James was the son of Davis Masters and Susannah "Susan" Hinds. He was born in Overton Co., Tennessee and died near Diamond Grove in Newton County, Missouri.
James was married Sep. 12, 1843 in Overton Co., Tennessee to Nancy Davis. They evidently had twelve children but three must have died young and I've found no record of them.
Their known children were:
Milton Francis
Ozias Hamilton
Thomas Davis
James Simpson
Lafayette
Evan
Susan Elizabeth Tennessee
Sarah Ann
Nancy Emaline
James was a Southern partisan but apparently tried to stay out of the war until he and his family were confronted and harassed by local northern partisans. After he shot and killed Harden Houston Davis (his wife's cousin). He fled to the Diamond Grove area in Newton County. Nancy and the children were forced to flee as well and apparently reunited with James there. He was killed by northern vigilantes in the yard during a visit with the family near Diamond Grove and was apparently buried there.
James' son Evan later wrote that his father "went down "a fighten."
Civil War - Southern partisan
(See Masters Boys Graves in Lawrence Co., Missouri for a possible alternate but unlikely burial location.)
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THE CIVIL WAR YEARS - RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY Evan Masters 1856-1941, was written by his son Melvin Masters from several pages of notes of his father. The full story can be found at: http://www.jackmasters.net/mastevan.html
James was married Sep. 12, 1843 in Overton Co., Tennessee to Nancy Davis. They evidently had twelve children but three must have died young and I've found no record of them.
Their known children were:
Milton Francis
Ozias Hamilton
Thomas Davis
James Simpson
Lafayette
Evan
Susan Elizabeth Tennessee
Sarah Ann
Nancy Emaline
James was a Southern partisan but apparently tried to stay out of the war until he and his family were confronted and harassed by local northern partisans. After he shot and killed Harden Houston Davis (his wife's cousin). He fled to the Diamond Grove area in Newton County. Nancy and the children were forced to flee as well and apparently reunited with James there. He was killed by northern vigilantes in the yard during a visit with the family near Diamond Grove and was apparently buried there.
James' son Evan later wrote that his father "went down "a fighten."
Civil War - Southern partisan
(See Masters Boys Graves in Lawrence Co., Missouri for a possible alternate but unlikely burial location.)
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THE CIVIL WAR YEARS - RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY Evan Masters 1856-1941, was written by his son Melvin Masters from several pages of notes of his father. The full story can be found at: http://www.jackmasters.net/mastevan.html
James was the son of Davis Masters and Susannah "Susan" Hinds. He was born in Overton Co., Tennessee and died near Diamond Grove in Newton County, Missouri.
James was married Sep. 12, 1843 in Overton Co., Tennessee to Nancy Davis. They evidently had twelve children but three must have died young and I've found no record of them.
Their known children were:
Milton Francis
Ozias Hamilton
Thomas Davis
James Simpson
Lafayette
Evan
Susan Elizabeth Tennessee
Sarah Ann
Nancy Emaline
James was a Southern partisan but apparently tried to stay out of the war until he and his family were confronted and harassed by local northern partisans. After he shot and killed Harden Houston Davis (his wife's cousin). He fled to the Diamond Grove area in Newton County. Nancy and the children were forced to flee as well and apparently reunited with James there. He was killed by northern vigilantes in the yard during a visit with the family near Diamond Grove and was apparently buried there.
James' son Evan later wrote that his father "went down "a fighten."
Civil War - Southern partisan
(See Masters Boys Graves in Lawrence Co., Missouri for a possible alternate but unlikely burial location.)
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THE CIVIL WAR YEARS - RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY Evan Masters 1856-1941, was written by his son Melvin Masters from several pages of notes of his father. The full story can be found at: http://www.jackmasters.net/mastevan.html
James was married Sep. 12, 1843 in Overton Co., Tennessee to Nancy Davis. They evidently had twelve children but three must have died young and I've found no record of them.
Their known children were:
Milton Francis
Ozias Hamilton
Thomas Davis
James Simpson
Lafayette
Evan
Susan Elizabeth Tennessee
Sarah Ann
Nancy Emaline
James was a Southern partisan but apparently tried to stay out of the war until he and his family were confronted and harassed by local northern partisans. After he shot and killed Harden Houston Davis (his wife's cousin). He fled to the Diamond Grove area in Newton County. Nancy and the children were forced to flee as well and apparently reunited with James there. He was killed by northern vigilantes in the yard during a visit with the family near Diamond Grove and was apparently buried there.
James' son Evan later wrote that his father "went down "a fighten."
Civil War - Southern partisan
(See Masters Boys Graves in Lawrence Co., Missouri for a possible alternate but unlikely burial location.)
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THE CIVIL WAR YEARS - RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY Evan Masters 1856-1941, was written by his son Melvin Masters from several pages of notes of his father. The full story can be found at: http://www.jackmasters.net/mastevan.html
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