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His partner was the eminent Judge E. H.
Vasmar, and the partnership was known
under the firm name of Vasmar & Austin.
Since his return to Connecticut, Mr. Aus-
tin has heen engaged in the general prac-
tice of law in Stamford. He has won the
highest esteem of his colleagues in the
profession, and his friends anticipate for
him a brilliant future.
In Texas, and more recently in this
State, Mr. Austin has been active in the
political world. By choice a Republican,
he found the great majority of the intel-
ligent people of the South arrayed on the
Democratic side, so during his stay in
that part of the country, he was identified
with the Democratic party. He served
as criminal district attorney of Houston.
Socially Mr. Austin is always eagerly
sought. He was president of the Houston
Athletic Association ; was president of the
Young Men's Democratic Club ; and was
vice-president of the Beavers Association.
In Stamford he takes a leading part in
all social activities, and organized the
Waterside Social Club. He came to
Stamford not long before the last presi-
dential campaign and was given charge
of the Republican headquarters, which
responsibility he held for two years.
Mr. Austin married Maude Anna Pet-
zel, daughter of George Francis Petzel,
a ranchman of Corpus Christi, Texas.
There are two children : Arthur Delmont,
Jr., and Robert Warren.
ANTHONY, Robert Monson,
Building Mover.
As the proprietor of a business which
is the only one of its kind not only in
Stamford, but in Southwestern Connec-
ticut, Mr. Anthony occupies a conspicu-
ous position in the community. He has
now been for more than thirty years a
resident of his home town, and is thor-
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oughly identified with a number of her
most important interests.
The name of Anthony is derived from
the Latin Antonius, or Antius, the name
of a son of Hercules, and therefore sig-
nifies "Hercules-Descended." The es-
cutcheon of the family is as follows
Arms—Argent, a leopard's head gules between
two flaunches sable.
Crest—A demi-goat proper charged with a be-
zant, armed or, attired or.
William Anthony was born in 1495, in
Cologne, Germany, and went to England,
taking up his abode in London, where he
became chief graver of the mint and
seals to Edward the Sixth, Mary and
Elizabeth. He married, in England, and
established the family in that country.
John Anthony, a lineal descendant of
William Anthony, was born in 1607. He
married Susanna Potter, and in 1634 came
to the American colonies, settling in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
(I) John Anthony, probably a descendant
of John Anthony, the immigrant,
married, June 22, 1754, in Rhode Island,
Ruth Allen, daughter of Increase Allen,
and in May, 1760, moved to Nova Scotia,
where he was one of the first settlers.
(II) David Anthony, son of John and
Ruth (Allen) Anthony, married
Burgess, of Rawdon, Hants county, Nova
Scotia.
(III) Richard Anthony, son of David
and (Burgess) Anthony, was born
in 1775. He was a farmer. He married
Jeanie Maine, whose ancestral record is
appended to this biography, and died at
the age of sixty-four years.
(IV) Andrew Anthony, son of Richard
and Jeanie (Maine) Anthony, was born
July 1, 1831, in Lower Selma, Hants
county, Nova Scotia. He learned the
ship carpenter's trade, which he followed
all his life. He formed a partnership with
Dr. Samuel Brown under the firm name of
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