Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836)

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Stephen Fuller Austin was born [[Nov 3]], 1793 in Wythe County, [[Virginia]] "at the lead mines in Southwestern Virginia", in what is now known as Austinville.  He was the second child of Moses Austin (1767-1821) and Maria Brown (1768-1824), their first child only lived one month.  On [[Jun 8]], 1798 when he was four, his family moved to land that would later become part of the Louisiana Purchase, later still part of the Missouri frontier.  His father Moses bought the site of Mine a Breton and had a lead-mining operation in Bellevue, in what was later [[Washington County, Missouri|Washington County]], [[Missouri]].  In 1813 Moses lobbied the territorial legislature to create the county of Washington, and to locate the county seat at the town of Potosi in Washington County, a town he had established.
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Stephen Fuller Austin was born [[Nov 3]], 1793 in Wythe County, [[Virginia]] "at the lead mines in Southwestern Virginia", in what is now known as Austinville.  His father apparently had an interest in lead mines in Virginia.  He was the second child of Moses Austin (1767-1821) and Maria Brown (1768-1824), their first child only lived one month.  On [[Jun 8]], 1798 when he was four, his family moved to land that would later become part of the Louisiana Purchase, later still part of the Missouri frontier.  His father Moses bought the site of Mine a Breton and had a lead-mining operation in Bellevue, in what was later [[Washington County, Missouri|Washington County]], [[Missouri]].  In 1813 Moses lobbied the territorial legislature to create the county of Washington, and to locate the county seat at the town of Potosi in Washington County, a town he had established.
  
 
When he was ten, his family sent Stephen to school at the Bacon Academy in Connecticut.  He returned home, and then went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from where he graduated in 1810.  Stephen served in the Missouri Territorial Legislature, from 1814 to 1819.  He was appointed by the [[Arkansas]] Territorial Governor, [[James Miller]] in 1820 as Judge of the First Circuit Court serving Lawrence County for a term of three years.  He only evidently served at the first session, for in August of that same year he was in Natchitoches, [[Louisiana]] where he studied law.
 
When he was ten, his family sent Stephen to school at the Bacon Academy in Connecticut.  He returned home, and then went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from where he graduated in 1810.  Stephen served in the Missouri Territorial Legislature, from 1814 to 1819.  He was appointed by the [[Arkansas]] Territorial Governor, [[James Miller]] in 1820 as Judge of the First Circuit Court serving Lawrence County for a term of three years.  He only evidently served at the first session, for in August of that same year he was in Natchitoches, [[Louisiana]] where he studied law.

Revision as of 11:19, 11 July 2007

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