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Mason, James B

congressman. He was a member of the Rhode Island house of representatives for many years; and for a part of the time was speaker. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1815 to 1819.

Mason, James Louis

soldier, was born in 1817 in Providence, R. I. He participated in the war with Mexico, and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Sept. 5, 1853, in San Francisco, Cal.

Mason, Jeremiah

lawyer, United States senator, author, was born April 27, 1768, in Lebanon, Conn. In 1802 he was appointed attorney-general of New Hampshire; and from 1813 to 1817 was a senator in congress. An edition of his Life and Letters was published for private circulation in 1875. He died Nov. 14, 1848, in Boston, Mass.

Mason, John

soldier, author, was born in 1600 in England. He was a Puritan soldier who held a place in the estimation of the Massachusetts Bay Puritans corresponding to that filled by Miles Standish among the Pilgrims. He was the author of History of the Pequot War. He died in 1672 in Norwich, Conn.

Mason, John

clergyman, was born in 1734 in Scotland. Believing that the causes that divided the presbyterians of Scotland did not exist in the United States, he labored for their union into one denomination, and a general union of the reformed presbyterians was effected under the title of the associate reformed church.

Of this body Dr. Mason was the first moderator. He died April 19, 1792, in New York city.

Mason, John C

congressman. He was born in Kentucky; was elected a representative from that state to the thirtyfifth congress.

Mason, John Mitchell

clergyman, author, was born in 1770 in New York. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, long famous as a pulpit orator, his Oration on the Death of Alexander Hamilton being especially noted. He was the author of Letters on Frequent Communion; and Plea for Sacramental Communion on Catholic Principles.

Mason, John S

soldier, was born Aug. 21, 1824, in Steubenville, Ohio. He was promoted major in 1864, and brevetted colonel and brigadier-general, in the regular army in 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war.

Mason, John Young

jurist, legislator, congressman, was born April 18, 1799, in Greensville, Va. He was a federal judge of the eastern district court of Virginia; and judge also of the general court of Virginia. He served about ten years in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1831 to 1837. He was a member of President Polk's cabinet, first as attorney-general, and secondly as secretary of the navy. He died Oct. 3, 1859, in Paris, France.

Mason, Jonathan

congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 30, 1752, in Boston, Mass. He was a senator of the United States from Massachusetts from 1800 to 1803; and a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1820.

He died Nov. 1, 1831, in Boston, Mass.

Mason, Joseph

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 30, 1828, in Plattsburg, N. Y. He was county judge of Madison county, N. Y., from 1864 to 1868; was collector of internal revenue from 1871 to 1876; and was elected a representative from New York to the fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Mason, Lowell

musician, composer, was born Jan. 8, 1792, in Medford, Mass.

He was the first musician who received the degree of doctor of music in America.

He was author and compiler of many collections of choice music, and to him Massachusetts is indebted for introducing music into the public schools. Bethany alone would have rendered his name immortal. He died Aug. 11, 1872, in Orange, N. Y.