From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

E. I. Masterson was a merchant-tailor in Louisville, KY, having learned his trade at Tuskegee Institute [now Tuskegee University]. He was the leading African American tailor in the city; Masterson had an expensive line of clothing that was marketed toward whites.

Edward I. Masterson died in Louisville, KY, and is buried in the Louisville Cemeter. He was born in Danville, KY, the son of Timothy Sr. and Lucinda Givens Masterson. 

For more see Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930, by G. C. Wright, p. 95; C. L. Masterson, "Merchant tailoring," Records of the National Negro Business League, Part 1 Annual Conference Proceedings and Organizational Records, 1900-1919, 5th Annual Convention, Indianapolis, IN, August 31 - September 2, 1904, reel 1, frames 412-413; Edward I. Masterson at Find A Grave; .