Lewis Mastin Sr.

Brief Life History of Lewis

When Lewis Mastin Sr. was born in 1874, his father, Judge Theodosius Curtis Mastin, was 50 and his mother, Nancy Manserrena Burris, was 43. He married Mary Ella Clemmons in 1899, in Powell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Clay City, Powell, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Virden, Powell, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died in 1961, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Powells Valley Cemetery, Clay City, Powell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Mastin Sr.
1874–1961
Mary Ella Clemmons
1878–1951
Marriage: 1899
Lewis Mastin Jr.
1899–1986
Lonna Clay Mastin
1901–1903
Joe C. Mastin
1903–1929
Jos K Mastin
1904–
Walter Mastin
1905–1946
Dollie Mastin
1910–
Vitrice Katherine Mastin
1918–1961

Sources (14)

  • Lewis Mastin, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Lewis Mastin, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Lewis Mastin, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1881

Alivia M Clark BIRTH 7 Aug 1880 DEATH 24 Oct 1881 (aged 1) BURIAL Powells Valley Cemetery Clay City, Powell County, Kentucky, USA

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire): variant of Maston , itself a variant of Marston . Compare Masten .

French (mainly northern), Flemish, and Walloon: occupational name for a household servant, from Old French mastin ‘watchdog, manservant’ (from Latin mansuetudinus ‘domestic’). The Old French word had the further sense of a bad-tempered dog, and was used as an adjective in the sense of ‘bad, cruel’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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