Church, Austin
manufacturer, was born Jan. 8, 1799, in East Haddam, Conn.
During the practice of his profession in Ithaca, Rochester, Utica and Cooperstown, N. Y., he originated the notion of substituting bi-carbonate of soda in place of the kindred preparation of potash for baking purposes, and in 1832 established in Rochester the pioneer factory in this line. Success rewarded his enterprise, and, in 1845, he removed the business to New York city, where his firm of Church and Co. rose during the thirty years following to a leading position in the trade. He died Aug. 7, 1879, in Brooklyn, N. Y.