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Grand Rapids Press June 5, 1905
Detroit, June 5 - With appropriate ceremony, the body of Stevens Thompson Mason,
the first governor of Michigan, was buried Sunday in a stone lined grave in
Capital Square park, this city, upon which piece of ground the first capital stood.
Accompanying the body from New York were Miss Emily V. Mason of Washington,
sister of the "boy governor,"  Mrs. Dorthea M. Wright of Newark, N.J., his
daughter; E. H. Wright and Captain Mason Wright, grandsons; Wm. Wright Mason,
grandsons; William Mason Wright, Jr., great grandson; and Stevens T. Mason,
grand nephew.
At the station here the party was met by Governor Warner and his staff , Mayor
George P. Codd, and a number of other prominent citizens. The casket carrying
the remains of the ex-governor was placed in a hearse and escorted by Company A,
First Regiment, M.N.G., and a battalion of mounted police, taken to the armory
of the Detroit Light Guard, of which Governor Mason was a one time a member. 
Addresses were given by Governor Warner, Mayor Codd, President C.M. Burton of
the Michigan Pioneer and Historical society and several others. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies the casket was taken to Capital Square park for burial.

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