Monterey-Santa Clara-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Austin, Rodelphus C. 1853 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

RODELPHUS C. AUSTIN, of Monterey county, California, was born in Oxford county,
Maine, February 25, 1854, son of Amos and Florence S. (Taylor) Austin. His
father was a native of that same State and county, and was by occupation a
dairyman. He made the trip to this State in 1856, coming direct from Maine, via
Panama. Two years later his wife and son Rodelphus (youngest child) came by the
same route, leaving the two daughters with their uncle, G. D. Austin, until
about the year 1863. One year the father was engaged in mining in Butte, county.
Daniel for three years was in company with ex-Sheriff P. K. Austin, a brother on
Point San Pedro, Marin county, this State. Then for five years he conducted a
dairy in Sonoma county, and also dealt in live-stock. The mother is still
living. She dates her birth in 1823. Of their six children, four are now living,
the subject of this sketch, and his three sisters, all married and settled in
life. Flora is now Mrs. William Ferguson, of Los Angeles; Ora B. is the wife of
J. Q. Bradbury, a superintendent of mines in New Mexico; and Linnie E. is the
wife of Dr. G. H. Heald, of San Francisco. The maternal grandfather of Mr.
Austin was Stephen B. Taylor, a native of Maine, who lived to be ninety years of
age, and died in Byron, that State, and his father, John Taylor, was a
Revolutionary soldier under Washington. Grandfather Abiah Austin was by trade a
wheelwright.

  Mr. Austin attended the State Normal School at San Jose and graduated at the
McMeans Normal School of Santa Rosa, Sonoma county. He also took a scientific
course of study in the Christian College, Santa Rosa. He followed school
teaching for a time, being very successful, and urged by school trustees to
continue. He preempted Government land, and in 1873 owned 1,060 acres. Since
that time, however, he has sold off portions of his land, and at this writing
has a fine ranch of 120 acres. He is one of Monterey's best-informed and most
reliable citizens, and in politics he is an ardent Republican.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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