When Ida Nora Hughes was born on 7 July 1901, in Walnut Grove, Greene, Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Leander Hughes, was 25 and her mother, Ida Ora Robertson, was 18. She married Elmer Dee Austin on 12 April 1918, in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Riverside, California, United States in 1930 and Riverside Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1940. She died on 13 March 1961, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside Junction, Riverside, California, United States.