WILLIAM AUSTIN, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Jeddo, is a native of Canada, and was born October 24, 1819. His parents, William Austin, a native of Connecticut, and Hannah Hoag, of New York State, came to Michigan Territory in 1827, and settled in Monroe County. Remained there two years, and in 1829 came up the river to this county, and settled on Black River, in the town of Desmond, now Port Huron, and engaged in lumbering. His wife died in 1835, and he died in 1873. William's boyhood was spent with his parents on Black River; his playmates were mostly Indians, and he used his bow and arrows and paddled his canoe with theni. After reaching manhood, he came to this town, and settled where he now lives. It was then a wilderness. He began clearing his laud. Engaged in lumbering fifteen years during winter, and made his farm and engaged in farming. Owns his farm of eighty acres. In 1842, he married Lydia Chadwick, of Vermont. She died in 1849, and left three, children—Annie, now Mrs. Stanzel, of Port Huron: William L. and James E. In 1852, he married Margaret Condon, a native of Scotland. They have three children—James E., Lydia and Margaret. SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Michigan, Chicago: A.T. Andreas & CO. 1883
WILLIAM AUSTIN, farmer, Section 3, P. O. Jeddo, is a native of Canada, and was born October 24, 1819. His parents, William Austin, a native of Connecticut, and Hannah Hoag, of New York State, came to Michigan Territory in 1827, and settled in Monroe County. Remained there two years, and in 1829 came up the river to this county, and settled on Black River, in the town of Desmond, now Port Huron, and engaged in lumbering. His wife died in 1835, and he died in 1873. William's boyhood was spent with his parents on Black River; his playmates were mostly Indians, and he used his bow and arrows and paddled his canoe with theni. After reaching manhood, he came to this town, and settled where he now lives. It was then a wilderness. He began clearing his laud. Engaged in lumbering fifteen years during winter, and made his farm and engaged in farming. Owns his farm of eighty acres. In 1842, he married Lydia Chadwick, of Vermont. She died in 1849, and left three, children—Annie, now Mrs. Stanzel, of Port Huron: William L. and James E. In 1852, he married Margaret Condon, a native of Scotland. They have three children—James E., Lydia and Margaret. SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Michigan, Chicago: A.T. Andreas & CO. 1883
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