Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Martin T. Austin, 8 South 51 West
Martin claimed a quarter in section 26, 8S 51W in 1907.
He might be the Martin T. Austin farming in 1900 Lawrence County,
Tennessee, born January 1865 in Iowa, with Annie Dec 1864 born in Minnesota.
Martin, 15, was with Tom 61 and Esther 58 "Austinson" in 1880 Fillmore County, Minnesota.
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Martin T. Austin, an agriculturist residing in Taopi township, Minnehaha county, is
widely recognized as one of the well known, esteemed and representative citizens of his
community. His birth occurred in Iowa on the 12th of January, 1865, his parents being
Thomas and Esther Austin, who came to this state in 18S5. The father, who followed
farming throughout his active business career, died February 18, 1915, at the venerable
age of ninety-five years, while the mother has reached the age of ninety-one. She is well
known and highly regarded in the community which has now been her home for three
decades.
Martin T. Austin attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education, but
his advantages in this direction were very limited, for he and his three brothers were
obliged to provide for their own support early in life. However, he studied diligently
when opportunity offered and thus secured a good practical education. Previous to his
removal to South Dakota he was engaged in farming in Minnesota for a time.
In 1885,
when a young man of twenty, he came to this state, purchasing and locating on a quarter
section of land which he cultivated for seven years. On the expiration of that period
he removed to Baltic, Minnehaha county, and for two years was employed as clerk in a
farmers' cooperative store. Subsequently he again turned his attention to agiicultural
pursuits, buying a tract of school land in the first year that such property was ofiered
for sale. He later spent three and a half years in Tennessee, and in 1901 returned to
South Dakota, purchasing the farm which he had disposed of in 1898. Mr. Austin had sold
the property for eighteen hundred dollars, and paid thirty-six hundred dollars for it on
again taking possession. He has retained the place to the present time, but rents the
land and devotes his attention to threshing. Success has attended his undertakings, and
he is numbered among the substantial and enterprising citizens of his community.
On the 3d of January, 1885, Mr. Austin was united in marriage to Miss Annie Johnson,
a daughter of John Johnson. He is a republican in politics, has been a nominee for the
legislature and has ably served in a number of township offices. His religious faith is that
of the Lutheran church. He is well known in Minnehaha county, and in all of his dealings
with his fellowmen has demonstrated his right to their regard and confidence.
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In 1910 Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Martin is farming, with
Anne both 45.
Next household is Carl A. Augtein 27 born in and his wife Agnes 20.
Tom Austin is 90, Ester o86, both born in Norway.
In 1920 Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Martin is 54, with Anne 55.
Martin married Augusta (Johnson) Kasen on January 16, 1924 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
In 1925 Minnesota, Augusta is 60, born in MInnesota, married.
In 1930 Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Martin, born in Iowa,
and Augusta Austin are both 65.
Martin 1865-1953 is buried in Colton, Minnehaha County # 57957552.
His spouses were Anne M. Johnson 1864-1920 and Augusta (Johnson)(Kasen) Austin 1864-1944.
" Martin Austin, 88, retired farmer who had been caretaker of the Minnehaha Cemetery southeast of Colton for 15 years, died at a local hospital this morning after an extended illness. Born in Norway, he came to the Colton area in the early 1880s. He had been living on a Colton-area farm with a nephew, Carl, for the past two years. Mr. Austin retired from farming in the early 1930s. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Colton, where funeral services will be held. Only survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Gustafson, Ballard, Wash. The body is at the Baltic Burial Association. Burial will be in Minnehaha Cemetery."
(Cornelia Tvedt was a lodger with Martin and Anna in 1900, born October 1888 in South Dakota.)
Cora Laurentia Tvedt, wife of Oscar Gustafson, 1888-1969 died in Seattle.
Her father had died in 1892, and her mother Berta was in Snohomish County, Wshington in 1910, 52, married to Ole R. Polson 65.
Bertha Polson 1857-1940 is buried in Spokane # 67751404.
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