Caroline Elizabeth Barclay was born on 21. Nov. 1820 at Lyons, Wayne County, New York. She married
John Colburn Austin, son of
Moses Austin and
Ruth Colburn, on 25. Dec. 1839 at Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
Caroline Elizabeth Barclay and
John Colburn Austin appeared on the census of 2. Oct. 1850 at Ursa, Adams County, Illinois,
; real estate value 2,000.00.
Caroline Elizabeth Barclay and
John Colburn Austin appeared on the census of 4. Sep. 1860 at Mendon Twp., Adams County, Illinois,
; real estate value 7,500.00, personal property 1,000.00.
Caroline Elizabeth Barclay and
John Colburn Austin appeared on the census of 16. Jul. 1870 at Mendon Twp., Adams County, Illinois.
Caroline Elizabeth Barclay Baptist, later Mendon M. E. Methodist Church. She died on 13. Mar. 1900 at Mendon, Adams County, Illinois, at age 79.
AUSTIN - Caroline E. Barclay was born near Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., Nov. 21, 1820, and died in Mendon, Tuesday morning, March 13. She was the oldest of eleven children. Her husband died July 25, 1879. Six children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The three sons who survive are Daniel W., of Mendon, Mo., Cornelius and William, of this place. She united with the Baptist church in New York before coming to Illinois, after which she united with the Baptist Church northwest of Mendon. About 1834 she united with the Mendon M. E. church, of which she has been a leading and consistent member ever since. Two sisters and three brothers survive her, namely - Mrs. Catherine Austin, of Lyons, N. Y., Mrs. Abram Chittenden, of this township, John, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Ira, of Hurdland and Wallace of Browning, Mo.. Mrs Austin retained her mental and physical vigor to a marked degree. She was known to all as a lady of winning ways and friendly disposition. Many, besides her immediate relatives, will miss her kindly face in days to come. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, at 2 p. m., in the M. E. church, the Rev. S. N. Wakefield, officiating, after which the remains were laid to rest beside her husband in the village cemetery. The pall bearers were Chas. French, D. L. Dickerman, W. T. Nutt, D. W. Dickerman and C. E. Garrett.
She was buried at Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, Adams County, Illinois.