1795 - 1888

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• Birth	24 Sep 1795	Ontario Cy,Ny
  Gender	Male
  Died	1888
  Buried	Greenwood Cty.,Kilbourne,Brown Twp.,Oh
  Person ID	I90509	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Family	Aminda HUMPHREY, b. 25 May 1792, West Simsbury,Ct
  Married	12 Feb 1818	Ohio
  Children	1. Robert MCMASTER, b. 23 Dec 1818, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh   2. Horace Plumb MCMASTER, b. 20 Dec 1821, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh > 3. William Ambrose MCMASTER, b. 8 Sep 1823, Goshen,Champaign County,Ohio
  Family ID	F39496	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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

• Sources

  [S1617] GEDCOM File : ckhoke.ged, Carolyn Hoke (fvano@earthlink.net), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=ckhoke&id=I261), 24 Jan 2004.