Family:Augustus Kinsel and Jeanette Peterson (1)

Augustus was first married to a Mary Ann ? born 1833 Georgia & died after 1858 Alabama. They had three children: Jessie (M) 1851 - Alabama, Sarah I. 1852 - Alabama, and Eliza F. 1858 - Alabama. Dale County, Alabama is where Augustus and his brothers came from, there is a lot of info available on Jessie E. Kinsel (Augustus' brother) family born 1815-1888.

Augustus had 6 children that I know of with his 2nd wife Jeannette Peterson 1845-? they are Alice L. 1862 -1938 buried in the Stith Cemetery, Stith, Jones County, Texas, William A. 1861 -?, James Roberson 25 April 1866-19 April 1886 - buried in the Corinth Cemetery, near Buckholts, Milam County, Texas; Mary Ann 1867-?; Betty Elizabeth (husband - David Curry Lewis) April 1869-1955 buried in the Lewis Family Cemetery near Buckholts, Milam County, Texas; and Andrew L. March 10 1874-Jan 11, 1933 Henderson, Texas (wife - Emma Sprouse).

daughter - Bettie Elizabeth Kinsel Lewis - buried in the Lewis Family Cemetery near Bucksholts, Milam County, Texas. On the death certificate, it says Gus Kenril (Kinsel) and Jeanette Peters (should be Peterson). Betty married David Curry Lewis 1865-1934 - he's buried in the Lewis Family Cemetery on private property near Buckholts, Milam County, Texas - her family stayed in Milam County, Texas. Bettie & David Lewis' daughter Lettie V. Powell (1900-1974 buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County, Texas). If Gus and Sarah Bankston married in 1877 in Grimes County, Texas. Betty would be 7 years old when they married and in the 1880 census Gus is widowed/divorced and they are in Milam County, Texas.

Augustus was married for the 3rd time to Sarah Jackson Bankston (widowed wife of Micajah Bankston) on 30 September 1877 in Grimes County, Texas.