Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Calvin Mason    
                Born: Sep-12-1853           1,2
                Died: Mar-13-1929          in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  1,3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father: Abraham Mason 
              Mother: Emza Newlon 
                Wife: Armedia Bell   4  
             Married: Oct-24-1878          in Harrison Co, WV  5
                Born: Jun-  -1856           6,2
                Died: 1934                  2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Icy Mason      
                Born: 1879                  7
           M Child 2: Truman Ainsworth Mason      
                Born: Jun-26-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,1 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-19-1935          in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  1
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: Apr-  -1900          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
          Occupation:                      stockman and farmer  10,11,1
                Wife: Maude Jane McClain  b. Jun-13-1884  d. Jan- 9-1952  
         Census name: Maud J. 
             Married: Apr-27-1900          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           M Child 3: Baxter Mason      
                Born: Jan-24-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  12,13,6,9
                Died: May- 5-1962          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  12,13
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  12,3
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 laborer at odd jobs  11
                Wife: Minnie M. Swisher  b. Oct-  -1888  
             Married: Sep- 8-1910          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           M Child 4: Arley Mason      
                Born: May-13-1889          at Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  14,15,16
                Died: Nov-  -1976           16
             Resided:                      in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  16
             Resided: 1972                 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV  17
             Resided: 1917                 at Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  14
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1917                 farming  14
          Occupation: 1910                 farm laborer (working out)  11
                Wife: Mary Pearl Snider  b. Nov- 3-1892  d. Nov-10-1972  
       Also known as: Pearl Snyder 18
             Married: Nov- 6-1913          in Doddridge Co, WV  18,17

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Birth record of son. 
(5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(7) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District). 
(8) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) Birth record of daughter. 
(11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) Headstone. 
(14) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(16) Social Security Death Index. 
(17) Obituary of wife. 
(18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1880, but death record states Jun 26
1881.  Birthplace given in his marriage record and in the birth record of his
daughter as Harrison County, but his birth and.death records show it as
Doddridge County.







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