Age 86 yrs., 8 mos., 1 da.
Son of Ambrose Lemaster & Fannie Shavers

Kentucky Birth Records:
Name: Ransom Lemasters
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1854
Birth Place: Floyd, Kentucky, USA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Father: Ambers Lemaster
Mother: Sarah Frances Shavers

1860 Magoffin, Kentucky Census
Post Office: Licking Station
Family Number: 94
Ambrose Lemaster 50
Francis Lemaster 38
Isaac Lemaster 16
Sarah Lemaster 15
Narcissa Lemaster 12
Ransom Lemaster 5 ***
Susan Lemaster 7
Benjamin Lemaster 4
Richard M Lemaster 7 Months
Elizabeth Shaver 15
Wm B Shaver 10

1870: Precinct 1, Magoffin, Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Salyersville
Ambris Lemaster 65
Sarah F Lemaster 46
William F Lemaster 21
Susanna Lemaster 18
Ramsam Lemaster 15 ***
Benjaman Lemaster 12
Richard M Lemaster 10
Lewis Lemaster 2
Elijah Lemaster 83

Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: Rance Lemaster
Gender: Male
Spouse: Sarah Conley
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 20 Jan 1876
County: Magoffin
State: Kentucky

1880 State Road Fork, Magoffin, Kentucky
Rans Lemaster 24 ***
Sarah Lemaster 25
Lucinda Lemaster 3


1900 Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky
House Number: 1
Family Number: 339
Rausom Lemaster 45 ***
Sarah E Lemaster 45
Loucenda Lemaster 22
Samuel Lemaster 20
Mahala Lemaster 17
Green Lemaster 15
Gracie Lemaster 13

1910 Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky
Ranse Lemaster 49 ***
Sarah Lemaster 49
Lucinda Lemaster 32
Gracie Lemaster 23
Green Lemaster 25

Sarah died from Heart trouble in Feb 1913 and Ransom married Mahala Caudill Conley, the widow of William Wallace Conley.

1920 Flat Fork, Magoffin, Kentucky
Rance L Lemaster 64 ***
Mahala Lemaster 62
Dora Conley 31
Dona Conley 24
Burna Conley 22
Mahala Conley 12
Adron Conley 10
Grady Conley 8
Gaby Conley 5
Tressie A Conley 3

2nd wife, Mahala died in 1928 leaving Ransom widowed again and he moved in with his son Green Lemaster and family.

1930 District 2, Magoffin, Kentucky
Family Number: 135
Green Lemaster 44
Emily Lemaster 31
Wishard Lemaster 13
Richard Lemaster 11
Ollie Lemaster 8
Allie Lemaster 5
Thelma Lemaster 1
Rance Lemaster 74 ***

1940 Magoffin, Kentucky
Street: Mash Fork Creek
Green Lemaster 55
Emily Lemaster 45
Richard Lemaster 21
Allie Lemaster 15
Thelma Gene Lemaster 11
Louise Lemaster 7
Roance Lemaster 86 ***

Rance Lemaster died June 8, 1941 Magoffin Co., KY; age 86 yrs., 8 mos., 1 da.; Cause: Chronic Colitis (Old Age)