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Lemuel Benjamin “Lem” Austin

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Lemuel Benjamin “Lem” Austin

Birth
Greene County, Missouri, USA
Death
28 Feb 1913 (aged 76)
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.1692742, Longitude: -93.266161
Plot
lot 31
Memorial ID
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Lem is the owner of the lot he is is buried in. He does not have any monument. I have placed the flowers to mark his grave plot locale. This should allow anyone coming up to the lot to locate him even if the office is closed.

Occupation, he was a farmer and stockman. His parents were Green Austin and mother was _____ [Freeman] Austin, both of North Carolina.
Cause of death was apoplexy and general arteriosclorosis.
A M Austin of Aurora, MO. was the informant on his death cert.
Paxson Undertaking Co. was funeral home listed.

His father is acutually Green Benjamin and mother was Nancy Freeman.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll M653_621; Page: 0; Image: 115
Greene Austin 54 famer NC
Nancy Austin 37 NC
Lemuel Austin 24 MO

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll M593_777; Page: 37; Image: 74.
Lemuel Austin 34 farmer MO
Jane Austin 25 keeping house MO
Charles Austin 7 MO
Mary Austin 5 MO
Anna Austin 1 MO
Greene Austin 65 NC
Nancy Austin 57 NC
Jane Freeman 13 domestic servant
Amanda Freeman 11 domestic servant
Nancy Austin, listed age 57 was a Freeman before she married, and yet these two children, that are most likely related to her in some way are listed as domestic servants, and not one of the others have any relationships or jobs.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll T9_688; Family History Film: 1254688; Page: 289.1000; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 0279
L. B. Austin white male 44 farmer MO NC NC
L. G. Austin wife white female 32 keeps house MO VA VA
*Charles G. Austin son white male 16 farming MO MO MO
M. E. Austin dau 14 white female at home MO MO MO
Anna L. Austin dau white female at home 11 MO MO MO
Victoria T. Austin white female dau 8 MO MO MO
Albert Austin son white male 5 MO MO MO
**Amanda Austin Black Female 22 servant MO MO MO
footnotes for 1880 census
*His grandfather was Green Benjamin Austin, so the middle intiial for him could be Green for a namesake.
**She was listed with surname Austin, and first caught my eye as domestic servant, and I wondered why as I noticed finally she was not of the same color as rest of the family. I do not know if that was her correct maiden name, or census taker did not get details.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll T623_855; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 37.
Samuel B Austin Nov 1836 63 MO NC MO farmer
Anna Austin dau July 1869 32 MO MO MO
Albert W Austin son Sep 1875 24 MO MO MO

Lem is the owner of the lot he is is buried in. He does not have any monument. I have placed the flowers to mark his grave plot locale. This should allow anyone coming up to the lot to locate him even if the office is closed.

Occupation, he was a farmer and stockman. His parents were Green Austin and mother was _____ [Freeman] Austin, both of North Carolina.
Cause of death was apoplexy and general arteriosclorosis.
A M Austin of Aurora, MO. was the informant on his death cert.
Paxson Undertaking Co. was funeral home listed.

His father is acutually Green Benjamin and mother was Nancy Freeman.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll M653_621; Page: 0; Image: 115
Greene Austin 54 famer NC
Nancy Austin 37 NC
Lemuel Austin 24 MO

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll M593_777; Page: 37; Image: 74.
Lemuel Austin 34 farmer MO
Jane Austin 25 keeping house MO
Charles Austin 7 MO
Mary Austin 5 MO
Anna Austin 1 MO
Greene Austin 65 NC
Nancy Austin 57 NC
Jane Freeman 13 domestic servant
Amanda Freeman 11 domestic servant
Nancy Austin, listed age 57 was a Freeman before she married, and yet these two children, that are most likely related to her in some way are listed as domestic servants, and not one of the others have any relationships or jobs.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll T9_688; Family History Film: 1254688; Page: 289.1000; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 0279
L. B. Austin white male 44 farmer MO NC NC
L. G. Austin wife white female 32 keeps house MO VA VA
*Charles G. Austin son white male 16 farming MO MO MO
M. E. Austin dau 14 white female at home MO MO MO
Anna L. Austin dau white female at home 11 MO MO MO
Victoria T. Austin white female dau 8 MO MO MO
Albert Austin son white male 5 MO MO MO
**Amanda Austin Black Female 22 servant MO MO MO
footnotes for 1880 census
*His grandfather was Green Benjamin Austin, so the middle intiial for him could be Green for a namesake.
**She was listed with surname Austin, and first caught my eye as domestic servant, and I wondered why as I noticed finally she was not of the same color as rest of the family. I do not know if that was her correct maiden name, or census taker did not get details.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Campbell, Greene, Missouri; Roll T623_855; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 37.
Samuel B Austin Nov 1836 63 MO NC MO farmer
Anna Austin dau July 1869 32 MO MO MO
Albert W Austin son Sep 1875 24 MO MO MO



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