Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

BENJAMIN LAMASTER, a widely known farmer and stock dealer of Henry County,
was born in that county, near New Castle, January 10, 1827, and is of
French descent.  He is the third of a family of five sons and three
daughters, born to Abram and Letitia (Tyler) Lamaster.  His father was a
native of Henry County, born in 1800, and by occupation was a well-to-do
farmer and trader.  He was a member of the Christian Church, and died in
Henry County in 1845.  Mrs. Letitia Lamaster was a native of Henry County,
born in 1800, and died in April, 1885.  Subject's paternal Grandfather,
Joseph Lamaster, came from Virginia to Kentucky in an early day, settling
in Henry County, where he resided until his death.  He took an active part
in the war of 1812, in the command of William Butler.  His maternal
grandfather, Charles Tyler, was a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky when
it was yet a part of the Virginia colony, and lived in Boonesboro for some
time.  He took an active part in the war of 1812, and participated in the
battle of Tippecanoe, Ind., and Fort Moultrie, in the command of William O.
Butler of Kentucky.  The early life of our subject was passed on the farm,
and his education was received in the common schools of Henry County.  He
was married, January 15, 1852, to Sophronia Scott, daughter of William
Scott, one of Kentucky's early pioneers.  Five sons and one daughter were
born to this union: Walter, a graduate of Valparaiso, Ind., and of the
Kentucky School of Medicine; John T., a graduate of Eminence, and now
principal of a graded school in Boone County; Zachary H., a graduate of
Transylvania University, Lexington; Benjamin I., student at the Columbia
University, Boone County, Mo., and Mattie.  Mr. Lamaster politically is a
Democrat, and is a member of the Christian Church of Campbellsburg.  He
has a farm of 284 acres on the New Castle and Carrollton Turnpike.

Lamaster Tyler Butler Scott
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Boone-MO VA

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