Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Mason was born on 10 March 1792, in Guilford College, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Mason, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Louise Scally, was 23. He married Griselda Elliott on 22 May 1816, in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1831 and Jackson Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 21 September 1863, in Town of Ironton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Town of Ironton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Thos Mason, "United States Census, 1860"
- 1816: Thomas Mason, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Thomas Mason in entry for Mahala Evangeline Fraser, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1792–1863 Male
1809–1875 Female
Children (8)
1832–1912 Male
1834–1898 Female
1837–1914 Male
1841–1888 Female
1842–1918 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1760–1828 Male
1770–1849 Female
Siblings (4)
1787–1849 Female
1792–1863 Male
1795–1839 Male
1799–1872 Male
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 2
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
Age 7
1812
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.
Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .
Altered form of French Masson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
Merton Edwin Krug, History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley (Sauk Co., WI)
"1853--No year in the early annals of pioneering brought more permanent settlers into the Little Baraboo Valley, than this. Many of them were Quakers, and hailed from the aguey lowland of India …
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