Joseph Kenege Mast

Birth: Mar. 30, 1834 Champaign County Ohio, USA Death: Dec. 27, 1923 Monrovia Los Angeles County California, USA

Joseph Kenege Mast was the third son and sixth child of John and Elizabeth (Trego) Mast. He was the husband of Catherine (Eichholtz) Mast. They were married November 13, 1856 and she died August 26, 1883.

November 23, 2011 - Sandi Evilsizer Koscak contributed this biographical sketch -

A Centennial Biographical History Of Champaign County, Ohio, c1902, Page 379 Joseph K. Mast, farmer; P. O. Urbana; was born in this township and county March 30, 1834. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Mast. Mr. Mast has always remained upon the home place. He was married Nov. 13, 1856 to Miss Catharine, daughter of John and Mary Eichholtz, natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of this county. Mr. Eichholtz is a prominent and extensive farmer. Mr. Mast and wife are parents of ten children; eight now survive: Charles H., Joseph Frank, Emma, Altha, Lizzie, Cicero, Clara and Ivy. Mr. Mast owns a fine farm of ninety-six acres, in good cultivation, upon which he has erected a fine house, costing $6,500. It is elegantly finished, and contains steam apparatus for heating the whole house. The surroundings are all well improved, constituting a very beautiful home and residence. Mr. Mast is not a holder or seeker of office, but devotes himself exclusively to his farm business. He and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-six years; politically, he has been a Democrat.

April 29, 2013 Thank you Robert "Rob" Weiler (fag #46505507) for: Obituary Urbana, Daily Citizen Urbana, Ohio December 31, 1923 MAST.--J. K. Mast, a native of Salem Township, and one of the most widely known and respected farmers in Champaign County, died at the home of his daughter, Miss Altha Mast, at Monrovia, California, Thursday morning, according to notice received by his son, Frank Mast, of Salem Township, Friday. Mr. Mast was one of the oldest residents of Salem Township. He was born in a log cabin on the site of the brick mansion he later built just south of Kingscreek in 1834. If he had lived until March 30th, the deceased would have been 90 years of age. Death was caused by intestinal influenza. Mr. Mast has lived in California for the last three years. He is survived by seven children; Frank Mast, of Salem Township; Mrs. Emma Strasser, Joliet, Ill.; Miss Altha Mast, Monrovia, Cal.; Miss Clara Mast, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mrs. Elizabeth McInturff, Indianapolis; Cicero Mast, Dayton, and Mrs. Ivy Balmer, of Bolivar, New York. Funeral services were held and interment made at Monrovia, California at 10:30 Saturday morning. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Urbana.

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Parents:

 John Mast (1793 - 1881)

 Elizabeth Trego Mast (1804 - 1880)

Spouse:

 Catherine Eichholtz Mast (1838 - 1883)*

Children:

 Frank L. Mast (1862 - 1948)*

 Emma Mast Strasser (1862 - 1927)*

 Mary Emma Mast (1864 - 1888)*

 Ivy Mast Balmer (1880 - 1975)*

Siblings:

 Miriam B. Mast (1816 - 1885)*

 Isaac Wesley Mast (1828 - 1871)*

 Joseph Kenege Mast (1834 - 1923)

 John Emory Mast (1838 - 1922)*

 Ephraim Milton Mast (1841 - 1910)*

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Burial: Live Oak Memorial Park Monrovia Los Angeles County California, USA

Created by: Mary Jane Haight-Eckert Record added: Apr 21, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36146258