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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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"
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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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