Individual Details

Julius Leon AUSTIN

(Dec 1862 - Mar 1938)

He told a story saying that as a child he was called Coon and when he was older he picked his own name, Julius Leon, naming himself after a man he admired. He also said that this man turned out to be a no good crook...

Events

BirthDec 1862Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Occupation1880Works in shoe shop - Cabarrus County, NC
MarriageJun 1882Albemarle, Stanly County, NC - Ida Von Borah SMITH
OccupationBet 1900 and 1920Farmer - Oklahoma
DeathMar 1938Foss, Washita County, OK

Families

SpouseIda Von Borah SMITH (1861 - 1935)
ChildBlanche E. AUSTIN (1884 - )
ChildCarl E. AUSTIN (1886 - 1980)
ChildLiving
FatherDavid AUSTIN (1816 - )
MotherMary A. MARSHALL (1812 - )
SiblingHenrietta AUSTIN (1849 - )
SiblingFrancis AUSTIN (1851 - )
SiblingSidney AUSTIN (1853 - )
SiblingPercey AUSTIN (1857 - )
SiblingMary AUSTIN (1858 - )
SiblingFred AUSTIN (1864 - )
SiblingOdelia AUSTIN (1868 - )

Notes

Death

His tombstone reads that he died in 1939, but his grandaughters believe this is incorrect and he died in 1938.