Maston Liley1

M, #1758, b. 26 May 1826, d. 8 July 1906
Pedigree
Relationship
3rd great-grandfather of Tracy Deon Liley
Father*Henry Lyerle Sr2 b. 3 Jan 1786, d. 23 Nov 1857
Mother*Mary Fite2 d. b 1850
Charts
Solomon Lyerly Descendants
Johann Jacob Meisenheimer Descendants
Military
Union
Maston Liley Headstone
     
Liley-Lyerly and Related Families
by Howard B. Liley

THE FIRST LILEY OF MISSOURI
MASTON LILEY (16)

Maston Liley, the FIRST LILEY OF MISSOURI, was born in Union County Illinois 26 MAY 1826, died 8 JUL 1906 in Bollinger County Missouri and was buried in the Ephraim Maston Myers Cemetery, also known as the MMUX" Myers Cemetery. Mux was a nickname for Maston.
Maston Liley married Angeline (Hartline) on 1 AUG 1852 in Union County Illinois. Maston and Angeline moved from the vicinity of Wolf Lake, Union Co. IL with one daughter, Martha, to settle land in Bollinger County approximately six miles southwest of Lutesville in about 1854. Their children born in Bollinger County were: Eva, Barbra, Ephraim, Adam Melvin, David Monroe, Henry and Rita. Some family records and census state that Martha was born in Bollinger County MO.
Both Angeline and Eva's names were probably Evangeline. The family could distinguish between the two by their nicknames. Martha was called "Mattie".
After Angeline's death in about 1877 Maston married Mary Ann (Maloney) on 9 DEC 1877. She bore him three children: William, Pinkney, and Mary Belle. According to JoAn (McCormick) Liley, wife of Harry P. Liley, Maston (she called him the old duffer) was married about four or five times but she could not remember any of his wives names. I asked my mother if Maston really married all of these wives or were they housekeepers. She said that Maston was an extremely strict and proper old German gentleman. In fact he was so strict that wives found it impossible to live with him.
Maston married Mary E. Williams on 28 OCT 1891 shortly after Mary Ann died. Mary E. Williams was born in FEB 1838 and died about 1901. Maston married Catherine Eaker on 9 JUL 1901. Catherine either died before Maston in 1906 or they were separated. There were no children by these last two marriages.
Found in the Union County IL Clerk's office records of Heirs-at-Law of Henry Lyerlie were the heirs, Maston and his married sister Sena Myers. This proves that Maston and Sena are children of Henry Lyerlie.
According to the family record received from Maston's granddaughter, Mrs Adell Hartle, Maston's first wife's name was Mary Hartline. Could her full name have been Mary Evangeline (Hartline)?
Maston entered and purchased land in Township 30, Range 9 at the government land office at Ironton MO. Maston's name was spelled Leyerle on these documents recorded 17 May 1855, 23 FEB 1857, 1 APR 1858, 1 SEP 1859 and other dates.
Maston lived in a log house a few hundred feet south, up the hill, from David Liley's house and spring. The heirs of David still own the farm but do not live there.
Maston's farm like all the farms in the area was of the self sustaining type. Maston raised almost everything he needed and bought only the essentials not available at home. He raised a few cows for milk, a few hogs for meat, a few chickens for eggs and meat, grain and hay for the horses and cows. There was no large scale production for shipment outside the local community. Eggs, chickens, and hogs were sold in town in quantity sufficient to purchase essential supplies. Sorghum molasses was one product Maston made on several occasions and sold for cash. Family legend says that the sorghum was more for Maston and his friends than for the profit. The big export from the area was rail road ties.

Maston served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was forced into the service by a guerilla war band. Both Yankee and Rebel war bands operated all along these border states.
Many family records and all that Maston left were burned when David's house burned in the early 1940's. Maston deeded all of his sons some farm land. Pinkney got the home place, David recieved land along the creek where he built a house. Pinkney sold his eighty acres of land to David for seven hundred dollars and never again owned land. Pinkney moved around the community renting a farm where ever he could find one.
Between the little branch in front of David's house and the yard and rail fence (long gone) that goes around the field was a road that passed Maston's house. The road went past the Gregory School to the Point Pleasant General Baptist Church and on to Charley Liley's old place, then on to George Avery Smith's farm. Turning left the road passed Ephraim "Bud" Lileyfs farm.
Angeline was born about 1832 in Illinois, probably in Union County, and died about 1877 in Bollinger County MO. She was buried in the Myers Cemetery with Maston buried next to her.



Information from my mother's notes. Howard B. Liley, St. Peters MO / 1987.3


     Maston Liley was born on 26 May 1826 Union, Illinois, USA.2 He was the son of Henry Lyerle Sr and Mary Fite.2 Other sources show Maston Liley was born on 25 May 1826 in Union County, Illinois, USA.4 Other sources show Maston Liley was born in Missouri, USA.5
     Maston Liley was also known as Marston Liley.5
     Maston Liley married Anna E Hartline, Union, Illinois, USA, on 1 Aug 1852.5,2,4
     Maston Liley served in the Confederacy during the US Civil War. There was no source informaiton in this book. Since I later found Maston Liley in the 1890 Veterans Census it is much more likely he served for the Union.2
     Maston Liley served in the War Between the States for the Union army. He enlisted 13 Aug 1864 . He served in the 79 Missouri Calvary Company A as a Private.6
     Maston Liley was discharged from active military duty on 3 Mar 1865.6
     Maston Liley married Mary Ann Maloney, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, on 9 Dec 1877.2,7
     Maston Liley married Mary D Unknown.7
     Maston Liley married Mary E Unknown.7
     An unknown person married Maston Liley, and son of Henry Lyerle Sr and Mary Fite, in Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, in Jul 1901.8
     The following item appeared in The Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, on 10 Jul 1901
Maston Liley and Mrs. Catherine Eaker were granted license to marry one day this week. Mr Liley is 74 years old and is yet a very active man and one of our best citizens. Local News
(an unknown value.)8


     Maston died on 8 Jul 1906 in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, at age 80.2,4 He was buried in the Myers Cemetery located in Bollinger County, Illinois, USA.2
Maston Liley Headstone

     His obituary was published on Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, on 12 Jul 1906
Maston Liley died at his home on Cane Creek, July 7, aged 80 years. Mr Liley was an excellent citizen and was highly respected by al who knew him. Lutesville News.
(an unknown value.)9
Last Edited=7 Jan 2023

Children of Maston Liley and Anna E Hartline

Children of Maston Liley and Mary Ann Maloney

Citations

  1. [S1445] Howard B and Amelia H Liley, Liley-Lyerly and Related Families; Page(s) 284; Published: St Peter's, Missouri July 1988 (Document Source Number: L01757-1988-07-00-284).
  2. [S1447] Howard B and Amelia H Liley, Liley-Lyerly and Related Families; Page(s) 279; Published: St Peter's, Missouri July 1988 (Document Source Number: L01758-1988-07-00-279).
  3. [S1453] Howard B and Amelia H Liley,"E FIRST LILEY OF MISSOURI -- Maston Liley" in Liley-Lyerly and Related Families; Page(s) 70-71; Published: St Peter's, Missouri July 1988 (Document Source Number: L01758-1988-07-00-70).
  4. [S1449] Howard B and Amelia H Liley, Liley-Lyerly and Related Families; Page(s) 463; Published: St Peter's, Missouri July 1988 (Document Source Number: L03502-1988-07-00-463).
  5. [S687] Ephriam Liley (#1757), Death Certificate file no. 39120 registration no. 24 (December 28, 1933), http://www.sos.mo.gov/, Missouri State Archives, 600 W. Main, PO Box 1747, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA, at . Hereinafter cited as Death Certificate.
  6. [S1793] Unknown household household, June 2, 1890 U.S. Federal Census, Bollinger County, Missouri, population schedule, town of Lorance, enumeration district (ED) 6, supervisor's district (SD) 2a, sheet unknown sheetnumber, dwelling 138, family 138, National Archives micropublication . Viewed at www.ancestry . (Document Source Number: L01758-1890-06-02-01). Hereinafter cited as Liley, Maston (1758) 1890 Veterans Census.
  7. [S1448] Howard B and Amelia H Liley, Liley-Lyerly and Related Families; Page(s) 280; Published: St Peter's, Missouri July 1988 (Document Source Number: L01758-1988-07-00-280).
  8. [S1537] Transcribed by Jane Reilly Purcell, "Newspaper Abstracts," Marble Hill Press, III, Page: 39, File Number: GC 977.801 D63pu V 1-6 (Published: 1994) Viewed: 2007. (Document Source Number: 01758-1901-07-10-01).
  9. [S1539] Transcribed by Jane Reilly Purcell, "Newspaper Abstracts," Marble Hill Press, IV, Page: 2,6,7,12,13,18,19,22,48,51,53,81, File Number: GC 977.801 B63pu V 1-6 (Published: 1995) Viewed: 2007. (Document Source Number: 03499-1905-01-19-01).