Mrs.
Caroline E. Austin, wife of James B. Austin, died at her home in
Washington, D.C., on Friday, November 26, 1915, after a short
illness of paralysis.
Mrs. Austin has been an
invalid for many years, but her death was sudden and unexpected.
She was born in Hamilton in
1846 and lived in Simcoe from childhood to her marriage in 1870 when
she went to Washington to live, and has resided there ever since.
She was the youngest
daughter of Samuel Garden, who lived in Simcoe more than forty
years.
Mrs. Austin leaves a
husband, James B. Austin, also formerly of Simcoe; and a daughter,
Mrs. Fred Hager of Hagersville; and a sister, Mrs. James M. Hobbs,
of Renton.
Interment was made in
Glenwood cemetery, Washington.
