Austin Athey [65366] ⁴³⁹

   Cause of his death was fever.

  General Notes:

598 Austin, b. Wood Co., Va., 26 June 1835; m. Sarah Jane McATEE (b.Va. 1841; d. Wood Co., W. Va., July 1910), dau. of Hiram and Sarah Jane Custer McAtee, Wood Co., Va., 4 Jan. 1860; enlisted as private, Company E, 11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry, Wood Co., W. Va., 11 Aug. 1862; died of fever, Point of Rocks, Va., 11 Feb. 1865; burried, Hopwell Cemetery, near Richmond, Va.; 2 child.

  Medical Notes:

Died of fever, Point of Rocks, Va., 11 Feb. 1865

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: Enlisted, 11 Aug 1862, Wood County, Virginia, USA. Enlisted as private, Company E, 11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry, Wood Co., W. Va., 11 Aug. 1862;

Wood County did not exist in 1862 in the state of West Virginia. It was not founded until 1863.

Austin married Sarah Jane McAtee [64432] [MRIN: 14385], daughter of Hiram McAtee [65367] and Sarah Jane Custer [65368], on 4 Jan 1860 in Wood County, Virginia, USA. (Sarah Jane McAtee [64432] was born in 1841 in Virginia, USA and died in Jul 1910 in Wood County, West Virginia, USA.)