Hall County NeArchives Biographies.....Augustine, Ernest Webster 1861 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Irving Milton Augustine

Irving Milton Augustine, for many years one of the most prominent newspaper men
in Nebraska, was born at Grantsville, Maryland, December 28, 1861.

He is the son of Isaac Newton and Amanda Jane (Shultz) Augustine, the former a
Lutheran minister who at one time published the Western Independent Lutheran.
Isaac Newton Augustine was born at Petersburg, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1833,
and died at Grand Island, on July 2, 1921. His wife, Amanda Jane, was born at
Salisbury, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1835, and died at Grand Island, March 18,
1915. A true minister’s wife, she was helpful to him in his work. She was of
Pennsylvania Dutch descent.

Irving Milton Augustine was graduated from high school at Hebron, Nebraska, in
the 1880’s, and attended the University of Nebraska one semester. On November
12, 1885, he was married to Alice Tabitha Fitzsimons, at Carleton, Nebraska.
Mrs. Augustine, who is of Irish descent, was born at Mineral Point, Wisconsin,
July 3, 1861.

To this union five children were born: Ernest Webster, born on September 13,
1886, who married Pernelia Spethman; Olive Dell, born December 7, 1887,
unmarried; Raymond Lloyd, born January 17, 1890, who died September 5, 1898;
Howard Milton, born January 14, 1892, who married Dorothy Lynn; and Irving
DelMar, born November 29, 1897, who married Ruth M. Mayer.

A staunch Democrat, Mr. Augustine was for a number of years the publisher of the
Grand Island Free Press and the Daily Republican, both Democratic, and strong in
their support of Democratic principles.

Now retired, Mr. Augustine formerly published the Bruning Enterprise, the
Doniphan Eagle, the Free Press and the Daily Republican. Upon retiring from the
newspaper field Mr. Augustine, with his son, Ernest, founded the Augustine
Company, a co-partnership between father and sons, and long recognized as among
the strongest and most successful institutions of its kind in the state. He is,
in addition to his holdings in the Augustine Company, a stockholder in the
Commercial Bank and Building and Loan Association of Grand Island.

Affiliated with St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, for his fidelity and
long efficient service, the congregation elected him as a life member of its
council. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Hall County Historical
Association, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and The Nebraskana Society. His
social club is the Riverside Golf Club, and his favorite sports are golf and
fishing.

The author of several unpublished manuscripts, he devotes much of his leisure
time to writing and expects to publish his works. Residence: Grand Island. 


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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