Augustus was the son of Wilson Davis Calfee and Jane Peery Bailey. He married Virginia A. Stinson. Augustus was the Provost Marshall in Princeton, WV, in 1863. He enlisted in CO D, 11th Battalion Reserves during the Civil War. He was a farmer and a Mercer County, WV commissioner.

Princeton, January 7 - the death of A.B. Calfee, one of the commissioners of the Mercer County court, occurred at his home near Matoaka, Tuesday night. Mr. Calfee had for some weeks before his death been in failing health, due to a disease of the heart. Some two weeks ago, it was thought he was sufficiently recovered to be able to attend to his duties on the county court, in consequence of which he came to Princeton and served in his accustomed place on the bench for some three or four days. However, on his return, he suffered a relapse, gradually growing worse until the end came. Mr. Calfee was about the age of sixty-eight years and had been all his life an active man in the affairs of Mercer County. He served through the Civil War in the ranks of the Confederacy, and , after the surrender, resumed his labors on his farm in this county. Some twenty-seven years ago, he married Miss Jennie Stinson, a daughter of the late Charles Stinson, who, with several children, survives him. He also leaves two brothers, Henry Calfee and Luther Calfee, and three sisters, Mrs. G.L. Karnes, of this city; Mrs. Edward Bailey, of Athens, and Miss Florence Calfee, of Ada.
(Obituary from "Hinton Daily News and Leader," Hinton, West Virginia, Thursday, January 7, 1915, page 1.)

"A.B. Calfee, a resident of Rock district in said county [Mercer] was elected a member of the county court in the year 1912, for a term of 6 years, beginning the first of January, 1913, and ending the 31st of December, 1918. Calfee died in 1915 and R.D. Patterson, a resident of Rock district, was appointed to fill the vacancy until the next election." ("Southeastern Reporter," Vol. 92, p. 676.)

Memorial to A.B. Calfee
Touching the death of the late A.B. Calfee, the county court at its meeting Thursday last caused the following order to be spread on its records: "This court and its officers having heard with deep regret of the recent death of Hon. A.B. Calfee, one of the commissioners of this court, and for many years an official of this county, doth deem it fitting that it place on record some memorial of its sorrow at his departing this life and its sympathy to his family in their sore bereavement. Close upon the allotted span of three score years and ten, Mr. Calfee was a citizen of this county, native to its soil, and among its peoples, both of the older and newer generation, Mr. Calfee enjoyed an enviable popularity. Among his neighbors and those closer to him, he was held in high esteem for his great mental ability and kindliness of character and heart. In the county at large his passing is a matter of universal regret to all. And as a further mark of respect to his memory, it is ordered that a duly certified copy of this order be mailed by the clerk to his wife, and that this court do now adjourn."
(Article from "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, West Virginia, Saturday, January 9, 1915, Page 8.)

Inscription: "Our Father Has Gone To A Mansion Of Rest; To The Glorious Land By The Diety Blest."