Volnia "Volney" Tilden Mason

Notes:

Name Volhia (sic) Tildren (sic) Mason
Event Type Death
Event Date 13 Aug 1967
Event Place Jasper, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 13 Aug 1895
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name Sam Mason
Mother's Name Dora Lowe
Certificate Number 54568
GS Film number 2138676
Digital Folder Number 005164804
Image Number 03218

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3F3-5LP : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Volhia Tildren Mason, 13 Aug 1967; citing certificate number 54568, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138676.

Obituary (from FindAGrave)

V. T. MASON, 72 DIES OF SEIZURE
Jasper Residents' Rites Will Be Tuesday At 10

JASPER (Spl) ? Funeral services for V. T. Mason, 72, of Jasper will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in J. O. Stringer Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services will be held at Fairmount Cemetery in Hemphill.

Mason died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday of an apparent heart attack while attending the Friendship Baptist Church homecoming in Hemphill.

Mason was a member of the First Baptist Church in Jasper and the Littletown Fowler Masonic Lodge in Hemphill. He was also a former member of the Jasper Lions Club, the Jasper Fire Department and the Chamber of Commerce. He taught school in Sabine County and at one time was the manager and co-owner of Mason Furniture Co. in Jasper.

Mason retired from the Texas Employment Commission in 1961 after 25 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Effie Mason; his mother, Mrs. Dora Mason of Dallas, and six brothers, Carvy and Loy Mason, both of Dallas, Eldon and Herman Mason, both of Center and Rufus and William A. Mason, both of Fort Worth.

Notes:

Name: Sam Tilden Mason
Death Date: 18 Dec 1963
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 02 Nov 1876
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Pole Mason
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sussen Terry
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117402
Digital Film Number: 4137706
Image Number: 01325
Reference Number: 82832
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 8B
130-130
Mason, S. T. Hd W M Nov 1878 21 M 6 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Mason, Dora Wf W F Mch 1877 23 M 6 2/2 Tx Tx La
Mason, Volney Son W M Aug 1895 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Bobbie Son W M Sep 1899 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 7
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 8B
137-137
Mason, Shad Head M W 42 M1 22 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Jennie Wf F W 36 m1 22 5/4 Tx Tx La
Mason, Ike Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Napolean Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Essie Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Lela Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Shadie Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx Tx
138-138
Mason, Sam Head M W 33 m1 15 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Dora Wf F W 22 m1 16 5/4 Tx Tx La
Mason, Volney Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Hermon Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Rufus Son M W5 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Arlos Son M W 1 2/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McDonald, James HiredMan M W 22 S La Ala Ala Farm Laborer

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 9 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheets 6B and 7A
118-118
Mason, Napolean J Head M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Ethel J Wf F W 20 M Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Marvin Son M W 4 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Marcus Son M W 1 0/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Ferle Dtr F W 0/12 S Tx Tx Tx
119-119
McDANIEL Family
120-120
SMITH Family
121-121
Mason, Sam T Head M W 43 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Dora A Wf F W 42 M Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Volney T Son M W 24 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School'
Mason, Herman Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Rufus Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, William Son m W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Loy Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Eldon Son M W 4 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, James Son M W 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Samuel married Dora Amanda Low about 1895. Dora (daughter of Jackson Green Low, Sr. and Susan Alma Huddleston) was born on 18 Mar 1877 in Texas; died on 14 Sep 1968 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Dora Amanda Mason
Death Date: 14 Sep 1968
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 91 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1877
Birthplace: Sabine, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jackson Green Low
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Susan Huddleson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Fairmont Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine, Texas
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137148
Digital Film Number: 4029726
Image Number: 1203
Reference Number: cn 62271
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote that the Sam Mason family, who lived near his family in the Six Mile Community, had severn boys.

Notes:

"He was the son of William and Judith Mason. Was a member of Hood's Brigade in the Civil War and was Sheriff of Sabine County for several years." (White and Toole, p 36). His application for a confederate pension shows that he "was made a prisoner at Chr. Dec 3, 1863, discharged 1865." He further stated that he was born in Sabine County, and had been a resident for all of his life, "except for the war." He showed his P.O. as in Milam, and indicated he was a farmer. He served from 1861-1865 in Company I, 1rst Texas Regiment, Infantry as a private. He made his application on July 9, 1909 before County Judge J. H. McGown and witnesses W R Davidson and T B Davidson. They both testified that they served in the same company.

Billy Fussell and Bobby Wood, great-grandsons write that "N. B. and his brother Marquis De Lafayette Mason both served in Hood's Brigade, enlisting on April 1, 1862, in San Augustine. L.M. (that's the way he is listed in his war records) died from wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga Sept 19-21. N.B. was captured and taken as prisoner of war to Camp Douglas a notorious Prison Camp near Chicago, Illinois. He remained there until the end of the war and was exchanged at New Orleans on May 23,1865. He came home and married his brother's widow, Mary Terry Mason, and together they had 13 children."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
Enumerated 3 and 5 July 1880
Page 26B SD 1 ED 86
225-225
Mason, Napoleon W M 42 Farmer, Sheriff Tx SC SC
Mason, William W M 13 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Mary W F 22 Wf Keeps House Ala Ala Ala
Mason, Lafayette W M 12 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, John T. W M 11 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Dora W F 10 Dtr At School Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Sarah W F 7 Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Pattie W F 5 Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Tilden W M 4 Son Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Pearl W F 4/12 Feb Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Grice, Elbert B W 25 Servant Works on Farm Tx Tx Tx
Thomas, Henry B M 18 Servant Works on Farm Tx Tx Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 8B
129-129
Mason, N B Head m M Feb 1839 61 M 35 Tx Sc Ala Farmer
Mason, Mary B Wf W F Jun 1847 52 M 35 13/12 Ga Ga Ark
Mason, James P Son W M Oct 1882 17 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Robt L Son W M May 1888 12 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Mellie Dtr W F Jan 1880 10 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Napolean B Son W M Nov 1893 6 S Tx Tx Ga
Hines, Spence Servant B M may 1836 Wd La La La Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A
124-128
Mason, Napolean b Head M W 71 m1 44 Tx Sc Ala Farmer
Mason, Mary B Wf F W 63 m2 44 13/12 Ga G a Ga
Mason, Napolean B SOn M W 17 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer

Napolean married Mary Bethany "Susan" Terry about 1865. Mary was born in Jun 1848 in Georgia; died about 1923 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Mason Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary writes that she was married first to Marcus DeLafayette Mason, who was killed in the Civil War. He was a brother of her second husband, Napoleon Bonaparte Mason. The 1880 census shows her as born in Alabama, but in 1900 and in 1910 it was shown that she was born in Georgia.

Notes:

Jackson Green Low is missing from the 1870 Sabine County census. It appears that his wife Alma Scruggs had died, and that his children were living with their grandfather Elmore Harper. When did Alma die, and where was Jackson? On the 1880 Census, Jackson Low was married to Susan Huddleston.

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sandy Beat No. 7, PO Fairmount
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 41
307-307
Durciller Low 56 F Farmer 3000 8532 Ga
Isaac Low 23 M Farmer 1100 810 La
Jackson G Low 20 M 1100 470 Tx
Alma H Low 15 F Miss
308-308
William Furguson 34 M Farmer $000 $640 La
Selendra Furguson 22 F La
William E Furguson 8 M Tx
Oleanner Furguson 6 F Tx
Plasete J Furguson 4 F Tx
Drusiller Furguson 1 F Tx
Benjamin G Furguson 8/12 M Tx

1880 Census

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jackson LOW Self M Male W 41 TX Farmer TN GA
Susan LOW Wife M Female W 36 LA --- ---
Mandy HUDDLESTON Sister S Female W 26 LA --- --- ?u?
?/u?Wesley HUDDLESTON Niece S Female W 18 LA --- --- ?u?
?/u?Elmore HARPER Brother S Male W 13 TX TX LA
Drucilla LOW Dau S Female W 13 TX TX LA
Isiaal LOW Son S Male W 11 TX TX LA
Vinnie LOW Dau S Female W 8 TX TX LA
Mary LOW Dau S Female W 6 TX TX LA
Dory LOW Dau S Female W 3 TX TX LA
Jackson LOW Son S Male W 8M TX TX LA
Source Information:
Census Place Sabine, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255325
NA Film Number T9-1325
Page Number 217C

Jackson married Susan Alma Huddleston on 10 Oct 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Susan was born on 19 Dec 1843 in Louisiana; died on 20 Dec 1928; was buried in Isaac Low Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 8 and 9 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheets 6A and 6B
Hemphill and Yellowpine
110-110
Low, Jaco G Head M W 40 M Tx Tx La Farmer
Low, Hattie F F W 39 M Tx La Tx
Low, J. Herbert Son m W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, H. Odis Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Novie Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Verdis Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Madie Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Doris Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Vessie Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
111-111
Low, Susan A Head F W 76 Wd La La La Farmer
Low, Myrtie Grdtr F W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Bradie Grdtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Sudie Grdtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Low, Drucilla Dtr F W 52 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Dale Rubel shows him as the son of Job Mason and Anna Cole. A Job Mason was living next to James Mason (possible brother of William) at the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=susanrubel&id=I8735

Judith Denman instead shows him as a son of David Mason and Isabella Teague, and brother of John and James.

INFO: Came to Texas through Alabama with brothers John & James. Received land grant of one league and one labor and served as Sheriff & Tax Assessor of Sabine County, TX.

MARRIAGE: "Alabama Marriages Early to 1825" by Jordon R. Dodd & Norman L. Moyes. Wife's name listed as Juda instead of Judith.

MILITARY: Bnty Wnt 476 Pat 888 Vol 5 Abst 517 GLO File Travis Bnty 218 & Bount

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2527534&id=I528030667




(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No. 5, Post Office Milam
Enumerated 1 July 1860
Page 26
187-187
Wm. Mason 54 M Farmer 4000 2737 SC
Judy Mason 44 F SC
Lafayette Mason 15 M Tx
Matilda Mason 11 F Tx
Martha Mason 9 F Tx
Harriet Mason 8 F Tx
Mason 4 M Tx
Hepalian Mason 21 M Farmer $--- $250 Tx
Daniel McLane 22 m Blacksmith $--- $100 Tx
188-188
Jane Neal and children
189-189
John and Amanda McGuffin and family
190-190
S H Mason 23 M Farmer 300 325 Tx
Sarah Mason 22 f Miss
Elizabeth Mason 5 F Tx
James Mason 3 Tx
Francis M Mason 1 M Tx
191-191
Thomas T Neal 33 M Farmer 1200 200 La
Elizabeth Neal 30 F Ala
Joseph Neal 9 M Tx
Sam H Neal 7 M Tx
Sarah L Neal 5 F Tx
192-192
James G Mason 21 M Farmer $2000 $620 Tx
James Mason 56 M Farmer 800 100 SC
193-193
Harris and Sarah Vickers

William married Judith Rouitt Blackerby. Judith was born on 6 Jun 1810 in Laurens District, South Carolina; died on 3 Dec 1888 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Dale Rubel shows they had several additional children, as do some other researchers.

Eli married Drucilla Cook in 1832 in Sabine County, Texas. Drucilla (daughter of Greenberry "Green" Cook and Nancy Morris) was born in Feb 1802 in Georgia; died on 4 May 1865 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Isaac Low Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, Drucilla Low owned 4 slaves.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine District
Enumerated 13 and 15 Nov 1850
Page Handwritten 673 Stamped 225
225-225
Drucilla Lowe 47 F Ga
William Furguson 23 M Farmer Tx
James Furguson 21 M Farmer Tx
Allonder Furguson 19 M La
Emily Lowe 16 F Tx
Malinda Lowe 14 F Tx
Jackson Lowe 1p M Tx
226-226
Roland Furguson 28 M Farmer La
Huldah Furguson 26 F Ark
James E Furguson 6 M Tx
Jeremiah A Furguson 5 M Tx
Nancy A Furguson 4 F Tx
Green B Furguson 1 M Tx
Granbury Furguson 1 M Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sandy Beat No. 7, PO Fairmount
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 41
307-307
Durciller Low 56 F Farmer 3000 8532 Ga
Isaac Low 23 M Farmer 1100 810 La
Jackson G Low 20 M 1100 470 Tx
Alma H Low 15 F Miss
308-308
William Furguson 34 M Farmer $000 $640 La
Selendra Furguson 22 F La
William E Furguson 8 M Tx
Oleanner Furguson 6 F Tx
Plasete J Furguson 4 F Tx
Drusiller Furguson 1 F Tx
Benjamin G Furguson 8/12 M Tx