Clarence Bent Austin was born on 28. Dec. 1883 at Mendon, Adams County, Illinois. He was the son of
Cornelius Austin and
Mariette C. Smiley Bent. Clarence Bent Austin married
Mabel Elizabeth Kincade on 18. Dec. 1906 at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; Ref #1677. Clarence Bent Austin died on 13. Jul. 1933 at Mendon Twp., Adams County, Illinois, at age 49.
Obit: C. B. Austin Buried Monday - The community was deeply saddened on Friday morning when word of the condition of Clarence Austin flew from mouth to mouth. On the verge of a nervous break-down, Clarence B. Austin turned a gun on himself Friday morning and died a few hours later in Blessing hospital. Despondency over his ill-health had been increasing and he was planning to take a complete rest. Miss Carrie Austin, his sister, was making all preparations for a motor trip and planned to start this Tuesday morning. At 6:00 the bread truck stopped and Mr. Austin took in the bread and about 6:45 Frederick Austin and Joe Long entered the store and found him bleeding profusely from the charge of a 22-rifle. Miss Carrie Austin came in to talk over the details of their trip and found Frederick desperately calling for medical aid. Mr Austin was rushed to the hospital where ex-rays were taken and every effort made to save him. He died about 10 o'clock, having never regained consciousness. The ex-rays showed the charge split three ways and fractured the skull. Clarence B., son of Cornelius and Mariette S. Bent Austin, was born on a farm, which he owns, north of Mendon on Dec. 28, 1883 and passed away at the Blessing hospital in Quincy on Friday morning, July 14, 1933, a few minutes after 10 o'clock. He was united in marriage to Mabel Kincaid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kincaid of Ellington, in December 1906. To this union were born three children, Frederick, Harlan and Edith. Mr. Austin enlisted in the regular army at the close of the Spanish-American War and served for some time in the Philippine Islands. He was a member of the Congregational Church and until recently had been a member of the Eagles lodge in Quincy. Mr. and Mrs. Austin moved to Mendon about seven years ago. He was manager of the Herr Foood Store for about three months, then purchasing the store now the Mendon Food Market. Surviving are the widow and three children; one sister, Miss Carrie E. Austin all of Mendon. Other relatives and a host of friends. The funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at the home of his sister at 2:15 o'clock and at the Congregational church at 2:30, conducted by Rev. O. E. Spencer. "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Abide With Me" were sung by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bogart. The pall bearers were: Ross McNay, Lester Long, C. A. Casey, H. T. Smith, I. M. Brumback, and Albert Gay Burial was in the local cemetery amid a profusion of flowers.. He was buried at Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, Adams County, Illinois.