People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1895 — William B. Austin. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

William B. Austin.

William B. Austin was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, April 21, 1860, and is now thirty-five years of age. In 1882 at the age of twenty-two lie married Louie, eldest daughter of Judge E. P. Hammond, and is the father of one child, Virginia, now twelve years old. He entered Wabash college in 1877 and graduated in 1881 with the degree of B. S. In 1883 the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater for meritorious w r ork. Mr. Austin entered the law office of Hon. Simon P. Thompson when but eight years of age, as office boy, and was there continuously, except when in college, until 1887, a period of nineteen years. In 1884 he became a member of the firm of Thompson & Brother and remained such until 1887 when he formed a partnership with Hon. E. P. Hammond, which lasted until Judge Hammond went upon the circuit bench. Mr. Austin is now the senior member of the firm of Austin, Hollingsworth & Co., one of the largest law and loan firms in north-west Indiana. He is wrapt up in his business, in which tie has been phenomenally successful. He started in life, financially, with comparatively nothing and has by industry and perseverance accumulated a fortune, and is now recognized as one of the solid men of the county, indeed among the younger generation he is probably in the lead in this respect. He is public spirited and always at the front in enterprises involving the public welfare, and is a trustee of the Presbyterian church.