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Abner Delos Austin’s Civil War Memorial Re-dedication Ceremony – A Day to Remember

September 13, 2009 Kristina
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American History, Civil War, Michigan History

Today, a memorial service took place at Clarenceville Cemetery in Livonia, Michigan at the gravesite of my Great Great Grandfather and Civil War veteran, Abner Delos Austin (24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company I). The ceremony was coordinated by local Civil War living historians and was attended by approximately 40 guests along with my husband and
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Abner Delos Austin – Company I, 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry

March 16, 2008 Kristina
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American History, Civil War, Michigan History

John Delos Austin is the earliest known ancestor in my Austin family tree. Few details of John Austin’s life are known. In a census taken in 1850 at the Twenty-seventh district of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; it is reported that John Austin was born in 1807, somewhere in the state of New York. He was
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