U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin, Thomas M. (1852-1932) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 360-361 T. M. Austin, M. D., born April 26, 1852, in Monongalia County, near Laurel Iron Works. His mother was of Irish descent, and his father of English. In his younger days, at home, he showed an inclination for books, and devoted his spare moments to study. Gradually, he fell into the channel of medicine and commenced acquainting himself with the general principles of the science. He attended the schools of his neighborhood, and made progress that was more gratifying to other people than to himself; for, he thought himself getting along slow, because he was not studying what he most wanted to study. When he was old enough — after he was twenty-one years of age — he entered the Physio-Medical College of Cincinnati, and in 1877 he graduated. He practiced two years, and also studied under Dr. J. B. Scott, of New Salem, Pa. Since then he has practiced nine years in St. George. In 1883 he retired from the profession in order to get a year or two of rest. His practice was harder than he could endure, and his physical powers required recreation. In 1878 he was married to Mollie S. Auvil, daughter of John Auvil. Strandie is his child's name. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There are tombstones in Parsons Cemetery, Parsons, Tucker County, WV Thomas Morgan Austin, M.D. Mary S. Auvil Austin April 26, 1852 wife of Dr. T. M. Austin May 10, 1932 Oct. 20. 1857 Aug. 26, 1922 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------