From Gary Tietjen, Ernst Albert Tietjen: Missionary and Colonizer (Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1992), 405–6
Daughter of Ernest and Emma C. Born 2 Apr., 1894, in Ramah.
“Compassionate, tall as the Tietjen girls were, Augusta grew up at Bluewater. She laughed when Ben Monk, her husband, newly wed, insisted on carrying her across a small stream, and they both fell in.
“A gentle young woman, she was sometimes intimidated by others who were more demanding. She has been described by her sisters as ‘always a lady’, yet that did not preclude her from being playful and helping others have a good time.
“She had good taste in decorating and furnishings. One of her accomplishments was playing the piano. Her sister, Doris Emma, said Augusta would sometimes fight back the tears as she tried for perfection in her music.
“One day Doris Emma, who was somewhat of a Tomboy, coaxed Augusta to climb a tree to ring the dinner bell for the farm workers. It was not a thing Augusta cared to do, and she grew embarrassed that she might not get down before the men saw her in the tree. She did, but she scorned it as ‘unladylike’.
“She met and married Ben Monk, and although they spent time in Bluewater, they lived in Cowley, Wyoming. Three children lived to raise their families: Edgar, Louise Reynolds, and Sarah Ann Harem. Augusta was still a young woman when she died after the birth of Sarah.