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Austin (STEPHEN FULLER an American)

STEPHEN FULLER, an American pioneer, born in Austinville, Va., Nov. 31, 1793; a son of Moses Austin, the real founder of the State of Texas, who, about 1820, obtained permission from the Mexican Government to establish an American colony in Texas, but died before his plans were accomplished.

Stephen took up the work unfinished by his father, and located a thrifty colony on the site of the present city of Austin, in 1821. Subsequently he was a comby was a commissioner to the United States into the Mexican Union; was imprisoned there for several months; and in 1835 was a commissioner to the United States Government to secure the recognition of Texas as an independent State. He died in Columbia, Tex, Dec. 25, 1836.