Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Mason, William J. October 28, 1826 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 580

William J. Mason was born in Jefferson Township, Wayne Co., Ind., Oct. 28, 
1826. He was reared on a farm, but at the age of seventeen years, he learned 
the trade of carpenter and joiner, at which he worked about twenty-seven 
years. .He was married in 1854 to Sarah, daughter of Amos and Sarah Humberd. 
In 1857 Mr. Mason purchased a farm containing fifty-four acres, which he 
rented out and continued to work at the carpenter's trade. He has added to his 
farm from time to time, and now owns 220 acres, most of which is valuable 
land, all secured by his own exertions. He has belonged to the Masonic 
fraternity for many years and is a member of Cambridge City Lodge, No.5. He 
and his wife are members of the Christian church at Hagerstown. They have 
reared three children---Mandus E., now engaged in teaching school; Achellus W. 
and Cyrus Preston. Mr. Mason takes an interest in educational matters, having 
spent five years of his early life as a teacher. His father, John Mason, was 
born in Susquehanna County, Pa., May 9, 1786, and at an early age, moved with 
his family to Kentucky. At nineteen he went to Montgomery County, Ohio, where 
in 1807 he married Barbara Crull. In 1822 he moved with his family to 
Jefferson Township, Wayne Co., Ind., where he endured all the hardships and 
privations of pioneer life. In 1838 he sold his farm and moved to Jackson 
Township, Wayne Co., Ind. In 1854 he moved to Miami County, Ind., where he 
again experienced the privations incident to pioneer life. His death occurred 
March 3, 1870.

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