Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Mason, Horatio 1798 - 1868 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 12, 2006, 7:41 pm Author: E. O. Jameson (1886) HORATIO MASON, ESQ. HORATIO MASON, son of Simon Harding and Betsey (Leland) Mason, was born July 28, 1798, in East Medway, now Millis. He occupied the old homestead near Boggastow Pond, where his grandfather, Mr. Abner Mason, lived, the land first cleared within the territory of Medway by George Fairbanks. Mr. Mason was a much respected and prominent citizen of the town. He was appointed in 1848 a Justice of the Peace; and was elected two successive years, 1848 and 1849, a Representative to the General Court. He died May 11, 1868, at the age of seventy years. Additional Comments: From: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/mason70gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb