Editing Edgar Lee Masters (section)

===Family history===
Edgar's father was Hardin Wallace Masters, whose father was Squire Davis Masters, whose father was Thomas Masters, whose father was Hillery Masters, the son of Robert Masters (born c. 1715, [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], the son of William W. Masters and wife Mary Veatch Masters). Edgar Lee Masters wrote in his autobiography, ''Across Spoon River'' (1936), that his ancestor Hillery Masters was the son of "Knotteley" Masters, but family genealogies show that Hillery and Notley Masters were, in fact, brothers.<ref>Charles Burgess, "The Maryland-Carolina Ancestry of Edgar Lee Masters", ''The Great Lakes Review'', vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall 1982-Spring 1983), pp. 51–80.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>