Fron History of delaware County, by James R. Lytle, 1908:
The McMaster familyhas long been one of prominence in Delaware
County. Benjamin McMaster was bornwas born September 24, I795,
Ontario County, New York, and was the third in afamily of four children.
He was quite young when his father died,and in 1813located in Scioto
County, Ohio. There he operated the first saw-mill in the county, and
sawed the lumber used in the old State House in Columbus. In 1814 he
moved to the village of Worthington and lived in part of the house in
whichColonel Kilbourne kept tavern. In the latter part of the same year,
he came toDelaware County and cleared twenty acres for Dr. Warren. In
1817 he went to Champaign County, and the next year married a daughter
oE Lemuel G. Humphrey, of Liberty Township, Deleeare County, who lived
but a few years. Shortly afterward he again came to Delaware County and
bought 100 acres of land on Elm Creek, upon which he built a cabin of the
pioneer pattern, moving into it about teno'clock one cold December
night, when about fifteen inches of snow covered the ground. This is a
little evidence of the hardships of the pioneer days. Hisworldly
possessions at that time were one yoke of steers, one heifer, ten headof
young hogs, a dog, a small supply of household goods and provisions, and
fifty dollars in money. He cleared his farm, which was considered in
those days the finest improved and richest in Brown Township, it being
bottom land, which before the days of extensive drainage was not
subject to frequent inundation as at present. Benjamin McMaster resided
on this farm until 1851, when he moved to Ashley and erected a
warehouse and forming a business partnership, he continued in this
business until his death in 1888. By his first marriage, Benjamin had
three children, namely: Robert, Horace, who in 1852 bought the farm
settled on by his father, and William. His second marriage was with
Electa Perry, widow of William Perry, who had three children-Alvin,
Elmina, and PhilemonPerry. The children of Benjamin's second union
were Geore, Esther, Hiram, andEloisa. This hardy old pioneer treated his
own and the Perry children with the same kindness and consideration,
and assisted each to an excellent start inlife.

From Land Records of Delaware County:
Benjamin McMaster
This early pioneer of Delaware County was born in Pwego, New York,
September 24, 1795. hewas the third child in a family of four, whose
names wer David, Catherine, Benjamin, and Hugh. After the birth of
Benjamin his father, Robert McMaster, moved to Ontario County, New
York, where he soon died. Benjamin was at that time about five years old.
After her husband's death, Mrs. McMasters was twice married, to Messrs.
Curtice and Noble, respectively, by whom she had three children, whose
names wee Lewis and Louisa Curtice and Moses Noble. Before she left the
state she buried both her husbands.
In August, 1811, the family, with the exception of David, came West,
and located at Marietta, where they remained twoyears. Mr. B. McMaster
then removed to the Scioto River, five miles north ofthe little town of
Franklin, and worked for a time in a saw-mill, the first one built on the
river. In the spring of 1814 he moved to the village of Worhington. Aty
this place he assisted in putting in the dam for the Wortington
Manufacturing Company. In the fall of the same year he moved to
Delaware County, and in 1817 to Goshen Township, Champaign County. On
February 12, 1818, Mr. McMaster married Arminda, daughter of Lemuel G.
Humphrey, of Liberty Township, who emigrated from the state of
Connecticut in September, 1823. Mrs. McMaster died, leaving three
children, the oldest not quite five years old. After his wife's death, Mr.
McMaster returned to Delaware County, taking the children to their
mother's relatives. The mother of Mr. McMaster lived with him nearly a
year after his marriage; she then married, moving t

1. Robert MCMASTER b. 23 Dec 1818, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh; d. 23 Feb 1873.
2. Horace Plumb MCMASTER b. 20 Dec 1821, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh; d. 1900.
3. William Ambrose MCMASTER b. 8 Sep 1823, Goshen,Champaign County,Ohio; d. 1895.