John Mast

1776 - 1868  (91 years)

• Name	John Mast
  Birth	22 Feb 1776	Rowan County, , , North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1868	, Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina
  Burial	Mast Taylor Cemetery, , Watauga County, North Carolina
  Notes	Born in Rowan Co., NC, the son of Joseph and Eve Bowers Mast. He married Susannah (Susan) E. Harmon on 7/14/1808 in Ashe Co., NC. They were the parents of 14 known children: David, Noah, Eli J., Leason, Elizabeth, Mary, Charlotte, Malinda, Caroline L., Emeline, Joseph Harrison, John Allen and Finley Patterson Mast. John established the Sugar Grove post office in March, 1837. He was the first postmaster there, serving from 1837 to at least 1853. This post office is the oldest one still in existence in Watauga Co., NC and was formed when Watauga Co. was still Ashe Co. In addition to their own children, John and Susan raised two of their nephews, Council and Goulder Harmon. These boys were left in their care when their mother Sabra Hicks Harman, daughter of Samuel & Sarah Hix and widow of Andrew Harman, left for Illinois with their uncle, Duke Ward, husband of Susan's sister, Elizabeth Harman Ward.
  Person ID	I10110	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family	Susannah E. Harman,   b. Abt 1790, North Carolina, , , d. 15 Jul 1868, , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1808	Ashe County, , , North Carolina
  Children	1. Nancy Mast,   b. 18 May 1809, North Carolina, , , d. 22 Sep 1882, , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina (Age 73 years)   2. Eli Mast,   b. 31 Oct 1813, North Carolina, , , d. 26 Aug 1902, , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina (Age 88 years)   3. Elizabeth Mast,   b. Abt 1817, Ashe County, , , North Carolina   4. Mary Mast,   b. 25 Dec 1818   d. 4 May 1905 (Age 86 years)   5. John Allen Mast,   b. 22 Sep 1830, North Carolina, , , d. 6 Feb 1892, , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F4164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart