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Thomas MASON

Thomas MASON

Male 1834 - 1864  (~ 30 years)

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  • Name Thomas MASON 
    Born CA 1834  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co F, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [3] 
    Census 1850  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1858  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Aug 1864  Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Wife Pleasy filed for a widow's pension on Nov 12 1864.
    Buried PLOT 4276  Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I94805  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2023 

    Father Daniel MASON,   b. 11 Jan 1813,   d. 12 Feb 1860, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Rachel DICKEN,   b. 8 May 1815,   d. 21 Oct 1865  (Age 50 years) 
    Family ID F40969  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pleasy LEESON,   b. Apr 1824,   d. 17 May 1906  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
      Thomas Mason, 26, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $1200, value of personal property $662; Plesy, 27, b. Va; William, 1.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 21 1870:
      Pleasy Mason, 46, b. Va now WVa, value of real estate $1500, value of personal property $300; Thomas L, 7, b. Va now WVa.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Pleasy Mason, 56, b. Va, widowed; son Thomas L, 17.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      T L Mason, 37, b. May 1863, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Alice, 30, b. Nov 1869, married 15 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Creed, 15, b. Apr 1885; son N E, 13, b. Nov 1886; dau Dollie A, 11, b. Aug 1888; dau Emma, 9, b. Mar 1891; son W G, 2, b. Jun 1897; mother Pleasy, 76, b. Apr 1824 in Va, widowed, mother of 2 children (1 still living); boarder J. C. Cunningham (male), 63, b. Feb 1837, single.
    Children 
    +1. Thomas L. MASON,   b. May 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age ~ 81 years)
    Family ID F40968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S2178] 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA.

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790607&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas Mason, 24, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Daniel & Rachel Mason; and Pleasy Leason, 24, b. Greene Co Pennsylvania, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Mary Leason. Married Mar 25 1858 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Wife's age 24 would put birth in about 1834, but age 23 in 1850 Census puts it in about 1827, while 1870, 1880 & 1900 censuses indicate 1824. The 1900 Census specifies April 1824. All censuses indicate a birthplace of (West) Virginia.)