Family: James G. "Governor" Mason / Susannah "Susan" Halbert (F697)

• Father | Male James G. "Governor" Mason

  
  

  Born	1 Apr 1839	Isla, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	15 Oct 1911	Texas
  Buried		Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	Abt 1864  [1]
  Father	James Mason | F1836 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth ??? | F1836 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Susannah "Susan" Halbert

  
  

  Born	5 Dec 1844	Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	20 Nov 1924	Texas
  Buried		Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Other Spouse	Austin J. Vickers | F696
  Married		Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Joel Halbert | F127 Group Sheet
  Mother	Tabitha Elizabeth Cox | F127 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Mary "Mollie" E. Mason

  
  

  Born	2 May 1865	Isla, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	20 Jan 1967	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Bob Jones | F3984
  Married	Bef 1883
  Spouse	James Franklin Wright | F3985
  Married	16 Jan 1890	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Rev. James G. Mason, Jr.

  
  

  Born	12 Jan 1869	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	13 Dec 1946	Alto, Cherokee County, Texas
  Buried		Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Nannie Rebecca Meador | F3280
  Married	Abt 1888

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Abbie Ola Mason

  
  

  Born	28 Nov 1875	Isla, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	4 Jan 1918
  Buried		Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	David Claude Gellatly | F12406
  Married	Bef 1895
  Spouse	Robert Earl Harris | F1108
  Married	18 Jul 1915	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Joseph Lambert Mason

  
  

  Born	12 Aug 1876	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	23 Jan 1981	Lampasas County, Texas
  Buried	26 Jan 1981	Resthaven Cemetery, Brady, McCulloch County, Texas
  Spouse	Kate P. Gellatly | F12410
  Married	3 Nov 1896	Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Sallie Annie Gellatly | F13106
  Married	17 Jan 1904	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 5 | Male George Jefferson Mason, Sr.

  
  

  Born	29 May 1881	Isla, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	23 Mar 1963	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
  Buried		Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas County, Texas
  Spouse	Janie Bodine | F13104
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male William Herman Mason

  
  

  Born	18 Sep 1883	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	7 Apr 1941	Cherokee County, Texas
  Buried		Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas
  Spouse	Faye Harris | F13103
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Cary Houston Mason, Sr.

  
  

  Born	24 Nov 1887	Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Died	2 Apr 1966	Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
  Buried		Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
  Spouse	Pearl Louise Adams | F13102
  Married	Abt 1912

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Susan Halbert's first husband, Albert J. Vickers, was the nephew of James "Gov" Mason, her second husband. The two men were around the same age, however. Many reasearchers also show them as the parents of William Joel, ca 1871 and Susannah born ca 1874.

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Milam Pr. 4 Enumerated 12 and 13 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 7A Stamped 135 112-112 (Reliability: 3).