Sketch of Samuel Givens, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** James Givens, of Augusta County, VA., had the following named child- ren: Robert, Samuel, James Jr., John, Benjamin and Martha. They all settled in Lincoln County, KY., in 1780. Benjamin married Hannah Riggs, of Kentucky, and settled in Howard County, MO., in 1821. John married Martha Robinson, of Kentucky. They had seven children: James, Margaret, Samuel, Robert, Jane, Alexander R. and Martha. Of these children, Martha and Margaret died single in Kentucky; Robert, Jane and Alexander married and settled in Johnson County, Missouri; Samuel married Sarah S. Organ, of Indiana, and came to Missouri in 1823, and in 1825 removed to St. Charles County. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. They had eight children, five of whom are living. Mr. Givens brought his wedding coat (a blue "pigeon-tail") with him when he came to Missouri, and his wedding boots, which had never been wet. He also brought the gammon stick which he used for hanging hogs at butchering time. These articles are still preserved in the family. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================