Jul-28-2018Husband: Jacob A. Mason Born: Jun-24-1825 in Washington Co, MD 1,2 Died: Mar-22-1910 1 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: 1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Military: Quartermaster Sgt, Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 5 (see note 1) Father: Mother: Other spouse 2 Other spouse 3
Wife: Jane Wilson 6
Born: Jul-13-1832 in Pennsylvania 1 Died: Sep-10-1884 1 Buried: in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7,3 Resided: in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Father: Benjamin L. Wilson (1808 - 1880) Mother: Martha Kelley (1810 - 1878)
M Child 1: William Anthony Mason Also known as: Anthony Mason 9 Born: Nov-30-1853 in Monongalia Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV) 10,11 (see note 2) Died: May-10-1939 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11,3 Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1900, 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Occupation: farmer 11 Wife: Mary Thomas b. ca 1858 Married: Oct-14-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Ethanissa Ellifritt b. May-14-1854 d. Mar-28-1942 Also known as: Ethanissa Ellifritts 12 Married: Feb-26-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 2: John Benjamin Mason Born: Jul-27-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Died: Mar- 8-1941 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Susan Saphrona Dotson b. Nov- 3-1864 d. Jan-26-1952 Married: Dec- 3-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 3: Lucinda J. Mason Born: Jan-20-1864 14 Died: May- 8-1884 1 Buried: in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7,3
F Child 4: Eliza R. Mason Born: Dec- 1-1865 14 Died: Nov- 1-1888 1 Buried: in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 5: Daniel T. Mason Also known as: D. T. Mason 1 Born: Dec-27-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,15 Died: Dec-23-1941 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3,15 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: 1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 17 Wife: Maud Riggs b. Jun-22-1879 d. Jul- 8-1944 Married: ca 1899 17
M Child 6: Henry Franklin "Frank" Mason Census name: Frank H. Mason Born: May-10-1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV 18,19 Died: Mar- 4-1952 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19 Buried: (unmarked) in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Cause of death: third degree burns from falling into fire at nursing home 19 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 19 Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1934 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1930 in Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 21 Resided: 1929 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19 Wife: Emma Eunice Leeson b. Sep-12-1875 d. Feb-21-1905 Census name: Emma E. Leeson Married: Oct-10-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Wife: Susan Ziller Williamson b. Nov-11-1886 d. Jun-28-1929 Also known as: Susan A. Williamson 18 Married: Feb-24-1907 at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 23 Wife: Emma Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gray b. May-15-1886 d. Sep-10-1963 Also known as: Elizabeth Gray 9 Married: May-24-1934 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 7: Laura Belle Mason Born: Nov- 7-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 18,3 Died: 1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Buried: in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Cause of death: tuberculosis 3 Husband: Davis Dotson b. ca 1863
F Child 8: Mary Virginia Mason Born: May- 1-1875 in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 24,25 Died: Nov-27-1961 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 24 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 24 Census: 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Francis Enoch Gaston b. Mar-13-1868 d. Oct-13-1950 Married: Aug-13-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 26,27,25
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793856&Type=Marriage. (5) Civil War Service Records,. (6) Obituary of daughter. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376. (9) Birth record of son. (10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Death record of husband. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (14) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (15) Headstone (year only) (16) Doddridge County Republican, 10/5/1916. (17) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (18) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1327248&Type=Death. (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11545532&Type=Marriage. (21) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (22) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as H. Frank Mason, 35, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and S. Zeller Williamson, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 24 1907 at Sunnyside, officiated by N. E. Duckworth, "a Local Preacher.", http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794181&Type=Marriage. (24) Obituary. (25) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 123. (26) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (27) Obituary of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Joined for duty on July 28 1863 in West Union, and mustered in as a Quartermaster Sergeant on Aug 29 1863 in Parkersburg. He mustered out with the company on March 8 1864 in Wheeling. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but in death record as Marion County. Name Index