In the Winter of 1836, he traveled from Milwaukee west into the wilderness of the Wisconsin Territory with his daughter and a number of other settlers.
In January 1837, he erected a rough shanty on the property and prepared to establish a farm, while his daughter Emogene kept the house.
His district comprised all of Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, and Sauk counties, and elected three at-large representatives.
[2] After his term in the territorial legislature, Master's was elected a justice of the peace and coroner of Jefferson County.
[1] After Wisconsin statehood, Masters became involved in the founding of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, and served as an officer in that organization in the 1850s and 1860s.