BIOS: Nichols Rich, Augusta E.; Ogden, Monroe co., NY
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Source:
Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences 1802-1902
compiled by Mrs. Augusta E. N. Rich
assisted by Mrs. Sarah Flagg Smith and Mr. H. H. Goff
Press of John C. Moore
Rochester, N.Y.

Author: Augusta E. Nichols Rich
May 24, 1830 - aft 1902

Mrs. Augusta E. Nichols-Rich was born in Churchville, Riga, Monroe County,
N.Y., May 24th, 1830.  Was united in marriage to A. Brookins Rich of Ogden in
1851; made Ogden their home until 1856, when they caught the Western fever and
moved to Palmyra, Wis.; five years later found them in Hudson, Mich.;
thirty-six years of Michigan life, the last twenty-five of which was spent in
Jackson, and then St. Paul, Minn., became their home.  Two sons and two
daughters comprised their family. The two sons being born in Ogden, N.Y., the
elder daughter in Palmyra, Wis., the younger in Hudson, Mich.  The second son,
George D. Rich, and first daughter, Lexia Fern Rich, passed on in childhood. 
The elder son, Hon. Irving B. Rich, printer and journalist, has been for many
years a resident of Jackson, Mich.  Miss E. Leone Rich's home is in St. Paul,
Minn., where she is a Deputy United States Marshal for the District of
Minnesota.  Mrs. Rich is a well-known writer of both poetry and prose, and
often occupies the lecture platform.  She is author of "Only a Girl,"  "A Boy!
A Boy!"   "The Dawning Era," etc.  Many of her earlier productions appeared
under the non de plume of "Ethel Etherton."  A collection of her poems will
soon be placed before the public in book form.  Mrs. Rich was present at the
Ogden Centennial celebration and rendered her poem in person.  Her home is in
St. Paul, Minn.