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| Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Wisconsin, J. H. Beers & Co., 1901, Chicago, IL. Pages 804 - 805 - Grant County Nathaniel AUSTIN grew to manhood in his Canadian home and, with his brothers, assisted in the clearing up of the farm. The country was improved and his educational advantages were consequently limited. In the fall of 1852 he left home and started out for himself, coming to Fond du Lac, Wis., and engaging in any honorable employment that came his way. His wages for his first winter's work were nine dollars a month. In March of the next year he went to Lancaster, and there and at Waterloo, Grant county, was constantly employed until he was able to save the sum of $500, which he applied as a first payment on a farm which he purchased in the township of Bloomington. Settling on the place, he industriously labored there for two years, making many improvements, and then, as opportunity offered, he sold it and returned to Canada. His health had failed, and, with the hope of regaining it, he did not settle down again for about a year, when he came back to Bloomington, bought another farm, upon which he lived for forty years. In February, 1899, he removed to the village of Bloomington, where he owns a pleasant home and enjoys every comfort of life. Mr. AUSTIN had but limited advantages for education in his youth, but has given his surviving children liberal opportunism, all being graduates of the Wisconsin State University at Madison. His daughter is a teacher of Latin and German in the Hudson, Wis., high school, and is a lady of high attainments. For some time Charles has had charge of a military school at San Antonio, Texas; and Wilbur is a mechanical engineer, and resides in Chicago. Mr. AUSTIN adheres to the teachings of his Quaker ancestry, while Mrs. AUSITN is a devoted and valued member of the Congregational Church. The family is one which possesses the confidence and high esteem of all the people of Bloomington. Submitted By: Carol (carolannh@ticon.net) | ||||||||||
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