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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
Lyman
Worth Austin
Another early Rifle pioneer was L. W. (Lyman
Worth) Austin. He was also a civil war veteran, serving 1864
to 1866 with the First Iowa Cavalry.
He was married to
Mary Emmaline Sitler in 1867. They were both born in Ohio,
she in 1846 and himself in 1848. They moved to Rifle in
1889.
He was a rancher on Rifle creek, and was well
known. He is listed in quite a few legal notices as someone
who could verify that required work was done on homesteads
to prove them up. He met an untimely death, as he was a
passenger in a wagon, and fell out deceased on the way into
town. Obituary says he had heart trouble
His 5 children
include daughters Mrs Bertha Gorham whose husband Fay had a
livery stable, and Mrs Susan Bussell. He had 3 sons, Charles
O., James.H., and Dilly S.
L.W. and each his 3 sons were all founding members
of the Woodmen of the World in Rifle. The book Rifle Shots has a story about
him. His ranch was close to Rifle, about where government creek and the Rifle
Creek meet.
During the time that government road was being built, his ranch
was construction headquarters.
 
     
Seated: Lyman Worth Austin and wife, Mary Emmaline
Children L to R: Susie, Dilly, Charles, Jim, Bertha
Dillie Austin was a taxidermist in Pocatela, Idaho. Susie (Austin) Bussell came
to Rifle when she was about 3 yrs old in a covered wagon in 1889 and got to see
a man land on the moon in 1969. The Austin, Bussell family used to have tons of
antiques in the Rifle Museum.
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