Charles Oscar Austin
1855 - 1935
bornTexas, USA
diedArizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe in 1888.Real estate dealer, c1905-1922; also rancher in 1913.
In 1879, his family moved to Frio County, Texas. In 1880, he and two of his brothers, William S. and A. G. Austin, worked on the International and Great Northern Raiload, running from San Antonio to Laredo. When drought struck Texas, they left Texas and headed for the Arizona Territory. The party included his father, A. W. Austin, and his uncle, Perry Wilson. They entered Arizona near Fort Bowie, and then went to Willcox, Florence, Sacaton and Mesa, and arrived in Tempe on July 4, 1888. From Tempe the family moved out to Phoenix and to the Cartwright School neighborhood. In December 1889, they leased the old Lum Gray section near Tempe and remained there until the spring of 1892, when they removed to a home on 324 Mill Avenue just south of town. He was a Tempe Judge, June 23, 1894; served as Justice of the Peace in 1916.
Had a real estate office at 324 S. Mill Avenue in 1920, '21, '22
He owned 4 acres in section 23, in 1924. President of the Old Settlers of Tempe Association, c1919-1920.
Lived on 324 Mill Avenue, c1905-1906, 1921; lived at
25 W. 5th Street, c1913, 1921
TH-231, TH-310
OSB 68
BIO-Cummings/Cummins
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Painter Scrapbook
Tempe CD, 1905-1922
Person TypeIndividual
