MASON, Sam W., Fulton, MO., then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged
in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 289.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by
Century Historical Association.

Mason, Sam W., prominent abstractor of land titles, real estate operator and civic leader,
Shreveport, La., was born in Fulton, Mo., Feb. 2, 1883, and is a son of W. W. Mason and
Elizabeth Wherritt Mason, both of whom are members of prominent Kentucky and Virginia
families.  The subject of this sketch is the eldest of 6 children, all of whom  reside in Shreveport
with their parents, except 1 son in Texas.  Mr. Mason received his education in Harrisonville and
Kansas City, Mo., and shortly after completing same, became interested in the land title business. 
He studied law in Independence, Mo., specializing on real property and abstracts of land titles,
later becoming connected with the title department of the Fidelity Trust Co. of Kansas City,
where he remained until June, 1907, resigning to become secretary and manager of the Caddo
Abstract Co., Ltd., of Shreveport, being advanced to the presidencey of the same company in the
spring of 1909, which position he still holds.  He is also president of the Bossier Abstract Co. and
the Hanszen Mason Realty Co., and is secretary-treasurer of the Shreveport Country Home
association, and has large interests in the Caddo oil field.  Mr. Mason also takes an active part in
the civic affairs of his adopted city, being a director and member of the executive committee of
the chamber of commerce.  He is vice-president of the Shreveport golf and country club, president
of the Rotary club, and of the State Line fishing and hunting club and an active worker in Masonic
circles, being a member of both York and Scottish Rites and the Shrine, and while primarily a
business man, he is always willing to lend his support to any worthy movement looking to the
upbuilding of his state and city.