James S. Austin
James S. Austin, farmer, P. O. Rootstown, was born in Arkansas, May 13, 1810; son of Horace and Peaceable Austin, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of Pennsylvania, who settled in Arkansas, where they remained until the father's death in 1818, when the mother and family moved to Natchez, Miss., thence to Portage County, Ohio, where she died in 1845. Our subject was married, May 13, 1834, to Mary E. Reed, born in this township in 1812, daughter of Abram and Siley Reed (both now deceased). To this union have been bora six children, three now living: Olive (wife of Caleb Elye), Mary and Horace. The deceased are Rebecca. Dayton H. and James M. Our subject is a carpenter by trade, at which he worked about forty years, since when he has been engaged in farming. He owns forty-nine acres whereon he and his family reside. He has filled several offices of trust in the township. Mr. Austin, wife and daughter are members of the Congregational Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885