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Benjamin Kaster (son of James Kaster and Ruth Unknown) was born January 24, 1797 in North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pa., and died July 27, 1854 in Ripley County, Indiana.He married (1) Agnes Bennet on July 24, 1817.He married (2) Nancy Ellen Funkhouser on November 18, 1825, daughter of Jacob Funkhouser and Nancy Ann Showalter.
More About Benjamin Kaster:
Burial: Unknown, Boucher Cemetery, ( just outside Napoleon, Indiana)..
Residence: 1835, Left Beaver County, and settled in Ripley County, Indiana..
More About Benjamin Kaster and Agnes Bennet:
Marriage: July 24, 1817
More About Benjamin Kaster and Nancy Ellen Funkhouser:
Marriage: November 18, 1825
Children of Benjamin Kaster and Agnes Bennet are:
  1. +James Kaster, b. April 23, 1818, Beaver County, Pa., d. July 11, 1892, Aurora, Indiana.
  2. William Kaster, b. February 15, 1820, Beaver County, Pa., d. March 09, 1871, Moravia, Iowa.
  3. +Robert Castor, b. February 25, 1822, Beaver County, Pa., d. October 06, 1895, Rathburn, Iowa.
  4. Solomon Kaster, b. March 04, 1824, Pa., d. June 09, 1824.

Children of Benjamin Kaster and Nancy Ellen Funkhouser are:
  1. +Jacob Kaster, b. September 03, 1826, Beaver County, Pa., d. September 24, 1908.
  2. +Ruth Kaster, b. January 12, 1828, Beaver County, Pa., d. June 29, 1904, Aurora, Dearborn County,Indiana.
  3. Benjamin Kaster, b. April 09, 1829, Beaver County, Pa., d. September 01, 1836.
  4. +David Kaster, b. March 17, 1831, Beaver County, Pa., d. July 23, 1904, Aurora, Indiana.
  5. +Samuel Kaster, b. April 26, 1833, Beaver County, Pa., d. April 17, 1897.
  6. +Elizabeth Kaster, b. March 15, 1835, Indiana, d. January 29, 1914, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.
  7. +Nancy Kaster, b. February 09, 1837, Ripley County, Indiana, d. May 21, 1918, Wellington, Kansas.
  8. Margaret Kaster, b. June 15, 1839, Ripley County, Indiana, d. August 05, 1842.
  9. +John Kaster, b. July 07, 1841, Ripley County, Indiana, d. March 13, 1909, Centerville, Iowa.
  10. Rebecca Kaster, b. January 31, 1843, Ripley County, Indiana, d. date unknown.
  11. Perry Kaster, b. October 21, 1844, Ripley County, Indiana, d. March 19, 1863.
  12. Sarah Ann Kaster, b. January 21, 1847, d. August 27, 1854.
  13. Joseph Kaster, b. April 18, 1849, Ripley County, Indiana, d. August 22, 1854.
  14. Mary Kaster, b. April 18, 1849, Ripley County, Indiana, d. August 08, 1850.