Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Hewitt, Austin 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Pacheco KPacheco@fnbnet.net September 26, 2005, 9:42 pm Author: Goodspeed p.893. HEWITT, REED Austin HEWITT, of Boonshill, Tenn., was born in 1840 near Norwich, Conn., son of Elkanah and Lucy HEWITT, born in Virginia and Connecticut, respectively. The father was born in 1808, and was a brick-mason by trade. He was a resident of Connecticut many years, and there died. The mother's death occurred in 1849. Austin remained with his parents until about sixteen years of age, and then went to Macon, Ga., and was overseer of a brick manufactory. After a short residence in South Carolina he went to Arkansas and while there enlisted in Company D, First Arkansas Infantry, and took an active part in the battles of Manasses, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and was with Thomas at the time of the surrender. He served three years and rendered his country valuable service. July 3, 1864, he married Martha E. REED, born in Lincoln County in 1844, and began farming. In 1871 he purchased 172 acres of land, which he has increased to 540 acres. He takes much interest in stock-raising, and besides his home farm has valuable property in Pulaski, Giles County, He is conservative in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden. Mr. HEWITT wishes to retire from active business life and to dispose of his farm, which is well adapted to grazing stock and raising all kinds of grain. Additional Comments: From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee" File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/bios/hewitt73nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb