Catherine was the daughter of William Rogers, Sr. and first wife Rebecca. According to her obit, she was born in the Haymond Settlement in Taylor County, Virginia before it became West Virginia. Unfortunately, his website does not allow the input of Taylor County, Virginia as a location, so her birth location simply says "Virginia.". It has come to my attention that some ancestry.com trees have Jane Timmons as her mother. Jane was her STEP-MOTHER. Sister Henrietta is also the daughter of REBECCA, NOT JANE.

Catherine married Philip Gordon Austin 5 March 1863 in Taylor County, Virginia. They had thirteen children: Mary; James; Jane; Oliver; Ida; Cassa; George; Robert; Senora; Samuel; Eve; Minnie; John.

Before 1889 Gordon and Catherine separated. Family members began living in the poorhouse (County Infirmary) off and on for years.

*the below obituary was found on the Austin Families Association of America website

Grafton Sentinel Grafton, WV Friday, November 16, 1917 page 6

DIED TODAY: Catherine E. Austen [sic], widow of the late Gordon Austen, in the east end of town this morning at 6 o'clock after an illness of three months during which she suffered from dropsy and other complications. She was 77 years of age. The deceased was born and raised in the Haymond Settlement about six miles east of Grafton, and has a host of friends and relatives in that section who will learn or [sic] her demise with much regret. She is survived by nine children her husband having preceded her to the beyond many years ago. The children are: Mary, James, Lizzie, Ida, George, Robert, John and Samuel Austen. [NOTE: 8 children listed - Oliver Perry and Minnie were omitted.] The funeral services will be held at the home of her son Samuel Austen in the East end of the city tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. E. H. Waters of the United Brethren curch [sic] of this city, officiating. The remains will be then conveyed to the Haymond Settlement and interred in the Rogers cemetery with Funeral directors Perine, Bartlett and Company in charge.