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William Green Austin

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William Green Austin

Birth
Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Death
22 Jan 1910 (aged 66)
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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William Green Austin

Greenwood, Jan 24 [1910] -- The burial of Capt William Green Austin was held here yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the old Methodist cemetery on east Cambridge street. His pastor, Rev J W Kilgo, conducted the burial exercises. Members of Camp D Wyatt Aiken, UCV, and Robert A Waller Chapter, UDC, took part in the last rites. The death of Capt Austin occurred Saturday morning at 2 o'clock. His wife was away at the bedside of a daughter, who was quite ill in Chester. Capt Austin for seven or eight years has been judicial magistrate at Greenwood. He moved to Greenwood from Chester county 15 years ago. He was a man of strictest integrity and high character and commanded the respect of all who knew him. He was 65 years old. He served with distinction in the War Between the States as a member of Company K, Fifth South Carolina regiment. He is survived by his wife, who was a Mrs Charter before their marriage, and three children: Mrs A P Aldrich, Greenwood; James D Austin, Abbeville, and Wade H Austin.

Jan 25, 1910, The State, Columbia, SC
William Green Austin

Greenwood, Jan 24 [1910] -- The burial of Capt William Green Austin was held here yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the old Methodist cemetery on east Cambridge street. His pastor, Rev J W Kilgo, conducted the burial exercises. Members of Camp D Wyatt Aiken, UCV, and Robert A Waller Chapter, UDC, took part in the last rites. The death of Capt Austin occurred Saturday morning at 2 o'clock. His wife was away at the bedside of a daughter, who was quite ill in Chester. Capt Austin for seven or eight years has been judicial magistrate at Greenwood. He moved to Greenwood from Chester county 15 years ago. He was a man of strictest integrity and high character and commanded the respect of all who knew him. He was 65 years old. He served with distinction in the War Between the States as a member of Company K, Fifth South Carolina regiment. He is survived by his wife, who was a Mrs Charter before their marriage, and three children: Mrs A P Aldrich, Greenwood; James D Austin, Abbeville, and Wade H Austin.

Jan 25, 1910, The State, Columbia, SC


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