Death certificate gives a birth date of December 5, 1875. Tombstone list December 12, 1874. Obituary gives a birth of December 4, 1875.
In 1880 census recorded with father William, mother Cherry, brother John, sister Eden in Cole township, Benton county Missouri.
ancestry.com has this listed as Aught Dillion. Living with Austin is wife Laura and son William.
In the 1910 census Austin was enumerated with wife Laura, and children William, Ada, Amel, Floyd and Albert. Census record miss read Austin's name as Gustine.
In the 1920 census Austin was enumerated with wife Laura and children Ada, Amel, Floyd, Albert, Aubrey and Roy.
In the 1930 census Austin was enumerated with sons Floyd, Albert, Aubrey and Roy.
The informant for Austin's death certificate was Albert Dillon, his son. The listing for mother and father of the deceased is unknown. This is unfortunate because everyone in the family I have spoken with gave a mother as Cherry Smith and father as William Dillon living in the Cole Camp, Missouri area. Birthplace for Austin on his death certificate was given as Benton county. The combination of family sources and birthplace lead the research clearly to William and Cherry as parents.
Obituary list children as Floyd, Albert, Aubrey, Roy Dillon, Mrs. Ben Bradley. List wife as the "former Laura Belle Stone"
Sedalia Democrat. Tuesday, September 9, 1947 page 4 column 6.
List groom as William T. Dillon and bride as Cheny Ann Smith in the index but actual certificate list Cherry Ann Smith.
[S135] Death certificate-Austin D. Dillon (Reliability: 2).
[S163] Cemetery records-Versailles (Reliability: 2).
[S185] 1880 Cole, Benton, MO-William Dillon/Francis Ireland, 1880 (Reliability: 2).
[S269] 1900-Dallas Co., MO-Austin Dillon (Reliability: 2).
[S141] 1910 Versailles, Morgan, MO, 1910 Versailles, Morgan, MO (Reliability: 2).
[S130] 1920 Versailles, MO, 1920 Versailles, MO (Reliability: 2).
[S174] 1930 Sedalia, Pettis, MO-Austin Dillon, 1930 Sedalia, Pettis, MO (Reliability: 2).
[S57] Benton County Marriage Records, page 18 (Reliability: 2).