When Sinnia Virginia Mason was born on 8 January 1846, in Henry, Virginia, United States, her father, Christopher Columbus Mason, was 41 and her mother, Ruth Philpott, was 35. She married Claiborne Thompson Lawson on 14 August 1867, in Patrick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. She lived in Smith River District, Patrick, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 August 1895, in Patrick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Meadows of Dan, Patrick, Virginia, United States.
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Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 .
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