Sinnia Virginia Mason

Brief Life History of Sinnia Virginia

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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Family Time Line

Claiborne Thompson Lawson
1834–1908
Sinnia Virginia Mason
1846–1895
Marriage: 14 August 1867
William Claiborne “Willie” Lawson
1868–1958
Anna Emmajean Lawson
1870–1940
Lillie Ruth Florence Lawson
1872–1954
Mattie L Lawson
1874–1944
Lucinda Mahala Eva Lawson
1877–1952
Mary Virginia Attieway Lawson
1879–1958
Beulah Bertie Lawson
1882–1996
Cora Mabel Claire Lawson
1886–1973
Angie Katherine Lawson
1890–1909

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  • Tina V Lausen in household of Clarborn T Lausen, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lina V Lawson, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • M V Lawson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (7)

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

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.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

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. 

1863

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

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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