Person:John Austin (96)

CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Geneva Twp., Ashtabula, OH; 1870 PA, Erie, Waterford, p 515. Lists J.A. Austin 42 OH druggist and Isabelle 43 PA; 1880 US Census, Waterford Borough, Erie, PA druggist.

EDUCATION: Student, 1847, Kingsville Academy, Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH

MARRIAGE: Franklin County, Ohio marriage records. SLC 285142

OCCUPATION: "History of the Western Reserve," by Harriet Taylor Upton, Lewis Publishing Company, NY, 1910. "John Alfred Austin, who served in the Civil war as captain of a Pennsylvania company of volunteers, was a noted school teacher, and for a number of years principal of the Waterford Academy, in Waterford, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred, at the age of sixty-two years." CONFLICT: 1870 AND 1880 Census identifies him as a druggist.

MILITARY: "History of the Western Reserve", by Harriet Taylor Upton, Lewis Publishing Company, NY, 1910. "John Alfred Austin, who served in the Civil war as captain of a Pennsylvania company of volunteers, ...". John A. Austin, Captain Co E, Erie Regiment. Erie Regiment was organized from volunteers 21 Apr 1861, trained for 3 months, but never joined the Regular Army. Disbanded 20 Jul 1861.

OBITUARY: Union City Times, Union City, PA. Thursday, December 7, 1882. "John Alfred Austin," In the death of Professor Austin, Waterford loses one of her best citizens, and one who more than all others combined, has ever looked for the advancement of educational interest and to him in a great degree is due the prosperity of Waterford Academy.