Napoleon Bonaparte "Pole" Mason, Jr.

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was working as a farmer in Milam, Texas, and supporting his wife and three children. He was described as being of medium heighth and slender, with blue eyes and red hair. He also reported that he had kidney, bladder and stomach problems that might impair his ability to serve in the armed services.

Name Napoleon B Mason
Event Type Death
Event Date 03 Apr 1959
Event Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 25 Nov 1892
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Napoleon B Mason
Mother's Name:
Certificate Number 23117
GS Film number 2115910
Digital Folder Number 005145463
Image Number 02998

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K34Z-HSF : accessed 23 Nov 2013), Napoleon B Mason, 03 Apr 1959; citing certificate number 23117, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2115910.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 17 and 19 Jan 1920, By Napolean B. Mason
SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 11B
Milam Road
119-121
Mason, Napolean B Head M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Dra A Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Cleon N Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Charles C Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Dollye L Dtr F W 2 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Thelma O Dtr F W 1 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 19, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 6B
124-139
Mason, Napolean B Head M W 37 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Era A Wf F W 36 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Cleon Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Conrad Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Mason, Louise Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Thelma Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Roy Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Dennis, Knox Laborer M Neg 22 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

Napoleon married Era Amanda Nethery before 1913. Era (daughter of Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr. and Amanda Fitzellen Speights) was born on 22 Jun 1893 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Oct 1974 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary, from FindAGrave:

Cleon N. Mason, 90, Topeka, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house. Mr. Mason was a clerk for Santa Fe Railway for more than 27 years and he had operated Mason Greenhouse since 1974. He served in the Army Air Corps 8th Air Force in England during World War II.

He was born Dec. 10, 1912, in Milam, Texas, to Napoleon and Era Nethery Mason. He had lived in Topeka since 1941. Mr. Mason was a member of Disabled American Veterans, Capitol Post No. 1 of the American Legion, and he was a charter member of Bethel Baptist Church. He married Mary E. Lesser on Nov. 4, 1942, in Topeka. She died on Feb. 4, 1999. Survivors include two sons, a brother, a sister, six grandchildren; one great-grandson; and one stepgreat-grandson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery.

Notes:

Mrs. Louise Wood was the informant on the 1974 death certificate of her mother.