Thomas Mason (1780 - 1850)

Born 17 Jul 1780 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Clemmons) Mason — married 1 Sep 1829 in Edwards Co., Illinois

Descendants

Died 1850 at about age 69 in Richland, Illinois, United States

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Biography - Thomas Mason 1780

The following excerpt details that Thomas farmed on "Sugar Creek Prairie" in 1820 at the age of 40 with his first wife. See ref. below.

EDWARDS COUNTY HISTORY On Sugar Creek Prairie, Sections 23,24,25,and 26, Robert and Neal Carpenter, James and Charles Hensley, Daniel Williams, John Clark, William Hughs, George Cross, John Crawford, and Marcus Wilson settled in 1818, and in the following year this settlement was increased by the addition of James Parker and Abraham Morrell, and in 1820 by Thomas Mason, William Nash and his brother.

All of Thomas' children shown on Wiki can be sourced in MyHeritage but both Wiki & MyHeritage do not have a mother, but the birthdates are the same. Thus Thomas' first spouse remains unknown. Thomas then married Elisabeth Brander, a widow of Clemmons.

Elisabeth was born in the Brander family in Virginia. Her first marriage was to Clemmons who has not yet been found. Elisabeth at age of 45 married Thomas Mason Sept 1 1829, to care for at least 4 minor children of Thomas. Elisabeth had only one child Reuben with Thomas as she was past child bearing with the birth of Reuben in December 1830. See MyHeritage as below.

From the research sites below, failed to really pinpoint "Sugar Creek Prairie", except that in 1820 & after the county was split several times.

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Sources

• https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees?itemId=74393001-3-40&action=showRecord

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_County,_Illinois

• https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=sugar+creek+prairie+illinois

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_County,_Illinois

• Source: S-1617552747 Repository: #R-1693567343 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12618517&pid=189
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• WikiTree profile Mason-2733 created through the import of Erin Dunshee_s Family Tree.ged on Sep 23, 2012 by Erin Stover. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Erin and others.

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