Orlow Austin (1842 - 1894)

Born 7 Sep 1842 in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America

Husband of Isabella Maria (Merrill) Austin — married 29 Nov 1867 (to 14 Dec 1894) in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America

Died 14 Dec 1894 at age 52 in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America

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Biography

Private Orlow Austin served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jun 29, 1861
Mustered out: Jul 16, 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 13th Infantry

Orlow Austin was a New Hampshirite.

Orlow Austin was born on September 7, 1842, in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, to Asa S. Austin and Hannah P. Hackett Austin ^[1][2][3][4].

In 1860, Orlow (18) lived in Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Thomas Dascomb (31 - worked as a finisher), Ruth G. Dascomb (45), Mary A. Dascomb (14), Ira S. Wescot (12), Percie Messer (88) and Orlando Austin (26)^[5].

On June 29, 1861, Orlow (20 - worked as a bleacher) enlisted into the Civil War^[6][7].

On July 16, 1861, Orlow mustered into Company E, 13th Massachusetts Infantry^[8][9][10].

On June 19, 1864, Orlow was wounded, in Petersburg, Virginia^[11][12].

On August 1, 1864, Orlow was mustered out, in Boston, Essex County, Massachusetts^[13][14][15].

• Orlow was part of the National Encampment of the G.A.R., in the Second Division, Gilman E. Sleeper Post, 60, Salem, Commander of 31 men^[16].

In 1865, Orlow (23 - worked as a bleacher) lived in Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts with Alfred Chadwick (56 - worked as a merchant), Elizabeth Chadwick (38), Joseph Chadwick (14), Gilbert Chadwick (12) and Franklin Cliff (21 - shoe maker)^[17].

On November 29, 1867, Orlow (26 - worked as a wheelwright) married Isabella Maria "Bell" Merrill (21 - worked as a stitcher) in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire^[18][19].

On January 25, 1869, Orlow (a carriage maker) and Isabel (a housewife) gave birth to their daughter Hattie Florence Austin in Salem, New Hampshire^[20][21].

On March 3, 1870, Orlow (worked as a wheelwright) and Isabel gave birth to their second daughter (unnamed), in Salem, New Hampshire^[22].

On March 11, 1870, Orlow and Isabel's second daughter passed away, in Salem; the cause of death was General Debility^[23].

In 1870, Orlow (37 - name spelled with an "e" at the end; age as it appears on the census but must've been closer to 27 and worked in a shoe shop) lived in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, with his father-in-law Charles Merrill (54 - worked as a farmer), his mother-in-law Lydia Poor (Webster) Merrill (51), his sister-in-law Hattie A. Merrill (19 - worked in a shoe shop), his brother-in-law Charles Edwin Merrill (15 - worked on the farm), his wife Isabel M. (24), his (inferred) daughter Hattie L. Austin (1) and Abagail (77)^[24].

In 1880, Orlow (38 - worked in a shoe shop) lived in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, with his wife Belle M. (33 - worked at keeping house) and their daughter Hattie F. (11 - at school)^[25].

On September 18, 1889, Hattie Florence Austin (20 - worked as a stitcher) married Daniel A. Abbott (24 - worked as a shoemaker), in Salem, New Hampshire^[26].

Orlow Austin (53 years, 3 months and 7 days) passed away, of heart disease, on December 14, 1894, in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, in Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire (the same cemetery as my grandparents)^{[27][28][29][30]}.

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1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-3MN?i=2353&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFLLM-7WY "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-3MN?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7J-168%3A1042627301 : 22 May 2019), 004243704 > image 2572 of 5039; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S4Q-GR?i=2323&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFSKQ-5J5 "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S4Q-GR?cc=1601211&wc=QZV2-298%3A1042747601 : 21 December 2015), 004243482 > image 2324 of 5048; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5242/images/41267_309340-02323?pId=361804 Original data: “New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4582/images/41267_308101-02573?pId=442609 Original data: “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784–1949." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4232246_00229?pId=9540227 Year: 1860; Census Place: Roxbury Ward 1, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Page: 598; Family History Library Film: 803517
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?i=157&cc=1877095&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK83W-HHS "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?cc=1877095&wc=M628-33V%3A174323401%2C174409801%2C174320903 : 22 May 2014), New Hampshire > Rockingham > All > image 158 of 178; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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8. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Three_Years_in_the_Army/A9rm4dkV5YYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Orlow+Austin%22&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?i=157&cc=1877095&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK83W-HHS "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?cc=1877095&wc=M628-33V%3A174323401%2C174409801%2C174320903 : 22 May 2014), New Hampshire > Rockingham > All > image 158 of 178; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1555&h=1672808&ssrc=pt&tid=75496806&pid=202007376993&usePUB=true Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
11. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Three_Years_in_the_Army/A9rm4dkV5YYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Orlow+Austin%22&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover
12. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1555&h=1672808&ssrc=pt&tid=75496806&pid=202007376993&usePUB=true Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
13. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Three_Years_in_the_Army/A9rm4dkV5YYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Orlow+Austin%22&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover
14. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?i=157&cc=1877095&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK83W-HHS "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-R9SX-L4?cc=1877095&wc=M628-33V%3A174323401%2C174409801%2C174320903 : 22 May 2014), New Hampshire > Rockingham > All > image 158 of 178; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
15. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1555&h=1672808&ssrc=pt&tid=75496806&pid=202007376993&usePUB=true Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
16. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Annual_Encampment/PsRYAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Orlow+Austin%22&pg=PA119&printsec=frontcover
17. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63B3-X96?i=23&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMQC5-YPJ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63B3-X96?cc=1410399&wc=M6PX-8P8%3A27784701%2C27840101 : 1 June 2018), Norfolk > Roxbury, Ward 01 > image 24 of 92; State Archives, Boston.
18. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5241/images/41267_308199-02739?pId=179620 New England Historical Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire
19. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2554&h=96642&ssrc=pt&tid=75496806&pid=202007376993&usePUB=true "New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
20. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-THZ?i=2223 "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-THZ?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7J-168%3A1042627301 : 22 May 2019), 004243704 > image 2427 of 5039; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
21. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S4-J9PK?i=84&cc=1876925 "New Hampshire Death Certificates, 1938-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S4-J9PK?cc=1876925&wc=MFKP-7M9%3A1015030201%2C1015057501 : 20 August 2014), 1948 > No 6167-6224 > image 85 of 123; New Hampshire Division of Vital Records, Concord.
22. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-23X?i=2354 "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-23X?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7J-168%3A1042627301 : 22 May 2019), 004243704 > image 2573 of 5039; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
23. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SW7-K2Z?i=2144 "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SW7-K2Z?cc=1601211&wc=QZV2-298%3A1042747601 : 21 December 2015), 004243482 > image 2145 of 5048; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
24. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4269706_00345?pId=28463687 Year: 1870; Census Place: Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_611; Page: 37B; Family History Library Film: 552110
25. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4242158-00299?pId=16442389 Year: 1880; Census Place: Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: 768; Page: 146D; Enumeration District: 232
26. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PS3-RPF?cc=1520640 "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PS3-RPF?cc=1520640 : 7 May 2019), > image 1 of 1; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
27. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S4Q-GR?i=2323&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFSKQ-5J5 "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S4Q-GR?cc=1601211&wc=QZV2-298%3A1042747601 : 21 December 2015), 004243482 > image 2324 of 5048; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
28. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5242/images/41267_309340-02323?pId=361804 Original data: “New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
29. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2555&h=11566&ssrc=pt&tid=75496806&pid=202007376993&usePUB=true "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. "Death Records, 1654–1947." Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784–1949." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
30. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27425489/orlow-austin