Austin Stanton

~1847 - ?bef 1888
Co Mayo, Ireland - Warrick Co, Indiana

The youngest child of Michael and Mary Stanton was Austin, born about 1847, either in Ireland or Indiana.

The family left Ireland in the late 1840s and settled in Warrick County, Indiana, where father Michael more or less promptly died.

In 1850, Austin was with his mother and 5 siblings:

1850 Indiana, Warrick, Anderson - 159/160 - 30
Mary Stanton 37 F Ireland
    Thomas 17 farmer Ireland
    Mary 13
    Patsey 11
    John 8
    Michael 5
    Austin 3 all born Ireland

I think his mother married again in 1851, and I think she was widowed again before 1860.  At any rate, in that year, he and she and brother Patrick were living with sister Mary Ann's parents-in-law (they were also possibly mother Mary's brother- and sister-in-law).

1860 Indiana, Warrick, Boon
p. 817 - house 112 Boon
         James Baker 50 m farmer Tennessee/ Leah 49 f KY/ Josiah ? F 9 m Ind
         J- Hudson? 29 m farmhand Tennessee
         Patrick Stanton 21 m Ireland
         Mary Baker 45? f “?
         Austin Stanton 10 m “? “ probably is 14

He was too young when the Civil War broke out to enlist when his brothers did, but he did join up in 1864.

This first bit comes (I think) from the Civil War Database
      Stanton, Auston age 14 in 1861, age 17 in 1864
      residence Boonville
      enlisted 3/8/1864 Indiana 120th Inf, Co E
      mustered in “
      mustered out 1/8/1866
Roster of Union Soldiers Indiana
      Stanton, Austin 120 Ind Inf - Co E
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (Indianapolis 1867)
      120 - Co E                           mustered in 1864          mustered out
      Stanton, Auston Boonville        Jan 20                       Jan 8, 66

(In the same company, enlisting at the same time, were Absalom and William Deweese, Michael Stanton's future father- and brother-in-law, and Jonathan Lusk, Grandma Bessie's grandfather.)The 120th saw a lot of action - it was part of Sherman's army, and participated in the siege of Atlanta, among others.

Although Austin supposedly mustered out of the army in 1866, I can find no trace of him after that. His mother's obit says she lost 2 sons in the war, so I am thinking that Austin was one of the ones that died. (I put "d. before 1888" on the title bit, because that was the date of her obit - there are records for the other four boys.)

I did look up Austin Stanton in the LDS 1880 census index, just in case, but nothing jumped out at me.  Here is what I found:

Austin Stantons in 1880 (from the LDS site)
My Warrick County Austin should be about 33 (b. ~1847)

Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 383d
(1825) Austin Stantan mw 55 Ireland Ire Ire blacksmith
               Elizabeth mother 98 Ire Ire Ire
               Michael son 14 Oh
In 1870, looking for someone else, I found:
     1870 Cleveland 8th ward (west side), Cuyahoga, Ohio p. 257b
                 Stanton, Austin 32 mw laborer at dock Ireland - citizen
                              Anna 24 keeping house Ireland
                 McVee John 26 brickmason Ireland

College Springs, Page, Iowa 508a
(1832) Austin Stanton 48 Oh Cy Ny farmer
        Isabelle 36 Oh / Harlan 14 Ia / Mary 11 / Birney m 9 / Jennie 4

Westport, Clinton, Pa 432d
(1858) Austin Stanton mw 22 Ire Ire Ire laorer
        with Patrick Blake 32 / Mary 27

Assyria, Barry, Michigan 270a
(1821) Austin Stanton mw 59 Pa Ct Pa farmer
        Armena 54 Ct Ct Ct
        William H 21 Mi
        Albert Godfrey 19 farmer

Moravia, Cayuga, NY 198d
(1871) Charles Stanton 46 Ny Ny Ny
                     Sylvie 32
                     Austin 9

Morgan, Georgia 302b
(1865) Morgon Stanton 60 mb laborer Ga Ga Ga
                     Amelia 40
                     Austin 15
                    Mark 13 / Laura 10 / Edmond 8 / Carry 6 / Eliza 4 / Joseph 2

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One thing I have wondered is why no-one named a child after Austin (although this generation pretty much stopped "naming after" practices, and changed to copy-cat naming - one child would be given an odd name, and other parents would like it and give it to their children). It has just occurred to me that maybe the nick-name Gus came from Austin. Austin is a short-cut for Augustine. Just a thought . . . .

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page last updated 27 July 2005