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Born: 08 November 1812 in Burke
County, North Carolina
Died: 02 June 1872 in Dallas County, Missouri
Burial: Union Mound Cemetery, Dallas County, Missouri
Mother: Temperance Payne
Father: Elijah Austin
Married: (1) Cenith C. Austin
Married: (2) Nancy Preston Abt. 1833 in North Carolina
daughter of Benjamin Preston. She was born 1807 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died January 1860 in Dallas County, Missouri. Burial: Union Mound Cemetery, Dallas County, Missouri
Children:
- Wesley
b. 1834, Burke County, North Carolina
d. Bef. 1860 - Elijah
b. 22 November 1835, Burke County, North Carolina
d. 31 January 1889, Dallas County, Missouri
m. Louisa Randles, 18 October 1855 - Temperance (Tempy)
b. 18 August 1836, Burke County, North Carolina
d. 07 November 1895, Polk County, Missouri - Nathaniel
b. 30 September 1838, Burke County, North Carolina
d. 25 February 1937 - Mary A.
b. 10 March 1840, Burke County, North Carolina
d. 14 October 1928, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri - Daniel T.
b. 25 January 1842, Greene County, Missouri
d. 03 August 1929 - Martha C.
b. 1844, Dallas County, Missouri - Nancy Judy
b. 08 September 1846, Dallas County, Missouri
d. 02 March 1929, Dallas County, Missouri - Mildred Jane
b. 1850, Dallas County, Missouri
d. 1927 - Selian
b. 1852, Dallas Co, MO
d. Bef. 1870, Dallas Co, MO
Married: (3) Nancy Glass Abt. 1862
Born: 1829 in Franklin County, Tennessee
Died: 1869 in Dallas County, Missouri
Burial: Union Mound Cemetery, Dallas County, MissouriMother: Priscilla Williams
Father: Samuel Alexander Glass
Children:
- Absolom Chrisfield (Rev), Jr.
b. 07 May 1863, Dallas County, Missouri
d. 1907 - Samuel Preston
b. 25 November 1864, Dallas County, Missouri
d. 04 August 1941, Dallas County, Missouri - William Thomas
b. 28 June 1867
d. 30 July 1940
m. Martha Ellen Arnold
Sources and Additional Information:
Source: The Dallas Co, MO Story 1841-1971, p. 310
1813-1872, NC farmer came 1839, Judge, South Dallas Co, Postmaster at Boyd,
Absalom or Absolom was called Abner. He was a Judge and the Postmaster of Boyd at the time of his death. He came to Greene Co ca. 1841/2. He purchased land in Greene Co and later when Dallas Co was formed his land fell then fell in Dallas Co. Absalom C. Austin's will is in the packet at the Dallas Co Courthouse.
Hi,
I recently saw an email posting from you that indicates that you have interest in an Austin family. I too am have an Austin line. I apologize in advance for the detail below, but hopefully, you will find it interesting.
My oldest Austin relative that I have "for sure" connection with is Absalom (Abner) Chrisfield Austin, Sr born 8 Nov, 1812 in Burke Co, NC. He married first Nancy Presnell or Preston in 1833. They had 10 children between 1834 and 1852. Later, Abner married Nancy Gass and they had three children between 1863 and 1876. Nancy died in 1869 and Abner died in 1872.
The first daughter of Abner and his first wife was Temperance (Tempy) Austin born 13 Aug 1836 in Burke Co, NC. She married John Case in 1858. Abner's second daughter, Mary (Polly) Austin, was born 10 Mar 1840 in Burke Co, NC. She married Rial Barnett ca 1865 at Greasy Creek, Dallas Co, MO. They are my 3rd great-grandparents.
Rial Barnett's son, William Monroe Cawdra (Billie) Barnett was born 3 Apr 1853 in Marion, Crittenden Co, AR. Billie's mother was not Mary Austin but Rial's first wife, Elizabeth Barham. Elizabeth and Billie were married in about 1845......also at Greasy Creek, Dallas Co, MO. After Elizabeth's death, Rial returned to Dallas Co. where he married Mary (Polly) Austin as I stated above.
On 19 July 1874, Billie Barnett married Mary Jane Case who was the daughter of John Case and Tempy Austin. In other words, Billie married his step-mother's niece. Certainly nothing wrong with that, but it gives me one less set of 4th great-grand-parents.
I have seen that some believe that Elijah Austin (born ca 1774) was Abner's father and that Elijah's father was a William Austin (born ca 1720), and that William's father was John Austin (born ca 1695), and that his father was Samuel Austin (born 1654).
I would love to be able to connect with this older generations, but I want to make sure that I'm not just copying names and dates without the sources to go with it. I would really appreciate any help you might be able to give me to help find these sources. Thank you very much for your help.
Jerry
Notes for NANCY PRESTON:
Dallas Co History lists her name as Preston, but no Preston families listed in Burke Co, NC. There are lots of Presnell families listed in Burke Co, NC.
Nancy Glass Sources and Additional Information:
Subject: Re: About Gass
Date: 03/06/2001 6:56:49 AM GMT Standard Time
From:
svega@postoffice.pacbell.net
Reply-to:
svega@pacbell.net
To: JRogers722@aol.com
Hi Jerry,
Sorry it took forever to answer. I do not know much about the Gass family except what I have written below. I too am from the Absalom C. Austin and Nancy Preston family through their son Daniel Austin + Ann Elizabeth Clark and their son William Riley Austin + Lavanna Lipe and their son Lloyd John Austin + Amie Smith their daughter Mabel Austin + Harold Jones were my Mother and Father.
On our Nancy Preston all I was able to find out about her is her fathers name:
Benjamin Preston.
This is what I have on the Gass family
Samuel Alexander Gass married Pricilla Williams
The 2 Children I know that were theirs were
Nancy Gass 1829-1869 m. Absalom C Austin
Mary Minerva Gass May 11, 1830 - 1905 m. John Burgess and Henry Mark Knabb
Mary was born in Bedford Co.TN (my note: It might be that Nancy was also born there seeing there was only one year between them.)
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