Hazel I. Quear was born in Ind. in Nov. 1893. She married Oliver Henry Austin in Fruita, Mesa County, Colo. on March 28, 1912. Oliver Austin was a minister, as was his father, of the Church of the Brethren (German Baptist). In the 1920s the couple lived in McPherson, Kan. while Oliver Austin attended an educational institution founded by the church, McPherson College. Later in the 1930s the couple traveled extensively throughout out parts of the United States conducting revival meetings at local churches, primarily in rural areas. Hazel Austin died in Denver, Colo. in April 1971.
From the description of Hazel Austin diaries, 1930-1938. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 299594953