Jay Donaldson Austin, Sr.

and
Eileen Larkin Gwin


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McCook, Nebraska
Fall 2001


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McCook, Nebraska
Mothers' Day 2000





An Outline of the Known Famiily





22.00--unk. Austin m. unk.;
23.00--unk. Austin m. unk.;
24.00--unk. Austin m. unk.;
25.00--Clisbe (FAG says middle name is Hill--1880 census says it's John) Austin, b. Dec 1847 in TN/VA/TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; md. ca. 1871 to m. Martha A. "Mattie" Smith (b. 1853; d. 1944); at least nine ch.;
[listed as Clisbe Jn. Austin, 33, tobacco manufacturer, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 2 Jun 1880 census of Civ. Dist. #10, Washington Co., TN]
[listed as Clisbe Austin, 52, b. Dec 1847 in TN/VA/TN, md. 29 yrs, in the 9 Jun
1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]

[listed as Martha A. Austin, 27, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 2 Jun 1880 census of Civ. Dist. #10, Washington Co., TN]
[listed as Mattie Austin, 46, b. Jul 1853 in TN/TN/TN, md. 29 yrs. w/4 of 9 ch. lvg., in the 9 Jun
1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
26.01--Julia C. Austin, b. Sep 1873 in TN/TN/TN; d. 1 Jun 1966; bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville Greene co.,TN--FAG#59197456; m. 1893 to William Harvey Armitage (b. Jul 1856 in TN/TN/TN); at least four ch.;
[listed as Julia C. Armitage, 26, b. Sep 1873 in TN/TN/TN, md. 7 yrs. w/4 of 4 ch. lvg., in the 13 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]

[listed as William H. Armitage, 43, bank president, b. Jul 1856 in TN/TN/TN, md. 7 yrs., in the 13 Jun
1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
27.01--Lucille L. Armitage, son (sic!) b. Nov 1893 in TN/TN/TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Lucille L. Armitage, son (sic!) 6, b. Nov 1893 in TN/TN/TN, in the 13 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
27.02--Helen J. Armitage, b. Feb 1896 in TN/TN/TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Helen J. Armitage, 4, b. Feb 1896 in TN/TN/TN, in the 13 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
27.03--Martha Eleanor Armitage, b. 25 Dec 1897 in TN/TN/TN; d. 9 Jun 1939; bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--FAG#62273099; m. 1936 for only three years to Cecil Barrett Burns (b. 1897; d. 1962; bd. unk.); unk. ch.;
[listed as Martha E. Armitage, 2, b. Dec 1897 in TN/TN/TN, in the 13 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
27.04--Ruth Armitage, b. Mar 1900 in TN/TN/TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Ruth Armitage, 0 y 3 m, b. Mar 1900 in TN/TN/TN, in the 13 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
26.02--unk. Austin, b. ca. 1874; d. bef. 1900, (ca. age 26 or younger); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

26.03--unk. Austin, b. ca. 1876; d. bef. 1900, (ca. age 24 or younger); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

26.04--unk. Austin, b. ca. 1878; d. bef. 1900, (ca. age 22 or younger); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

26.05--Thomas G. Austin, b. ca. Jul 1880; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Thomas G. Austin, 19, b. Jul 1880 in TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
26.06--unk. Austin, b. ca. 1882; d. bef. 1900, (ca. age 18 or younger); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

26.07--unk. Austin, b. ca. 1884; d. bef. 1900, (ca. age 16 or younger); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

26.08--Frederick Hill Austin, b. 5 Jun 1886; d. 3 Feb 1938; bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--FAG#59211553; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
[listed as Frederick H. Austin, 13, b. Jun 1886 in TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
26.09--Clyde Bernard Austin, Sr., b. 20 Jan 1891 in Greenville, Davidson Co., TN; d. 28 May 1966 (age 75); bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--FAG#59211516; m. Felice Marie Noell (b. 21 Nov 1891; d. 9 Sep 1980; bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--FAG#59211548); at least four ch.;
[listed as Clyde Austin, 10, b. Jan 1890 in TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Jun 1900 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Clyde Austin, 28, b. TN/TN/TN; tobacco leaf dealer, in the 8 Jan
1920 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Clyde B. Austin, 49, Pres. of Tobacco Brokerage Co., b. TN, in the 26 Apr 1940 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]

[listed as Felice Austin, 27, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 8 Jan 1920 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as (given name blank) Austin, 48, b. TN, in the 26 Apr 1940 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
27.01--Clyde Bernard Austin, Jr., b. 9 Sep 1914; d. 9 Jul 1949, (age 34); bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co., TN--FAG#59211526; m. Mary Letty Mims (); one ch.;
[listed as Clyde Austin, Jr., 5, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 8 Jan 1920 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Clyde Austin, Jr., 15, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Apr
1930 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Clyde Austin, Jr., 25, b. TN, in the 26 Apr 1940 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
Funeral Of Clyde B. Austin, Jr., Killed Saturday In An Automobile Wreck, Was Held In Greeneville
            Funeral services for Clyde B. Austin, Jr., who was killed in an automobile wreck Saturday [9 Jul 1949] , were held Tuesday morning at ten thirty at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Austin, on North Main Street by Dr. W. A. Crozer, the Rev. Prince Eades, and Rev. Sullins Dosser.
            The accident occurred on a straight stretch of highway just outside  Folkston, Ga.
            Mr. and Mrs. Austin were on the front seat, and the little boy was asleep on the back seat where the colored nurse was seated.
            They were towing a boat on a trailer and started to pass a car in front of them.  The driver of this car suddenly slowed down.  This threw the Austin car out of alignment in passing, causing the boat to jackknife and the car to turn over.
            Mr. Austin was thrown out of the car which passed over him.  Mrs. Austin and their young son and the nurse were only slightly injured and the occupants of the other car unhurt.  The car, a 1949 Plymouth, was demolished.
Member AEC Commission
            Since Mr. Austin returned from Army duty, he has lived with his family at Oak Ridge the greater portion of the time and was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Austin of Greeneville and was the only one of Mr. Austin's sons not associated with their father in the Austin tobacco interests in Greeneville and Knoxville.

28.01--Austin, son, [PRIVATE];
27.02--Tom Noell Austin, Sr., b. 11 May 1916; d. 27 Apr 2014 in Greene Co., TN (age 97); bd. Oak Grove Cem., Greeneville, Greene Co, TN--FAG#128731760; m. Emily Donaldson (); at least four ch.;
[listed as Tom N. Austin, 3, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 8 Jan 1920 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Thomas A. (sic) Austin, 13, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Apr
1930 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
Tom N. Austin
(May 11, 1916 - April 27, 2014)
        Tom N. Austin died Sunday morning in his home on the Asheville Highway in Greene County. He was 97 and predeceased by his wife Emily Donaldson. 
            He was survived by his four children: Tom Noell Austin Jr., Merrily Austin Teasley, Jay Donaldson Austin, and Richard Lyon Austin; 13 grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
            The family will be receiving friends at the parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church in Greeneville at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning April 30 followed at 11 by service in the Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Doughty Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Of course these are mere statistics and cannot possibly attempt to represent the man this community has known and loved.
            Because he was born so long before most of us were around, there are very few people who knew Tom Austin as a boy, but some stories have filtered down. There is a tale he told on himself about his taking a "T" model Ford of his aunt's for a drive and hitting a lamp post on Mason corner.  He was 12 at the time, but it didn't matter that he didn't have a driver's license, because nobody in Tennessee was required to have a driver's license in 1928.
            And there's the story that appeared in the newspapers about that same time of the "youngest deputy" for Greene County. Tom had been out in the county with his grandfather, John Noell, who was sheriff at the time. A fracas broke out over an illegal still (prohibition was still in effect) and shots were fired. Needless to say, a certain amount of discussion took place between his mother and the sheriff when her little boy came home with a shotgun flesh wound to the leg.
            His educational career began at Roby Fitzgerald School. He used to talk about how he always had to behave in elementary school because Miss Roby rented a room in his mother's home. By the time he got to high school he had escaped Miss Roby and had gone to work for the Central Drugstore where he was a soda jerk. He also delivered prescriptions by motorcycle. After graduating Greeneville High he went on to the University of Tennessee where he lettered in swimming and cheerleading and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.  Not only did he develop a lot of close friendships in Knoxville, but one included his future wife of 67 years, Emily Donaldson.
            During his school years he also worked for the Austin Company starting in the factory on the hanging line and the picking lines just as his father and grandfather had done before him. He went on to become a leaf buyer and a supervisor, then he helped with sales accounts both domestic and foreign.  He rose to become president of the Austin Company and a member of the Young Presidents Organization, a worldwide group of young executives. Later he would go on to be chairman of the board of the Austin Company and preside over the company during its greatest years. His office was always open to everyone.  As a result he became respected and admired throughout the company and the community.
            He loved to travel more than anyone could ever imagine. During his career he sailed across the Atlantic nearly 100 times.  He has been all over the world and made friends everywhere he went. After he retired, he and his wife went on numerous cruises often accompanied by their children and grandchildren.  Invariably the staff on the ships would cater to him, because he was entertaining, pleasant, and humorous. His last cruise was in November of 2013.
            He was a supporter of the VFW even though he was not a member, the 4-H Camp in Greene County, and he served on various corporate boards of directors in the region, on the Development Board of the College of agriculture at the University of Tennessee, and worked with the Greeneville / Greene County Foundation. He was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Greeneville.

28.01--Tom Noell Austin, Jr., b. unk.; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
28.02--Merrily Austin, b. unk.; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;
28.03--Jay Donaldson Austin, Sr. CONTRIBUTOR [PRIVATE]; m. Eileen Larkin Gwin CONTRIBUTOR [PRIVATE];
29.01--Jay Donaldson Austin, Jr. [PRIVATE]; m. Jingran Wang [PRIVATE];
30.01--Tenne SiJing Austin[PRIVATE];

30.02--Ripley SiYuan Austin[PRIVATE];

28.04--Richard L. Austin, b. unk.; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

27.03--Robert C. "Bob" Austin, Sr., b. 1919; d. 1990 (age 70-71); bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

[listed as Bob C. Austin, 0 y 9 m, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 8 Jan 1920 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Robert Austin, 11, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Apr
1930 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as R.C. Austin, 21, b. TN, in the 9 Apr 1940 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Robert Austin, 31, Vice-pres. of Tobacco Redrying Co., b. TN, in the 15 Apr 1950 census of Greene Co., TN]

[listed as Mary E. Austin, 27, b. NE, in the 15 Apr 1950 census of Greene Co., TN]

28.01--Robert C. Austin, Jr., facebook; [PRIVATE];

[listed as Robert Austin, Jr., 3, b. TN, in the 15 Apr 1950 census of Greene Co., TN]

28.02--Christy Austin, facebook; [PRIVATE];

[listed as Christy Austin, 1, b. TN, in the 15 Apr 1950 census of Greene Co., TN]

27.04--Frank Austin, b. ca. 1924 in Greeneville, Greene Co., TN/TN/TN; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. unk.; unk. ch.;

[listed as Frank Austin, 6, b. TN/TN/TN, in the 9 Apr 1930 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
[listed as Frank Austin, 17, b. TN, in the 9 Apr
1940 census of Greeneville, Greene Co., TN]
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