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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Henry G. Austin, saw-mill man, Hempstead County. Although Mr. Austin was born in Louisiana, he recollects very little about his native State, as his parents moved from that State to Arkansas when he was but four years of age, and he has ever since been a resident of this region. His father, William Austin, was born in Louisiana, in 1836, and there grew to manhood, subsequently marrying (in 1853) Miss Eliza A. Lee, also a native of Louisiana, born in 1837. The subject of this sketch is their only child, and he was born on November 3, 1855. The father received his final summons in 1863, but his widow still survives, and makes her home with her son. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as was her husband. The immediate subject of this sketch was united in marriage in 1876 to Miss Mattie A. Urrey (daughter of Andrew J. and Mary (Chandler) Urrey), who was born in Lafayette County, Ark., in 1855, and six children have been given to them, two of whom have since died, viz.: William A., Rosa M., Maud and Gertrude; Asa F. and James are deceased. Mr. Austin erected his large saw-mill in 1887, fitted it with all modern equipments, and now runs it at its full capacity, 12,000 feet per day.

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