Johnson P. Mast

1823 - Aft 1880  (> 58 years)

• Name	Johnson P. Mast  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	22 Feb 1823	, , OH, USA   [2, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1880	Of Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA
  Person ID	I14548	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Absalom Mast,   b. Nov 1796, , Randolph, NC, USA d. 15 Dec 1877, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary John,   b. 5 Mar 1799, Little Cove, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Aug 1846, Union Twp., Montgomery, OH (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Sep 1817	, Montgomery, OH, USA   [2, 7]
  Family ID	F2967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Dye,   b. 1839, Miami, Ohio, USA d. Aft 1880, Of Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA (Age > 42 years)
  Marriage	1859	Miami, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F5069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Johnson P. Mast is in the 1880 Ohio census in Miami Co., Union Twp. on p. 365b. He lists his birth place as Ohio and both his parent's as North Carolina. (This is probably incorrect as other data I have on his mother, Mary Johnn, sayss born in Pennsylvania.) He lived with his wife, Caroline, and children Lola, Dora D, and Hattie M. (C-385) He and his brother Wesley founded the Ohio Lightning Rod Co. in West Milton, Ohio as well as invented the circuit system of lightning rods that gained worldwide usage. In the 1870 census for Union Twp., Miami Co, Ohio, he is listed as being employed in putting up lightning rods. (C-374, 756, EL) He lived next to George W. and Marcus Lafayette Harb in this 1870 census.

  
  

• Sources

  [S236] The History of Miami County, Ohio (W.H. Beers & Co., 1880). [S192] "Absalom Mast's Old Bible" (Unpublished). [S462] Mast, Christian Zook, Mast Family History originally published under the title: ""A Brief History of Bishop Jacob Mast and Other Mast Pioneers" published in 1911. (parts transcribed and forwarded by Christie at CoonDavisTrees@aol.com). [S2514] "First Lightening Rods Made at Early West Milton Shop", Troy Daily News, unknown date. [S464] Montgomery Co. Ohio Chacery Records (copy located at the Ohio Historical Society Library in Columbus, Ohio). [S190] Ireton, Judith, Beside the Stillwater (Biweekly feature published in "The Independent" around 1978). [S191] Bible belonging to Jane Mast Pickering. [S1829] 1870 US Federal Population Census (www.ancestry.com).