About Arthur W. Austin
Lived 1807 – 1884 (aged 76–77). Arthur W. Austin was a lawyer and writer.
Arthur Williams Austin (March 16, 1807 – July 26, 1884) was an American attorney and government official who served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston.
Early life Austin was born on March 16, 1807, in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Legal career Austin was admitted to the bar in 1828. They had four children Florence Austin (born c. 1848) Henry Austin (1858–1912), poet, journalist, and follower of Edward Bellamy's Nationalist movement Mary Austin (born 1860) William Gilmore Simms and his children visited Austin at his home.
Austin died on July 26, 1884, at his home in Milton.
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American attorney and government official
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Arthur W. Austin was born in 1807 in Milton.
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Arthur W. Austin died in 1884 in Charlestown.
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Arthur W. Austin was a lawyer and writer.
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