Dallas Mason

Brief Life History of Dallas

When Dallas Mason was born on 10 October 1860, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, his father, John Mason, was 21 and his mother, Zilpha Jane Sapp, was 39. He married Anna Williams on 23 January 1882, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Florence Election Precinct, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 26 September 1927, in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lava Hot Springs Cemetery, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dallas Mason
1860–1927
Anna Williams
1864–1920
Marriage: 23 January 1882
Bessie Annie Mason
1883–1967
Edward Mason
1885–1964
Henry Samuel Mason
1887–1931
Charles H Mason
1890–1959
Elizabeth A. Mason
1892–1983
Daisy "Dixie" Mason
1898–1976
Mason
1901–1901
Hazel May Mason
1901–1963

Sources (26)

  • A D Mason in household of J W Mason, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dallas Mason - Individual or family possessions: birth: 10 October 1860; Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
  • Dallas Mason, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Nebraska is the 37th state.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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.

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