HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

Biographical Appendix

CHRISTOPHER C. MASTERS

Christopher C. Masters, farmer, of Madison County, Mo., was born in 1852, his parents being Andrew and Sarah (Hon) Masters. The former was born I Bollinger County, Mo., and was of German descent. He and wife became the parents of eleven children, nine of whom survive. The mother died 1863, Christopher C. Masters was her tenth child. He was left an orphan at an early age, and was forced to earn his own living and live among strangers. He educated himself after he became of age. When twenty-seven he married Frances M. Black, who bore him three children: Armetia, Henry A. A. and Delia E.   Mrs. Masters is twenty-eight years of age, and a native of Madison County. Her father, who was of German descent, came to Missouri from Tennessee, but both her parents died when she was quite small. She and Mr. Masters have lived very happily together, and fully appreciate a home of their own. They located on their present farm in 1881. It consists of sixty-three acres, and lies three miles west of Marquand. Mr. Masters is an industrious farmer, and in his political views is a Republican. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.