James
Rankin
Mason
Born in Madison County, KY
Ancestors 
Son of John Calvin Mason
and Nancy (Snoddy) Mason
Brother of
Samuel R. Mason
Husband of
Margaret Jane (Cochran) Mason
— married
24 Oct 1844 in Madison County, KY
Descendants 
Father of
William James Mason, Sarah Martha (Mason) Black, Mary Jane Mason, John C. Mason, Nancy Frances Mason, Robert C. Mason, Gilbert Gordon Mason, James Rankin Mason and Walker Mason
Died
at age 81
in Madison County, KY
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jan 2016
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Biography
Sources
- Unpublished Mason Genealogy by Walker Stuart in possession of Margaret Mason Engelhardt
- Deed 1857, bought 392 AC farm on Silver Creek from Robt Cochran, $17,000.
- Dec 1857, Sold his father in law's land on Silver Creek
- Will Dated 1 Jan 1892, codicil added 1 Jan 1897, Robt C Mason, exec.
- Deed 1892, James R sold his home and farm to son Robt C but lived there until his death.
- Will Probated 3 Nov 1902, Madison Co, KY Book 2
- Inventory 14 Nov 1902 Madison Co, KY Book 6
Richmond, KY cemetery section 'J' Mason lot
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG3-5X2C : 13 December 2015), James Rankin Mason, 1902; Burial, Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States of America, Richmond Cemetery; citing record ID 114734270, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Marilyn (Ellsworth) Brown
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T1a1, FTDNA kit #B776468
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~12.50%
Margaret (Mason) Engelhardt :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~6.25%
Loralein (Crooke) Hendershott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AA5274868 [compare], Ancestry member loraleinl1
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Living DNA, GEDmatch AA5274868 [compare]
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~3.12%
David Conn :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Cindi Bonney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HD5059756 [compare], Ancestry member Cindi_McNabb
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