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BIOGRAPHY: TOWN OF MACHIAS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES FROM: "HISTORICAL GAZETTEER AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL of CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NY, ed by WILLIAM ADAMS, Published 1893 Page 793 Surnames: AUSTIN, SMITH, KNIGHT, BAILEY Marvin AUSTIN, son of Edwin A. and Polly (SMITH) AUSTIN, was born April 3, 1833. His father, a native of Massachusetts, was born Oct. 8, 1806; his mother was born Nov. 11, 1812. They were married Feb. 13, 1830, and settled in Farmersville near the Machias line in 1832. In 1870 they removed to Michigan. Both are deceased, and their remains repose side by side in the cemetery at Elton in Freedom. Marvin AUSTIN has always been a farmer. He had dealt largely in cattle, sheep, and swine, and for six years from 1883 was a merchant in Machias. He served the town on the Board of Supervisors in 1875 and again in 1876 and has been postmaster. In Sept., 1854, he married Angeline KNIGHT, who was the mother of his daughter Georgieann, and who died in Sept. 1865. He married A. Eliza BAILEY on Nov. 5, 1868, and they have one daughter, Lizzie., |