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, Thomas Byrne (b. 1833) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 430-431 Thomas Byrne Mason, born 1833 in Maryland, son of William F. and Jane Mason, was married September 23, 1869, to Catherine, daughter of Nestor and Margaret (Stalnaker) Hardin. Children, William Nestor, Margaret Jane and Estella Blanche. He belongs to the M. E. Church, is a Mason, a Democrat and a farmer, living on Sandy Creek, where he owns 364 acres of improved land. He attended school at Garner Valley, and was a teamster in the Civil War, and for six years was a member of the county court. His father died 1878, and was a native of Preston County; his mother died 1872. They had five daughters and two sons. -------- (wife of Thomas B. Mason) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #6040 FULL-NAME: Catherine Hardin Mason BIRTH-DATE: Dec 22, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: Apr 14, 1941 DEATH-PLACE: Kasson, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Thomas B. Mason) FATHER: Nester Hardin (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Margaret Stalnaker (born in W.Va) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arteriosclerosis INFORMANT: Mr. Wade Criss of Kasson, W.Va. BURIAL: Mt. Zion 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------