Gustavus Lyle Mastin

1815 - 1880  (65 years)

• Name	Gustavus Lyle Mastin  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1 Jan 1815	Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Move	Bef 1827	Tennessee   [1]
  Move	1827	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1]
  Education	Bef 1833  [1]
  	University of Alabama
  Occupation	1833	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1]
  	merchant
  Occupation	Aft 1858	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1, 5]
  	planter
  	The 1860 census list his real estate as $20,500 and personal estate as $40,000. According to Measuring Worth, in 2008 $60,500 from 1860 was worth:      $10,351,550.00      using the unskilled wage      $20,807,840.80      using the nominal GDP per capita      $201,079,961.82      using the relative share of GDP
  Residence	Bef 1880	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1]
  	Franklin Street
  Died	10 Aug 1880	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1, 8]
  Obituary	12 Aug 1880	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [1]
  	Huntsville Weekly Independence
  	GUSTAVUS LYLE MASTIN died at his home on Franklin Street at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 10th after a most painful illness. He was born in Fincastle, Virginia January 1, 1815, was taken to Tennessee when a small child and remained in that state under the care of his grandfather, Solomon Hoge until Jane (January or June?), 1827, when he moved to Huntsville. He has resided in Huntsville ever since. Was one of the earliest of University of Alabama students. In 1833, he entered the mercantile busines.... Since 1858, he has been a planter in Madison County. Was a leading member of one of the most numerous and highly respected families in the South. Leaves a large family.
  Name	G. S. Mastin  [8]
  Name	Gus Mastin  [7]
  Name	Gustavus L. Mastin  [5, 6, 9, 10]
  Buried	Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [3]
  Person ID	I77190	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Francis Turner Mastin, II,   b. Dec 1781, Prince George's County, Maryland ,   d. 17 Dec 1867, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Arbela Hoge,   b. 1792,   d. 1815  (Age 23 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1806	Frederick County, Virginia
  Family ID	F28083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Eleanor Fearn,   b. 3 Apr 1823, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 12 Jan 1903, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama  (Age 79 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1846  [10]
  Census	11 Dec 1850	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [6]
  	Page 21, Line 8, Dwelling 452, Family 452 The household consisted of Gustavus L. Mastin, 34, merchant; Mary E., 27; Arbela, 2; John Yerger, 19, clerk; John Gambs, 66, merchant.
  Census	23 Jun 1860	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [5]
  	Huntsville, page 47, line 40, dwelling 379, family 377 The household consisted of Gustavus L. Mastin, 45, farmer; Mary E., 37; Arbella, 12; Thomas F., 9; Frank T., 7; Gustavus L., 5; and Sallie F., 3. Gustavus listed real estate of $20,500 and personal estate of $40,000. According to Measuring worth, in 2008 $60,500 from 1860 was worth:      $10,351,550.00      using the unskilled wage      $20,807,840.80      using the nominal GDP per capita      $201,079,961.82      using the relative share of GDP
  		Census of 1860 - Alabama, Madison County Huntsville, Page 21, Image 5
  		Census of 1860 - Alabama, Madison County Huntsville, page 47
  		Census of 1860 - Alabama, Madison County Huntsville, page 48
  Census	17 Aug 1870	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama   [7]
  	Ward 3, Page 17, Line 3, Dwelling 74, Family 81 The household consisted of Gus Mastin, 55, farmer; Mary, 47; Arabella, 20; Thoma, 19; Frank, 17; Gus, 15; Sallie, 13; James, 9, Miriah McCalley, 59, cook; amd servants Galand McCalley, B, 43; Frank Lacky, 37; Annie Lacky, 29. Gus shows real estate of $40,000 and personal estate of $15,000. According to Measuring Worth, in 2008 $55,000 from 1870 was worth:      $6,627,112.68      using the unskilled wage      $13,451,849.97      using the nominal GDP per capita      $102,655,975.56      using the relative share of GDP
  		Census of 1870 - Alabama, Madison County Huntsville, Ward 3, page 17
  Children	1. Arabela Hoge Mastin,   b. 27 Feb 1848, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 2 Dec 1903, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama  (Age 55 years) + 2. Thomas Fearn Mastin,   b. 7 Jun 1851, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 23 Sep 1923, Texas  (Age 72 years)   3. Francis Turner Mastin,   b. 19 Jun 1853, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 30 Jan 1893, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama  (Age 39 years) + 4. Gustavus Lyle Mastin, II,   b. 9 Feb 1855, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 5 Apr 1911, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama  (Age 56 years)   5. Sally Shelby Mastin,   b. 2 Apr 1857, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 8 Aug 1888  (Age 31 years)   6. James Hervey Mastin,   b. 2 Nov 1860, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama ,   d. 11 Jun 1918  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F28057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):There were a couple of Solomon Hoges that were more-or-less the right age to have been Gustavus' grandfather. Besides the one that married Mary Glass and who may have been a son or grandson of the Solomon that was son of William Hoge & Barbara Hume, there was also the Solomon that was son of James Hoge and Nancy Griffith, and brother of Moses Drury Hoge. This latter Solomon's brother Edward is said to have removed to McMinnville Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] Alabama newspapers 1819-1893, Pauline Jones Gandrud (compiler), (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Presss, 1981), page 449 (Reliability: 4). [S84] International Genealogical Index, FamilySearch, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.) (Reliability: 2). [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 187 (Reliability: 4). [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 263 (Reliability: 3). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1860 - Alabama, Madison County (Reliability: 4). Series: M653 Roll: 15 Page: 229, 230 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1850 - Alabama, Madison County (Reliability: 4). Series: M432 Roll: 9 Page: 461 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1870 - Alabama, Madison County (Reliability: 4). Series: M593 Roll: 27 Page: 390 [S480] Alabama newspapers 1819-1893, Pauline Jones Gandrud (compiler), (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Presss, 1981), page 590 (Reliability: 4). [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 135 (Reliability: 3). [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 136 (Reliability: 3).