About Mary Brown Austin
Lived 1768 – 1824 (aged 55–56). Mary Brown Austin was a writer.
Mary Brown Austin (1768–1824) was a moving force in the history of the early settlement of Anglo-Americans in Texas. She was the wife of Moses Austin and mother of Stephen F. Austin. She wrote a letter to Stephen asking him to carry out the dying wish of his father that Stephen follow through with the empresario grants for land settlement in Texas.
Family Mary Brown was born to Abia Brown and Margaret (nee Sharp) Brown, at Sharpsborough Furnace, New Jersey, on January 1, 1768.
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Who was Mary Brown Austin?
American writer (1768-1824)
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Mary Brown Austin was born in 1768 in New Jersey.
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Mary Brown Austin died in 1824.
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Mary Brown Austin was a writer.
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