Editing Stephen F. Austin (section)

==Past family==
While Stephen F. Austin and his sister Emily have each been the subject of a biography, they are descended from several generations of noteworthy people, including: [[Moses Austin]] (father—biography published by Trinity University Press),<ref>Gracy, David B., ''Moses Austin: his life'' (Trinity University Press, 1987) {{ISBN|0-911536-84-1}}</ref> [[Abia Brown]] (grandfather), [[Joseph Sharp]] (great-grandfather), [[Isaac Sharp]] (great, great-grandfather), [[Anthony Sharp (Quaker)|Anthony Sharp]] (great, great, great-grandfather—biography published by Stanford University Press).<ref>{{Citation|last=Greaves|first=Richard L.|title=Dublin's merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643–1707|year=1998|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, CA|isbn=978-0-8047-3452-3}}</ref> Accordingly, history records noteworthy social contributions in each generation of Stephen's family dating back to the early seventeenth century. [[Richard Austin (colonist)|Richard Austin]], a native of [[Titchfield]], Hampshire was his paternal emigrant ancestor.