Looking 4 parents of my Great Grandfather Charles Clinton Austin born 1833 in Maine.

Question

Charles Clinton Austin born 1833 in Maine. Looking for parents, Some have it as John and Mariah but my investigations say that is not correct. Thanks Cheryl Austin Tyson

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Your great grandfather?  If a person is in their 60's their grandfathers are usually born around 1900 and their great grandfather born around 1870?  Are you sure of his birth date?

Answer 1

It's not what you were looking for, but I did find a link to a short newspaper article about his death:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88851935/

as well as the FindaGrave site that lists the news article:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104310568/charles-c.-austin

I am also skeptical that he is son of John and Mariah, who looks to have been in Maine as late as the 1860 Census and 1863, when he has a draft registration record.  Your Charles was enlisted in a Wisconsin regiment in1864, which seems out of whack with the Charles in York, Maine.

I also note that the 1870 U.S. Census has a C.C. Austin with a son Gilbert born ca. 1860 in Wisconsin.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5741927:7163

The timing does not seem to work for the other Charles in York, Maine.