John was born in 1832 to parents James Mason and Jane Meritt. He married Malinda Angeline Fox in 1867. Their marriage was blessed with two sons. James and William. John passed away in 1891 and was laid to rest at Old Grove Cemetery in Beechgrove, Coffee County, Tennessee.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCDC-QBB : 12 April 2016), John Mason in household of James Mason, Coffee county, Coffee, Tennessee, United States; citing family 123, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSLG-12X : 9 March 2018), John H. Mason in entry for William Ewin Mason, 16 Oct 1955; citing Cemetery, Rutherford, Tennessee, cn 23309, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,512,782.
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