Edwin Nelson Austin
5 Sep 1840 - 23 May 1920
Edwin Nelson Austin (1840-1920) was born 5 Sep. 1840 in Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was the son of Julius Augustus Caesar Austin and Octavia Ann Lane. He married Alnora Naomi Lane on 17 Apr. 1863; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized about 1848. He corresponded with Wilford Woodruff between 1874 and 1888 as Bishop in Liberty, Oneida Co., Idaho Territory. He died 23 May 1940 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.
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