Individual Details
Austin Birchard
(5 Dec 1793 - 12 Sep 1879)
Austin Birchard was a member of the Old Council, a coordinate branch of the Vermont State Govt. in 1833-34 and 1841; he was elected to the Council of Censors. In 1846 he became a state senator. He was a merchant in Newfane for many years, having branch stores in various towns. In 1854 he became treasurer of the Windham County Savings Bank, an office he held for 20 years. He was handicapped by deafness. He purchased the interest of Rutherford Hayes, Jr., in the store of Noyes, Mann, and Hayes at Dummerston, VT when Hayes removed to Delaware, Ohio, in 1817. Austin founded the first bank at Newfane, VT.
"The more I see of Uncle Austin the better I like him..."
RBH to uncle, Sardis Birchard, June 6, 1838
"My Uncle Austin Birchard is a most excellent man..."
RBH Diary, Feb. 18, 1844
"Uncle Austin...is the first of my regard..."
RBH to Fanny Hayes Platt, Aug. 8, 1847
"He is a whole-souled, healthy, stout man about sixty five years old - very fond of fun and deaf as a post. He and Mr. Mead are worth a journey to Vermont to see..."
RBH to Lucy Webb Hayes, Aug. 27, 1858
"Austin Birchard, an uncle of President Hayes, and an old and honored citizen of Windham Co., Vt., died at Fayetteville yesterday afternoon, in the 86th year of his age."
Providence, RI Daily Journal, Sept 16, 1879 'Personal"
"The more I see of Uncle Austin the better I like him..."
RBH to uncle, Sardis Birchard, June 6, 1838
"My Uncle Austin Birchard is a most excellent man..."
RBH Diary, Feb. 18, 1844
"Uncle Austin...is the first of my regard..."
RBH to Fanny Hayes Platt, Aug. 8, 1847
"He is a whole-souled, healthy, stout man about sixty five years old - very fond of fun and deaf as a post. He and Mr. Mead are worth a journey to Vermont to see..."
RBH to Lucy Webb Hayes, Aug. 27, 1858
"Austin Birchard, an uncle of President Hayes, and an old and honored citizen of Windham Co., Vt., died at Fayetteville yesterday afternoon, in the 86th year of his age."
Providence, RI Daily Journal, Sept 16, 1879 'Personal"
Events
| Birth | 5 Dec 1793 | Wilmington, Windham Co., VT | |||
| Marriage | 22 Apr 1819 | Roxana Plummer | |||
| Marriage | 20 Sep 1824 | Mary Adeline Putnam | |||
| Death | 12 Sep 1879 | Fayetteville, Windham Co., VT. | |||
| Burial | 15 Sep 1879 | Fayetteville, Windham Co., VT. |  |
Families
| Spouse | Roxana Plummer (1799 - 1820) |
| Child | Roxana Birchard (1820 - 1820) |
| Spouse | Mary Adeline Putnam (1802 - 1890) |
| Child | Charles Austin Birchard (1825 - ) |
| Child | Mary Roxana Birchard (1827 - 1876) |
| Child | Charlotte Putnam Birchard (1828 - 1907) |
| Child | Sardis Birchard (1842 - 1864) |
| Father | Roger BIRCHARD (1757 - 1805) |
| Mother | Drusilla Austin (1762 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Birchard (1791 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Sophia Birchard (1792 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Arabella Birchard (1795 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Roger Birchard (1797 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Sardis Birchard (1801 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Lorenzo Birchard (1802 - 1811) |