David B. Givens

David B Givens BIRTH unknown Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 1850 USA BURIAL Body lost or destroyed

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David B. Givens was a veteran of the War of 1812, per U.S. military documents.

David B. Givens of Braxton county, West Virgina married Catherine LeMaster November 12, 1816, in Nicholas county, West Virgina. The Givens family came from Ireland. David owned land around Sutton, West Virgina. They raised seven daughters and one son.

The Given family along with several other families, took a flatboat along the Elk River to Cincinnati, Ohio. The families sold the boat and took a steamer along the Ohio and Missouri Rivers to Westport Landing, now part of Kansas City. They went on to Olathe, where they lived until after the Civil War.

The Given family and related families then came to Washington county then to the Bond's Mill area.

Where he is buried is unknown.

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