Elijah Lemaster ¹⁰¹

  General Notes:

From the History of Nodaway Co., MO.

Elijah LAMASTER was of French descent and was one of the early settlers of Kentucky. He was a very prominent man and was well liked by all who knew him.

NOTES from Barbara Bartels:

There were two Elijah Lemasters born about the same time, one to Isaac and Sarah Ann (Stultz) Lemaster, and one to Eleazer and Machell (Tackett) Lemaster. The first Elijah, above, was born in Kentucky. The second Elijah, above, was born in Amherst Co., Virginia. The census records of the Elijah listed here give his birth twice as Kentucky, and once as PA, which may have been a mistake for VA. I still am not certain that Eleazer Lemaster is the father of Elijah, but two correspondents accept it as so. According to census records, only one of the Elijah's survived to adulthood. Elijah followed the migration pattern of the other children of Eleazer and Machell Lemaster.
Since the Lemasters were in Kentucky as early as 1783, Elijah probably was born in Fayette or Bourbon counties, if he is the son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Lemaster. Elizabeth Ghent, whom he married about 1807, was also born in Kentucky.
Most of the children of Elijah and Elizabeth used the spelling of Lemaster, but Benjamin changed the spelling to Lamaster.
Elijah probably lived in the same location all his life, but different Counties had jurisdiction, as they were formed.
Son Ambrose stayed near the farm of Elijah, perhaps farmed it. Son Isaac went to Oregon in 1852. Daughter Hester and her husband were in the 1850-60-70 census of Greenup Co., Ky, and she died in Breathitt County, KY, probably in 1892.

Elijah married Elizabeth Gent about 1805 in Knox Co., KY. (Elizabeth Gent was born about 1788 in Kentucky and died after 1860 in Magoffin Co., KY.)