Charity Stephenson (Lemasters)

Bio in her sister, Catherine's memorial*:

"She was one of 10 daughters of Benjamin Lemaster, a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia. He served as an express rider for Gen. George Washington many times.

Following the war, he lived at Buck's Garden, in Nicholas County, West Virginia [then Virginia], the remainder of his life. He is was born in 1756 and died in 1837. He is buried near Summersville, in Nicholas County, West Virginia. [became WV in 1863]

The LeMaster families were said to have left France to escape the religious wars."

A second bio in her sister, Rebecca's memorial:

"Her father, Benjamin Lemasters moved to Nicholas county in 1789 or 90 and bought land in Bucks Garden where he reared a family of ten children --all daughters--the last surviving one being Rebecca. All the girls married in this and adjoining counties, and left behind a numerous progeny, highly respected. [She] was born on the same farm purchased by her father."

• THE WESTERN OBSERVER, The Washington County News, Thursday, June 6, 1985 Page B1.

DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION HONOR GIVENS Descendants of Catherine Lemaster-Givens gathered June 1 at Emmons Cemetery for a dedication ceremony to honor Givens as a Patriot's Daughter. The dedication was conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution from the Shawnee Mission Chapter and the Arthur Barrett Chapter in Marysville.

During the ceremony a plaque which stands near Givens grave was unveiled. It reads, "Catherine Lemaster-Givens, 1799-1885, daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier, placed by the Shawnee Mission Chapter DAR."