Mastin "Asbury" Hinson was the father of Thomas Martin Hinson and the paternal grandfather of Calvin Asbury Hinson.  Asbury was described as being five feet seven inches tall with black hair, grey eyes and dark complexion. He married Lucinda Rushing (June 11, 1848 - 23 Oct 1928) on October 5, 1865.. He  served with the 18th Regiment of the Alabama Volunteers, Company H, during the Civil War from July 28, 1861 until June 1865.  He was paroled a Sergeant June 8, 1865.  Asbury was wounded in both legs when he was shot from his horse. His Civil War records indicate that he appeared on the Hospital Muster Roll, Cairsn Hospital, Columbus, Georgia October 31, 1864.  Calvin told the story that his grandfather was wounded when a miniball cut the leaders in his legs and at the same time, killed the horse he was on.

Asbury was a prominent citizen in Pike County, AL, owning farm land and parternship in a grist mill and cotton gin.  He was a member of the Beulah Primitive Baptist Church and served as Clerk of the church from 1902-1904.

Mastin and Lucinda raised a family of eight children: William Mastin, Thomas Martin, John Elbert, Joseph Richard, Jesse Cleveland, Carrie Lee Ola, Fannie Lou and Pollie.

On February 4,  1882, Mastin A. Hinson, was appointed guardian of Lizzie and Minnie, the two minor children ofWilliam Cain and Mary (French) Rushing. Lizzie and Minnie were the half sisters of his wife, Lucinda, and were  living in Pike County with their mother.

In 1904 Asbury and Lucinda sold their property in Pike County. They started west, going first to Quitman, Wood County, Texas. Asbury's brother had migrated to Texas prior to 1880 and lived in Pleasant Grove, Wood County, Texas. From Wood County, Asbury moved to Limestone County, living first at Tehuacana about 1905. From there they went to Watt, Texas, where Asbury had a grocery store and then to Prairie Hill, Texas, where he had a store.