Austen Cargill
{{Short description|American businessman}}
{{for|his grandson|Austen S. Cargill II }}
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| name = Austen Cargill
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| birth_name = Austen Stowell Cargill
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|04|08}}
| birth_place = La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|05|24|1888|04|08}}
| death_place = San Benito, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Businessman
| spouse = Anne Ray Cargill
| children = {{hlist|Margaret|James}}
| parents = {{ubl|William Wallace Cargill|Ella Stowell Cargill}}
| family = Cargill family
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Austen Stowell Cargill (April 8, 1888 – May 24, 1957) was an American businessman. He was the son of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of Cargill, the largest privately held company in the United States.
Early life
Austen Cargill was born on April 8, 1888 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942California, Death Index, 1940-1997 He was the fourth and youngest child of William Wallace Cargill and the former Ellen Theresa "Ella" Stowell. On his father's death, he inherited one-third of Cargill.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
Career
At the time of his death, he was president of Cargill.{{cite book|author=Chad Mitcham|title=China's Economic Relations with the West and Japan, 1949-1979: Grain, Trade and Diplomacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVR-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|date=16 September 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-37845-9|page=30}} He was succeeded by Cargill MacMillan Sr, the eldest son of his sister Edna.
Personal life
He married Anne Ray, and they had two children:
- Margaret Anne Cargill (1920–2006)
- James R. Cargill (1923–2006)
Later life
Cargill died suddenly in California at the age of 69.{{cite book|author=Wayne G. Broehl|title=Cargill: Trading the World's Grain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQOOkO4WIEsC&pg=PA960|year=1992|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-0-87451-572-5|page=960}}
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Category:People from La Crosse, Wisconsin