Rev. Levi S. Master^[1]

1841 - 1903  (62 years)

• Name	Levi S. Master
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	8 Feb 1841	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00077-4659
  Died	21 Feb 1903	Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA   [5, 6]
  Buried	Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I15095	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Master,   b. 7 Mar 1810, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Sep 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Nancy Stauffer,   b. 4 Aug 1811, Speedsville (Waterloo Township), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1843, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1830  [7]
  Family ID	F4066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Z. Fried,   b. 24 Jan 1840, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1861	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 8]
  Children	1. William Master,   b. 6 Dec 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" "Lizzie" Master,   b. 27 Jul 1863, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1950  (Age 86 years)   3. Elsie Jane Master,   b. 27 Nov 1865, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. Sheridan F. Master,   b. 7 Mar 1869, , Michigan, USA ,   d. 5 Jun 1927, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA  (Age 58 years)   5. Frances Barnes Master,   b. 5 Jan 1876, , Michigan, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Master, "was born in Waterloo County, near New Dundee, Ontario, February 8th, 1841. His days of youth were spent with his father on the farm. When a mere lad he became animated with a thirst for learning. But the schools of his time were of an inferior kind and afforded none of the facilities now attainable in acquiring the rudiments of education. Schools then were kept open only a few months during the winter. Consequently he received at school nothing but the ordinary instruction which farmers' sons of that period usually received. The information thus received laid the foundation of a good education. By the time he attained the age of seventeen or eighteen years he passed his examination as a public school teacher. He followed teaching for a number of years. Later he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church. In 1869 he moved to Michigan where he continued to labor for his Master in the M. E. Church with great diligence and zeal. At present he is presiding elder of the church of his choice. His home is in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On January 1st, 1861, he was married to Maria Fried who was born January 24th, 1840. To them was born a family of five children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 668. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 76. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Levi Master Born: Canada Res: Blenheim Township Age: 21 Father: John Mother: Nancy Stafford Born: 1840 Spouse: Maria Freid Age: 20 born: Canada Res: Blenheim Township Born: 1841 Father: Samuel Mother: Nancy Zeigler married 1 Jan 1861 [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 12. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, O., America, N., County, K., Rapids, G., & Cemetery, O. (1841). Levi Master (1841-1903) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46392919/mas. [S2247] Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 - Ancestry.com. Levi Masters Birth Dateabt 1841 Birth PlaceOntario Death Date21 Feb 1903 Death PlaceBig Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan Death Age62 OccupationMinister RaceWhite Marital StatusMarried GenderMale Father NameJohn Master Mother NameNancy Stauffer FHL Film Number1004850 [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 72. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 77.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Feb 1841 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jan 1861 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Feb 1903 - Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA Buried - - Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth