Augusta Cates

Augusta was born in 1867 in ,Wayne, Illinois.¹   Augusta's father was Benjamin F. Cates and her mother was Sarah Jane. She had three brothers and two sisters, named John M., A. Judson, Alvin, Nancy and Millie.  She was the third youngest of the six children. She had four half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named Isaac Shelby, Clinton, William, Simeon, Sarah, Eliza Lisa, Mary Susan, Joan, Martha, Ornettie and Nancy.