HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Austin, Jeremiah, soldier, scout, was born in 1795 in Pendleton, S.C. He attained the rank of major for services as a soldier and scout in the Indian and civil wars. He died Dee. 8, 1879, in Alabama. Austin, Archibald, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 11, 1772, in Buckingham county, Va. For over forty years he practiced law in Buckingham county, Va.; and for several years was a representative in the Virginia state legislature. In 1817-19 he was a representative from Virginia to the fifteenth congress as a democrat. He died Oct. 16, 1837, in Buckingham county, Va. Austin, Arthur Williams, lawyer, author, poet, was born in 1807 in Massachusetts. He practiced law in Boston, Mass. He was the author of The Woman and the Queen; and Other Specimens of Verse. He died in 1884 in Boston, Mass. Austin, Benjamin, merchant, statesman, author, was born Nov. 18, 1752, in Boston, Mass. He was a member at different times of both houses of the Massachusetts legislature. He was the author of Constitutional Republicanism, a collection of some of his contributions to the newspapers of his day. He died May 4, 1820, in Boston, Mass. Austin, Charles S., farmer, physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 10, 1862, in Carroll county. Mo. In 1883 he graduated with the degree of A.M. from Central college of Fayette, Mo.; in 1887 received the degree of M.D. from the St. Lomedical college uis
1891 took a post-graduate course. He is a physician successful and surgeon of CarroUton, Mo.; and also
and
in
New York
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has been coroner and health officer of Carroll county and a member of the eity and county boards of health. He has been secretary of the board of pension examiners; and surgeon and major in the fourth infantry Missouri national guard. He has been president and secretary of the county medical society. Austin, Coe Finch, botanist, author, was born June 20, 1831, in Finchville, N.Y. For many years he was curator of the herbarium at Columbia college; and was recognized as an authority on mosses. He was the author of Musci Appalachani, a description of American mosses. He died March 18, 1880, in Closter, N.Y. Austin, David, clergyman, author, was born in 1760 in New Haven, Conn. In 17881815 he was apresbyterian minister of Elizabethtown, N.J.; and in 1815-31 was a pastor at Bozrah, Conn. He was author of The American Preacher, by various ministers; The Downfall of Babylon; and several millennial pamphlets and sermons. He died Feb. 5, 1831, in Norwich, Conn.
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Austin, George Curtis, lawyer, legislator, author, was born July 19, 1863, in Saluria, Pa. He was for several years an instructor in the New York law school; and now prac-
law in New York City. He was elected a member of the New York state assembly in 1895. He is the author of Dwight Method of Legal Instruction. Austin, George Lowell, physician, author, was born in 1849 in Massachusetts. He practiced medicine in Boston, Mass. He was the author of Perils of American Women; Water Analysis; Under the Tide; Life of Franz Schubert; Popular History of Massachusetts ; Life and Deeds of General Grant Longtices
fellow; and Life of Wendell Phillips. He died in 1893 in Boston, Mass. Austin, Henry, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Dec. 31, 1858, in Boston, Mass. He is an associate justice of the municipal court of Boston; and has been a commissioner of insolvency for six years. He has written The
Law Concerning Farms; American Farm and uame Laws; The American Fish and Game Laws; and Liquor Law in New England. Austin,
was
bom
Henry Willard, in 1858.
He
is
journalist,
poet,
a journalist of Bos-
He is the author of Vagabond Verses. Austin, Horace, soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was bom Oct. 15, 1831, in Canterbury, Conn. He served as a captain against the Indians in 1863. In 1856 he began the ton.
practice
of
Minnesota ; 1864
law and
in
in
was
district
elected a judge. In
1870-74 he was governor of Minnesota. On account of his health he retired to private life until 1876; and was then appointed third auditor of the United States treasury in Washington. For many years he practiced law in Minneapolis, Minn. He died in 1905 in Minneapolis, Minn. Austin, James Trecothick, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 7, 1784, in Boston, Mass. He was town advocate in 1809; was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature; and was attorney-general of Massachusetts in 1832-43. He was the author of Life of Elbridge Gerry. He died May 8, 1870, in Boston. Austin, Mrs. Jane Goodwin, author, poet, was born Feb. 25, 1831, in Worcester, Mass. She was the author of Standish of Standish; Betty Alden; The Nameless Nobleman; Dr. LeBaron and His Daughters; and other works. She died March 30, 1894, in Boston. Austin, John Mather, clergyman, author, was born in 1805 in New York. He filled important pastorates in the state of New York. He was the author of Voice to Youth Voice to the Married and Life of John Quincy Adams. He died in New York City. Austin, John Osborne, merchant, genealogist, author, was bom Dec. 28, 1849, in Prov;
