Father: Eliphalet Austin Mother: Sibbell Dudley
Anti-Slavery Activities:
"The Anti-Slavery Society of Ashtabula County was organized in Ashtabula on May 27, 1834. At the organization meeting the following officers were elected: Amos P'isk, president; 0, K. Hawley, vice-president; Henry Cowles, corresponding secretary; A. E. Austin, recording secretary; L. Bissell, treasurer; Elijah Coleman, William Hubbard, Jacob Bailey, Eliphalet Austin, Jr., and G. W. St. John, managers." "The preamble of the organization declared all men created free and equal, and its avowed object was the utter extinction of slavery by immediate emancipation of the slaves."
"Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 21 February 2016), Eliphalet Austin Junior, 1829; citing Austinburg Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, p. 21, Historical Society Library, Columbus; FHL microfilm 514,138.
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