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Austin was born about 1797 in Montgomery Co, Virginia.1   Austin's father was John S. French and his mother was Obedience 'Bedy' Clay.  His paternal grandparents were MATTHEW H. French and SARAH Payne; his maternal grandparents were Mitchel Clay and Phoebe Belcher. He had eight brothers and six sisters, named Ezekiel, William Madison, Charles Clay, James, George Pearis, John L., St. Clair, Hugh Caperton, Anna, Sarah, Orrie, Nancy, Rebecca and Obedience.  He was the fifth youngest of the fifteen children.1 


Austin's family with Lucinda Lambert


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