most of that. Who are you looking for? Frank Butler, son of Thomas Butler, son of Jessie Austin, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Austin, Jr., son of Thomas Jefferson Austin, son of William Harrison Austin, son of Samuel Austin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "CarolSue Robinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] Austin's and Sistler's of Pope Co., IL > Frank? Any clue to Samuel Austin's wife's name or approx. year > born or locations? (maybe locations of children's births?) > > Carol > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Frank Butler wrote: > > > Clara: > > > > There are a heck of a lot of us out here with Samuel Austin as a VERY hard > > stone wall. Hopefully, someone will find a way through. > > > > Frank Butler, son of Thomas Butler, son of Jessie Austin, daughter of Thomas > > Jefferson Austin, Jr., son of Thomas Jefferson Austin, son of William > > Harrison Austin, son of Samuel Austin. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 3:18 PM > > Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Austin's and Sistler's of Pope Co., IL > > > > > Carol: > > > We have some of the names you list in our AUSTIN tree. > > > We have a James McClelland Sistler b 1862 d 1932 married Mary Melissa > > > Brush in 1889. > > > She was born 1872 died 1949 > > > Her parents were William W. Brush and Amanda Jenkins > > > William W. Brush was a brother to Gilbert B. Brush > > > Gilbert B. Brush married Isabella Austin > > > Isabella Austin is a grand daughter of our stone wall, Samuel Austin > > > If you would like to trade information, email me privately, and see if we > > > can help each other. > > > Clara > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 10:51:26 -0700 CarolSue Robinson <[email protected]> > > > writes: > > > > I am here, too (nearly every "Genealogy-Saturday" :o) > > > > Searching for WALTER - BLATTER - HALL - VOSLOW/VOSLOH - > > > > RODEWALD - HOLTZMYER/HÖLTZMEIR - MÜLLER/MILLER/MUELLER; > > > > WERNER/WOERNER/WARNER/WHOERNER > > > > > > > > SISTLER/SITZLER et al - MAXWELL - HOLLOWAY - PATE - > > > > MITCHELL - DABNEY > > > > - BEAMER/BEEMER > > > > > > > > Carol WALTER-Robinson > > > > beautiful NW Calif. Coast/Redwood Forest > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just checking mailing list. Been a copy days since receiving from > > > > this > > > > > list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Frank...I am wondering if you have access to the Pope County Historical Society, "History and Families 1816-1986, Volume 1"? It contains short biographies of many families rooted in Pope County....and there are at least 6 contributors for the AUSTIN family. I find it interesting that "Elsberry Alexander AUSTIN", son of Harris and Kissiah PARMLEY, b. 1840 Pope Co, IL. Elsberry marr. Charity E. REAMS. (Another Charity - lovely name.) Elsberry served under Captain Joseph W. KING (of Pope Co) during the Civil War, fought at Vicksburg, and was wounded through his right knee. He and Charity had 7 children, one named William Harrison (AUSTIN) who marr Eve BAKER. Elsberry's father, Harris and Harris' brother were to have served in the Black Hawk Campaign of 1832. They served as privates under Captain James N. Clark's Company, Third Regiment, first Brigade, Illinois Volunteers. Just for your info...don't know if it is of help or not, but maybe it is to someone. Carol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frank Butler wrote: > There appears to be a great deal of confusion and a lot of people have a lot > of different information. > > I think he originally came from York, England to southern New York in the > 1700s and moved on over to Ohio and then to southern Illinois, specifically, > Golconda. I think that he had three sons with him. John Austin, Joshua > Bailey Austin, William Harrison Austin and Thomas Jefferson Austin. I have > a good bit of data on W.H. as I am descended from him. I believe all of my > W.H. data is correct. There is a great deal of confusion about T.J as W.H > also had a son named T.J. and a grandson named T.J. > > I believe ol' Sam's wife may have been named Charity and some say her last > name was Bailey, but who knows. > > A lot of folks say there are many more children of Sam, but I just don't > think so. > > Some also say that two of his sons served in the Black Hawk Indian war, but > I can find nothing to support that. > > I think that W.H. was born in Ohio, but can't find a darn thing there about > it. > > There is another group online that has a huge amount of data on J.B., and I > have most of that. > > Who are you looking for? > > Frank Butler, son of Thomas Butler, son of Jessie Austin, > daughter of Thomas Jefferson Austin, Jr., > son of Thomas Jefferson Austin, > son of William Harrison Austin, son of Samuel Austin. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CarolSue Robinson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:38 PM > Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] Austin's and Sistler's of Pope Co., IL > > > Frank? Any clue to Samuel Austin's wife's name or approx. year > > born or locations? (maybe locations of children's births?) > > > > Carol > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Frank Butler wrote: > > > > > Clara: > > > > > > There are a heck of a lot of us out here with Samuel Austin as a VERY > hard > > > stone wall. Hopefully, someone will find a way through. > > > > > > Frank Butler, son of Thomas Butler, son of Jessie Austin, daughter of > Thomas > > > Jefferson Austin, Jr., son of Thomas Jefferson Austin, son of William > > > Harrison Austin, son of Samuel Austin. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 3:18 PM > > > Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Austin's and Sistler's of Pope Co., IL > > > > > > > Carol: > > > > We have some of the names you list in our AUSTIN tree. > > > > We have a James McClelland Sistler b 1862 d 1932 married Mary Melissa > > > > Brush in 1889. > > > > She was born 1872 died 1949 > > > > Her parents were William W. Brush and Amanda Jenkins > > > > William W. Brush was a brother to Gilbert B. Brush > > > > Gilbert B. Brush married Isabella Austin > > > > Isabella Austin is a grand daughter of our stone wall, Samuel Austin > > > > If you would like to trade information, email me privately, and see if > we > > > > can help each other. > > > > Clara > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 10:51:26 -0700 CarolSue Robinson > <[email protected]> > > > > writes: > > > > > I am here, too (nearly every "Genealogy-Saturday" :o) > > > > > Searching for WALTER - BLATTER - HALL - VOSLOW/VOSLOH - > > > > > RODEWALD - HOLTZMYER/HÖLTZMEIR - MÜLLER/MILLER/MUELLER; > > > > > WERNER/WOERNER/WARNER/WHOERNER > > > > > > > > > > SISTLER/SITZLER et al - MAXWELL - HOLLOWAY - PATE - > > > > > MITCHELL - DABNEY > > > > > - BEAMER/BEEMER > > > > > > > > > > Carol WALTER-Robinson > > > > > beautiful NW Calif. Coast/Redwood Forest > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just checking mailing list. Been a copy days since receiving from > > > > > this > > > > > > list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >