Mrs. Austin

Mrs. Austin
Sex	F
Spouse	Mr. Austin
Children Mel Austin M 1926 Philip Austin M Shirley Austin F

Mrs. Austin (no first name mentioned) was the mother of Mel Austin, the narrator of On the Road.

She also had an older son, Philip and a daughter Shirley.

Sometime after 1946, Mr. Austin got very sick. The older Austins retired from farming and moved to San Diego, California, close to Shirley. Mr. Austin died a few years later, but Mrs. Austin lived until her nineties.^BR1-4