George William Austin
Born near Henderson, Tenn. in 25 June 1872. Baptized by N.
B. Hardeman in April 1900. Married Mary Almina Werline on
25 Dec. 1910. He attended West Tennessee Christian College
and Georgie Robertson Christian College (Freed-Hardeman
College).
Churches served include: Palestine and Pottsville, TX and
Lucy, Estancia and Moriarty, New Mexico.
He was a Stationary engineer, blacksith, carpenter,
postmaster, teacher and bookkeeper. He supported himself
while preaching in destitue fields.
In 1959, he was living in Truth or Consequences, New
Mexico.
Preachers of Today , Volume Two (Batsell Barrett
Baxter & M. Norvel Young, eds.). Nashville, TN: The
Gospel Advocate Company, 1959, p. 16.
In 1964, he was widowed and living in Marfa, TX.
Preachers of Today , Volume Three (Batsell Barrett
Baxter & M. Norvel Young, eds.). Nashville, TN: The
Gospel Advocate Company, 1964, p. 16.
(Baptist Church); Austin’s first debate
A. S. Bradley (Materialist); 1910
In the 1920 US Federal Census, he was living in Los
Barelos, Bernalillo, New Mexico. He was 47 and his wife,
Mina Austin, was 39.