Stephen F. Austin
Politician
1793 – 1836
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Who was Stephen F. Austin?
Stephen Fuller Austin was an American empresario born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. Known as the Father of Texas, he led the second, and ultimately successful, colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. The capital of Texas, Austin in Travis County, Austin County, Austin Bayou, Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Austin College in Sherman, and a number of K-12 schools are named in his honor.
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- Born
- Nov 3, 1793
Austinville - Also known as
- Father of Texas
- Stephen Austin
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Transylvania University
- Bacon Academy
- Lived in
- Virginia
- San Antonio
- Died
- Dec 27, 1836
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on July 23, 2013
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