Ellen
Caroline
Mason
formerly Pesterfield
Born in Monroe County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Pesterfield
and Mary Ann Redmon
Sister of
Jake Pesterfield, Henry Pesterfield, William Thadieris Pesterfield, Margaret R. Pesterfield, Sara Elizabeth Pesterfield, John Newton Pesterfield, Mary Angeline (Pesterfield) Millsaps, Marshall James Pesterfield, Jacob Joseph Pesterfield [half], Elizabeth A Pesterfield [half], George Anderson Pesterfield [half], Susan Missourais Pesterfield [half], John Wesley Pesterfield [half], Harriet Esther Pesterfield [half], Marion Oliver Pesterfield [half], Birty Catherine Pesterfield [half], Arthur A. Pesterfield [half] and Benjamin Harrison Pesterfield [half]
Wife of
Rufus Morganton Mason
— married
11 May 1858 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Alice (Mason) Foree, James Caswell Mason, William Newton Mason, Martha Catherine (Mason) Harris, John Rufus Mason and Henry Jacob Mason
Died
at age 81
in McMinn Co., Tn. Mount Harmony Community Cem.
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Apr 2016
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Biography
Sources
- Bob Lee's Genealogy of Joe Wm. Atkins
- Mason, Rufus Morganton Rufus Mason's Family Bible (abstracted). Page 2
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2018), memorial page for Ellen Caroline Pesterfield Mason (29 Mar 1832–12 Jun 1914), Find A Grave Memorial no. 27292030, citing Mount Harmony Community Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Joel Mason (contributor 47203356) .
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDK-36F : 12 April 2016), Caroline Mason in household of Rube Mason, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 8, family 58, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,049.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen 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 Ellen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen 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 Ellen:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Anonymous Mullins 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cherimullins
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Kevin Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A819068 [compare], Ancestry member kevinandlizward
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Rejected matches › Caroline (Mason) Smith (abt.1830-1917)
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