U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mason, John F., Rev. (1849-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 431 Rev. John F. Mason, born 1850 near Philippi, son of Sanford and Rosanna (Fleming) Mason, was married December 28, 1876, at Pleasant Creek, to Margaret Martha, daughter of John and Mary (Zirkle) Lough. Children, Ida V., Leslie A., and Alley and Calley (twins). He is a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church, a farmer and stock-raiser. He owns 233 acres of improved land, and was the first man in Barbour to engage extensively in the sheep business. For twenty-five years he has been in the ministry, laboring in Taylor, Harrison, Marion, Lewis, Tucker, Preston and Doddridge, having had charge of thirteen churches in all; marrying forty couple, adding 250 members to the church, and preaching 800 sermons. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #17470 FULL-NAME: John F. Mason, Rev. BIRTH-DATE: July 14, 1849 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County, WV DEATH-DATE: Dec. 31, 1938 DEATH-PLACE: at home in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: widowed (Martha M. Lough) OCCUPATION: Minister FATHER: Sanford Mason (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Roana Fleming (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of lower lip, face, and neck INFORMANT: Ira Clevenger of Broadway, Clarksburg, W.Va. BURIAL: Elkview Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------