BIOS: Robert AUGUSTINE, Somerfield, Somerset County, PA 

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 476/7

Robert AUGUSTINE.

  Robert Augustine, of Somerfield, was born November 26, 1856, in Addison, son 
of Abraham Augustine, one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of Addison 
township.  He was a Republican and a member of the Lutheran church of Addison. 
  Abraham Augustine married Katharine, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Wilhelm, 
of Addison township, and they were the parents of two daughters: 1. Caroline, 
wife of J.W. Fessler, Lutheran minister of Manorville, Armstrong county, 
Pennsylvania, has three children: Lillie Loy Augustine, wife of A.D. 
Campbell, of San Jose, California; Victor George, spent five years at the 
Lutheran College, Gettysburg, three years at the Theologicial Seminary, 
Chicago, and presided over the Lutheran church, San Jose, California, for 
eight years, then went to Leipsic, Germany, for further study, remaining four 
years, and is now doctor of Philosophy, doctor of Laws and president of 
Wittenberg College, Massillon, Ohio; Jo Isperiod, wife of Holmes Hileman, of 
Manorville.  2. Malinda, deceased, was the wife of William Roger, of St. 
Louis.
  Mrs. Augustine, mother of the two daughters mentioned above, died, and 
Mr. Augustine married Margaret, daughter of Henry and Sarah Long, of Addison, 
and the following children were born to them: Sophia, died at the age of one 
year and eight days; Catharine, wife of Dr. Thomas J. Jacobs, of Somerfield, 
has four chidren: Susie A., Robert A., Margaret and Thomas J., Jr.; Robert, 
of whom later; Susan, died May 27, 1899, was the wife of William Watson, 
president of First National Bank of Addison, had two children: Wilma, and 
Margaret; Ella; Julia. the two last named are at home with their mother, who 
resides in Addison.  The death of Mr. Agustine occurred May 8, 1892.
  Robert Augustine, son of Abraham and Margaret (Long) Augustine, was educated 
in the schools of Newberry and Somerfield and at the Addison Normal School.   
Like his father, he has devoted himself to agriculture and also to the 
raising of stock, in which he deals extensively.  He is at the present time 
one of the commissioners of Somerset county.  In the sphere of politics he 
affiliates with the Republicans.  He is a member of the Lutheran church of 
Somerfield.
  Mr. Augustine married, August 8, 1888, Alice Victoria, daughter of John H. 
and Anna (Barron) Myers, of Somerset, and they are the parents of the 
following children: Ray G., born August 11, 1889; Robert A., born February 
16, 1891; Mary Maud, born September 22, 1894; Wilma La Rue, born February 8, 
1898; Charles Mitchell, born May 26, 1900; and Myrian Myers, born November 6, 
1903.