Pasco Austin (1826 - aft. 1908)

Born 27 Oct 1826 in Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States

Descendants

Biography

Pasco Austin was born 27 OCT 1826 in Unadilla, Otsego, New York, USA He was the son of Pasco AUSTIN b: 2 MAR 1787 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA and Mary Ann COLLINS b: ABT 1787 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Pasco came with his mother and family to Wisconsin near the Illinois border 10 May 1840. His mother died about a year after they arrived. He worked for a farmer, Samuel Ransom, for about a year and in the spring of 1843 he went to Hebron, McHenry Co., IL, where his brother John had settled and entered land on Highland Prairie. Pasco worked on the farm for his brother for about six months, after which he purchased 4 yoke of oxen and eng aged in the breaking of wild prairie land, a business which he followed f or about four years. He then engaged in the buying of stock for about 10 years. He went to Woodstock, in 1843, when there were only a few families in the village. There, he helped Alvin Judd, one of the pioneers of McHenry Co., draw the first sawed lumber and shingles into Woodstock, which were used to erect the first frame house in the village. Pasco married Harriet Judd, a daughter of Alvin on 7 Oct 1848. After the marriage they lived with the Judd family and helped in the operation of the stage line from Woodstock to Beloit, Burlington, Elgin, Marengo and points in the northern part of the state. In 1863 he purchased a farm about three miles northwest of Woodstock, where he moved his family and operated the farm for about 7 years. In 1871 he was operating a livery stable in Chicago and in 1873 sold out this business and returned to Woodstock where he made his home until his death 1 Feb 1908. ----From Bond & Austin Family, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbond007&id=I1502

Burial:

Oakland Cemetery

Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, USA

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXC3-THT : accessed 10 May 2014), Pasco Austin, Dorr Corp Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 515, household ID 3784, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803202.

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6HX-CSL : accessed 10 May 2014), Pasco Austin, Illinois, United States; citing p. 10, family 67, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545756.

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXNT-WH6 : accessed 26 Apr 2014), Frank F Axtell, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 642A, NARA microfilm publication T9.

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS44-PBY : accessed 10 May 2014), Pasco Austin, Dorr Township Woodstock city, McHenry, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240321.

• 'Find a Grave' record:

Created by: Julie Wheelan Nelson

Record added: Apr 27, 2011

Find A Grave Memorial# 68986893

Other References

1. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFK6-BC4 : accessed 10 May 2014), Pasco Austin in entry for Pasco Rich Austin and Abbie Sasko Abell, 08 Sep 1921, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1953700.