Mastin B. Pugh (abt. 1795 - 1873)

Born about 1795 in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Taylor) Pugh — married about 1834 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1873 at about age 78 in Butler County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Mastin Pugh was born about 1795 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States. His parents were Jesse Pugh and Lydia Sims. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Wiggins about 1815 -1819, and Charlotte Taylor about 1834. He died on January 29, 1873 in Butler, Alabama.

Obituary

Greenville Advocate (Greenville, Alabama) Thu, Feb 13, 1873
[Note: Paragrahs have been inserted to aid in readability.]

OBITUARY. Died, at his residence in Butler County, Ala., on the 29th of January 1873, after eight weeks, intense suffering from Pneumonia, Mastin B. Pugh, in the Seventy Eighth year of his age.

Mr. Pugh had been married twice. His last wife died in 1867. He had five children born to him by his first wife and sixteen by the last one, the youngest of whom is in her nineteenth year. He had lost seven children and leaves fourteen living ones, besides grandchildren, great grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and all who knew him to mourn his death.

Mr. Pugh was a good citizen, kind husband, an affectionate father and a good neighbor. He was strictly honest and upright in all his business transactions. His greatest pleasure was to relieve the necessities of those who were in indigent circumstances, none were ever turned off unaccommodated who applied to him for help.

He never made any outward profession of Christianity, nor ever attached himself to any branch of the Christian Church, yet when he came to die, he left an abundance of undoubted testimony behind that his spirit was going to return in perfect peace to God who gave it.

All who knew Mr. Pugh, knew him only to respect him for if any man ever lived on earth, to the age of Seventy Eight years, without enemies, that man was Mastin B. Pugh. O O. G.^[1]

Timeline

1800 : Residence
4 Aug 1800 in Laurens, South Carolina.
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (living in the household of his father, Jesse Pugh)^[2]

1810 : Residence
6 Aug 1810 in Laurens, South Carolina.
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (living in the household of his father, Jesse Pugh)^[3]

1814 : Marriage
He married Rebecca Elizabeth Wiggins
Abt. 1814 in Pike County, Alabama.

1820 : Residence
7 Aug 1820. Unable to locate census record.

1830 : Marriage End
Rebecca's death
before 1 Jun 1830 in Pike, Alabama

1830 : Residence
1 Jun 1830 in Conecuh, Alabama
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Son (living in the household of his father, Jesse Pugh)^[4]

1834 : Marriage
He married Charlotte Taylor
Abt. 1834 in Alabama.

1840 : Residence
1 Jun 1840. Unable to locate census record.

1850 : Residence
1 Jun 1850 in Pike County, Alabama ^[5]

1860 : Residence
1 Jun 1860 in Precinct 14, Butler, Alabama ^[6]

1867 : Marriage End
Charlotte's death
abt 1867 in Butler, Alabama

1870 : Residence
1 Jun 1870. Unable to locate census record.

1873 : Died
29 Jan 1873 in Butler, Alabama
He died at his home after an illness of 8 weeks from pneumonia; He was married twice, his second wife dying in 1867. He had 5 children by his first wife [we have identified 7] and 16 by his second [we have only been able to identify 11], the youngest being 19. Fourteen children survived him.

Unknown burial location.

Research Notes

Name
Some researchers report his middle name as "Burrell," however, he has a younger brother named Burrell and there is no source listed for reporting it as such. On the WikiTree profile page of his father, Jesse Pugh, Mastin's middle name is listed as Bell. There is no documented source for this version of his middle name either. Until a documented source, something other than family trees, is found, genealogical standards require leaving his middle name as the initial "B".

Slaves

enslaved : transfer intended per father's will (probate should be checked to confirm transfer): girl Charity, and boy Nelson

Census Records

Sources

1. ↑ 1873 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Greenville Advocate (Greenville, Alabama) Thu, Feb 13, 1873, page 3
   
2. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Laurens District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 50; Page: 38; Image: 81; Family History Library Film: 181425
3. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 187; Image: 00030; Family History Library Film: 0181420
4. ↑ 1830; Census Place: Conecuh, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 3; Page: 96; Family History Library Film: 0002330
5. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Pike, Alabama; Roll: 13; Page: 170b; Line Number: 28
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16642296 (accessed 25 May 2023)
   Martin B Pugh (55), Farmer, in Pike, Alabama, USA. Born in South Carolina.
6. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Precinct 14, Butler, Alabama; Roll: M653_3; Page: 42; Family History Library Film: 803003
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #12803702 (accessed 25 May 2023)
   M B Pugh (63), Farmer, in Precinct 14, Butler, Alabama. Born in South Carolina.