Obit: Austin, Volney (1833 - 1914)
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Surnames: AUSTIN
PRATT REINARZ MCKIMM CHRISTIANSON FREUNE ----Source: Clark
County Republican & Press (Neillsville, Wis.) 12/03/1914 Austin, Volney (4
FEB 1833 - 17 NOV 1914) Died at his home
in Gemmell, Minn. Nov. 17, 1914, Volney Austin, aged eighty-one
years, nine months and thirteen days. Deceased was a
Civil War veteran and served from 1861 to 1865. He received two
honorable discharges. He was born in Genoa, N.Y. in 1833. In 1861
he enlisted in the service of the U.S. Army and served until June
2, 1863, when he was honorably discharged. He re-enlisted and
served until the end of the war, when he was again honorably
discharged. In 1866 he was married to Miss Mary Pratt of Genoa.
After living here three years, they moved to Pine Valley, Clark
County, Wis., where he is a well known resident, living there 41
years. In 1900 they sold out and moved to Gemmel, Minn., where he
spent the remainder of his days. He had been in
poor health for some time, and suffered much the last three weeks.
On Nov. 17 he closed his eyes in peaceful sleep where suffering is
unknown. He leaves to mourn
his loss, a wife and seven children: Mrs. Hubert Reinarz of Gemmel,
Minn.; Mrs. Elsie McKimm, Oregon City, Ore.; Mrs. Martha
Christianson, Neillsville, Wis. and Mrs. Tillie Freune; Charlie of
Oshkosh; Elmer of S.D. and Frank of Neillsville, Wis. He also
leaves a host of friends both in Minnesota and in Wisconsin who
will really miss him.
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