Benjamin LaMaster

Benjamin LaMaster, a widely known farmer and stock dealer in Henry County, was born in the county near, New Castle, January 10, 1827, and is of French descent. He is the third child 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 in an early day [This is incorrect. His paternal grandfather was James LaMaster who probably came from Charles County, Maryland.], settling in Henry County, where he resided until his death. He took 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 was an active part of 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, on of Kentucky’s early pioneers. Five sons and one daughter were born to this union: Walter, a graduated 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, Kentucky; Benjamin I., student of the Columbia University, Boone County, Mo., and Mattie. Mr. LaMaster politically is a Democrat, as is a member of the Christian Church Campbellsburg. He has a farm of 284 acres on the New Castle and Carrollton Turnpike.