Born in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Albert Mason
and Clara L (Dayton) Mason
Sister of
Roberta (Mason) Newlon, Bruce Lee Mason, Jesse Mason, Cora (Mason) Cooper, [private sister (1880s - 1940s)], Charles Abraham Mason, Elnora (Mason) Wolfe, Nathan Goff Mason, Wade Hampton Mason and Thomas Albert Mason Jr.
Wife of
Harrison Seymour Hammond
— married
16 Oct 1896 in Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Clara Elizabeth (Hammond) Swiger, Charles Custer Hammond and Emza Hermance (Hammond) Cogar
Died
at age 30
in Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2015
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Biography
Emza was born 5 April 1877 in Harrison County, West Virginia.[1] She was the daughter of Thomas Albert Mason and Clara L. Dayton.
She married Harrison Seymour Hammond on 16 October 1896 in Ritchie County in a ceremony performed by Samuel Reese.[2]
Emza died on 5 November 1907 in Ritchie County,[3] and she is buried there in the King Knob Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Emza's full date of birth is carved on her grave stone. The date is consistent with her age in the 1880 census, when she lived in her parents' household in Harrison County. Teresa LeMaster Fordyce, "Emza D. “Emmie” Mason Hammond," Memorial no. 134407593, posted 16 August 2014; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134407593/emza-d.-hammond : accessed October 2018). 1880 U.S. Census, Harrison County, West Virginia, population schedule, Union District, enumeration district 116, stamped page 319B, sheet 38, dwelling 330, family 331, Thomas Mason household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBP-HLY?i=37&cc=1417683 : accessed October 2018); citing National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1404.
- ↑ Ritchie County Marriage Register 1843–1900: 93, no. 101, Harrison S. Hammond and Emza D. Mason, 16 October 1896; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540606&Type=Marriage : accessed October 2018).
- ↑ Emza's death record has not been located. It may not have been registered. Her full date of death is carved on her grave stone. Teresa LeMaster Fordyce, "Emza D. “Emmie” Mason Hammond," Memorial no. 134407593, posted 16 August 2014; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134407593/emza-d.-hammond : accessed October 2018).
- ↑ Teresa LeMaster Fordyce, "Emza D. “Emmie” Mason Hammond," Memorial no. 134407593, posted 16 August 2014; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134407593/emza-d.-hammond : accessed October 2018).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emza:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emza:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Sharon (Shockey) Wetzel 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M962225 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #356718
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Gayle (Conaway) Haines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A851905 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A851905 [compare], FTDNA kit #B11955
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~1.56%
Robert Conaway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A566164 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A566164 [compare], FTDNA kit #363504
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~1.56%
William Conaway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A279305 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A279305 [compare], FTDNA kit #363505
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Cathy (Conaway) Senko :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A668726 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A668726 [compare], FTDNA kit #B15250
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jeff Haines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A553546 [compare], Ancestry member hainesjeff1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A553546 [compare], FTDNA kit #344940
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Chris Haines :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T109230 [compare], FTDNA kit #424955
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