Joseph Mast
(1797-1854)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

2. Margaret C. Beecher

Joseph Mast 1

  • Born: 11 Jun 1797, Meyersdale, Somerset, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Unknown
  • Marriage (2): Margaret C. Beecher
  • Died: 17 Apr 1854, Caernarvon Twp., Lancaster, PA at age 56 1
  • Buried: Caernarvon Township: Pine Grove Cemetery, Berks, PA

   FamilySearch ID: L6KG-689.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Caernarvon Twp., Lancaster, PA. 2 The 1850 census recorded Joseph Mast, farmer, 52, living with son Charles S. Mast, 9. They were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Reading, Berks, PA. The 1860 census recorded Margaret Mast, 56, with real estate valued at $1,200. Living with her are her son-in-law, Joseph Graeff, moulder, 30; daughter Sarah, 30; grandchildren Charles F. Graeff, 3 and Anna M. Graeff, 1. Also with them are Margaret's sisters: Mary Baker [should be Beecher] , 64, and Catharine Baker [should be Beecher], 62. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Joseph married.


Joseph next married Margaret C. Beecher, daughter of Benjamin Beecher and Elizabeth. (Margaret C. Beecher was born on 2 May 1803 in Caernarvon Twp., Lancaster, PA 3, christened on 15 Mar 1833 in Compass: St. John's Episcopal Church, Chester, PA,4 died on 17 Mar 1892 in Reading, Berks, PA 3 5 and was buried on 23 Mar 1892 in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 3 5.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20729118.

2 1850 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H5-M2H Joseph Mast, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78806920&.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Chester > Compass > Episcopal > St. John's Episcopal Church. Online image 41.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Berks > Episcopal > St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Mrs. Margaret C. Mast.


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