John R. Mason

Brief Life History of John R.

When John R. Mason was born on 20 October 1852, in Alabama, United States, his father, John Randolf Mason, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Amanda Gamble, was 20. He lived in Ward Two, De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1870 and De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 9 June 1915, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

John Randolf Mason
1825–1895
Nancy Amanda Gamble
1832–1908
John R. Mason
1852–1915
Nathaniel A. Mason
1856–1890
Nancy Amanda Mason
1856–1938
Samuel Samey Mason
1859–
Lillian Elizabeth Mason
1861–1923
William Hamilton Mason
1864–1939
Wilmina Jane Mason
1868–1934
Mattie D. Mason
1872–1960
Hall Beasley Mason
1874–1935

Sources (2)

  • J R Mason in household of J R Mason, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Mason in household of John R Mason, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union

Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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