This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Austin Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1093 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 884. LANCASTER ALFRED E. AUSTIN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Lancaster; born in town of Lancaster, Wis., Oct. 30, 1858; went to Iowa in 1878, returned in 1880; owns 118 acres of land, with a fine large house and barn; is a stock-raiser. His sister keeps house for him. In politics a Democrat. His parents were Henry and Mary Austin, natives of England. [I am not related to this family, just posting as a service and hope it helps!]