Phyllis:
Thank you for so much for the kind offer.
John Mason: b.11 Nov, 1836 in England, died 7 June 1908 & buried in Twin
Hills IOOF, Jay County. I assume he died in Jay County.
wife #1 Sarah (Watson) Mason: b. 19 Oct 1840 in Adams Co., IN. Died 13
April 1899 while visiting her daughter in Wells Co. Buried in Twin Hills
IOOF, Jay County. I already have a sort of obituary for her from a
Bluffton newspaper reporting her death and the unexpected death of her
granddaughter, one day apart. I was thinking there may be a more formal
obituary from a
Jay Co. newspaper telling about her family.
wife #2 Rachel Glendening Mason (maiden name of Pontius): born 19 April
1837 in OH, married John Mason . I couldn't find a death date for her, but
on the 1920 census she was 83 yrs old, living with her son in Adams Co. I
don't have access to a 1930 census right now, but I guess she died sometime
between 1920-1930. If you need a more specific date, don't worry about
getting an obituary. The biography you sent on John Mason has lots of
information for Rachel already.
Thanks again for all your efforts. I truly appreciate it! Thank you also
for the historical comments. Putting our ancestors in their historical
context is really interesting, I think.
Sincerely,
Celine Kingsland
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Hi Celine,
I don't know if you have checked a map or not, however, you will probably
find your family throughout that tri county area....
There was oil discovered in Jay Co. about 1900. They weren't big reserves
and played out very soon. There is even a town called Petroleum in the
southern part of Wells county. Much of the Mason family information must
be
in southern Adams county. It is an easy place to research..... It appears
your John is the only one of the children to wander into Jay County. His
second wife with the name of Glendenning is very prominent in that part of
the county as well as southern Wells county.
Also the surname Trigg is prominent in northeastern Jay County., Penn
Township.
I will be going to Portland sometime this week to look up obits for a
project I am working on. If I had the dates of the deaths of John and his
wives, I could look for them too.