The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-02-15
Charles III. Austin.

age, in his home at Lineville, Iowa,
on Sunday morning, February 4th,
1917, Charles H. Austin passed
from this life. The immediate cause
was heart trouble. ,
1883 s' at Hu RaVenn ma Ohio. In lS42
he came with his parents to Musca-
tine, Iowa. After the death of his
parents, in 1S45, he returned to For,
! tage county, Ohio, where he lived
with an uncle until he was fourteen
years of age and during that time ne
In 1852, he returned to Muscatlne,,
where for three years he attended
the high school of that city. He then
learned the trade OF newspaper
printing in the office of the Muscatine
Journal. In 1857 he went to Charl-
ton, Iowa, where. for nearly Two
years he was employed as manager "a "a
assisted in establishing The Leon
Pioneer, the first newspaper ever es-
tablshed in Leon, Iowa.
He was married at Charlton, De-
cember oath, 1859, to Henrietta van an
Voast. There were seven chlldreh OF
this marriage Edward c., Carl "
NJ. Eugene, Carrie pa, Louise NJ,
Classic E., and Ivan w. MRS. Aus s:1ia
on January 14th, 1907. All of the
children are living except Louise NJ
who died in 1903, and Carrie e.,
who died in 1915.
In 1856! Mr.. Austin asain moved yea
to Charlton, where toi about Two
Years he conducted a job printing
office and book bindery for broth
er-in-law. IN 1853 a stock company
consisting Of twelve rep na &c ms, OF OF
! fish and publish republican paper
at Corydon. The company secured
! the services of Mr.. Austin, as printer
and manager, to publish the new. pa
per. which was named the Monitor.
The paper was named the Monitor IN
honor of the United States t9rret
stroyed the confederate iron-c1ad
shin, Merrimac, March 8, 1862. The
first number Of the new paper was
published about October /, 1868, and
was the first republican pepper ever
+, published in Wayne county. Mr.: AUS
tin continued as publisher or the
monitor for about two years, ne was
| WAYNE county. For two years after
wards he was county. supervisor for
| Coryden township. Then he bought
| and moved to farm about three
| fourths mile east of Corydon where
| he continued to reside until March,
1874. During his residence on the
farm he was engaged in job and edl-
torial work on the News and other
| Corydon papers. On March,, 1874,
he purchased the Lineville Tribune
| and moved with his family to Line
Vile, Iowa. where he has resided
ever since. He continuously owned
and conducted the Tribune from the
t time he purchased it to the time OF
his death. During recent years his
son, Carl G.. Austin, assisted him in
conducting the paper. He was post
master at LineVille from lS19 to
1852, then from 1889 to 1893, and
. then from 1898 to 1913, total ser
vice of twenty-four years. IN polltl-
cal affairs in Wayne county he was
was a republican in politics and for
fifty years his counsel and advice
were ever sought by his party asso-
ciates in that county.
Mr.. Austin was man of quiet
manner and temperament and was
kindly disposed toward all. He was
always courteous, genial and MP pleas rs
ant to q marked degree. While ne
| adopt his views, yet he was very
firm in adhering to what he believed
to be right, On all public questions
he was resOlute and steadfast in his
opinions. He was man of decided
mental ability, his intellectual pow
1 ers were strong and marked; he was.
without question, the ablest editorial
! writer who ever edited pepper IN
Wayne county. no other editor Of
any Wayne county newspaper could
express SO strong, clear and pungent
thoughts and views in SO few lines
as could and did Charles H. Autin.
Mr.. Austin was ever a kind and
affectionate husband and father. AS
a citizen he was always interested
4 in and favored that which he believ-
ed was for the best interest of the
! town and community in which he
lived. For over half century he
was one of the strong, prominent
and influential citizens of Wayne
county. He was for many years a
Mason and an Odd Fellow.
! After q life extending for over
/ three-quarters of century and edi-
torial labors continuing for over fifty
years he has laid down his editorial
/ pen, has ceased from all labor and
has passed to the realm Of eternal
/ rest. Well did very ancient Greek
i poet write. Life lie labor and death
i Is rest" All who we'll and intimately
/ knew 81 harley Austin" as he was