Edgar
Lee
Masters
Born in Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alexander Dexter Masters and Madeline (Masters) Stone
Husband of
Ellen Frances (Coyne) Masters
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Helen Mary Jenkins
— married
21 Jun 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Madeline (Masters) Gebhart and HIlary Thomas Masters
Died
at age 81
in Melrose Park, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2013
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Biography
Edgar Masters is Notable.
Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868–March 5, 1950) was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.
Born on August 23, 1868 to Emma J. Dexter and Hardin Wallace Masters in Garnett, Kansas, his father had briefly moved to set up a law practice. The family soon moved back to his paternal grandparents' farm near Petersburg in Menard County, Illinois. In 1880 they moved to Lewistown, Illinois, where he attended high school and had his first publication in the Chicago Daily News. The culture around Lewistown, in addition to the town's cemetery at Oak Hill, and the nearby Spoon River were the inspirations for many of his works, most notably Spoon River Anthology, his most famous and acclaimed work.
Edgar's father was Hardin Wallace Masters, whose father was Squire Davis Masters, whose father was Thomas Masters, whose father was Hillery Masters, and his father was Robert Masters who was born c.1715 in Prince George's County, Maryland.[1]
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See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #682 - Oakland Cemetery in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois
- Wikidata: Item Q468247
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