Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Clark Mason (624) & Almira Towne

1194. George Franklin Mason (Clark6, Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 5 Feb 1829. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 12 Feb 1874. Residence: Marlborough, N. H. Data from Mason.

While drawing ice the previous day he slipped from his load, which passed over him, causing his death the following day.

He married Eunice Almira Parker, daughter of Josiah Parker & Sophia Griffin, on 24 Dec 1851 in probably Nelson, N. H. Born Nelson, N. H., on 27 Feb 1830. Died Brattleboro, Vt., on 7 Jun 1874. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Sarah Amelia. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 27 Nov 1855. Died on 11 Mar 1878. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1748 ii.  Albert Franklin (Twin) (1864-)
1749 iii.  Albin Lucius (Twin) (1864-1912)
iv.  Ida May. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 13 Nov 1868. Residence: 1933, Lynn, Mass. Data from Mason.
Miss Mason graduated from The New hampshire State Normal School at Plymouth, 1894. Taught at Claremont, N. H., three years, then a year's special course at State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass., followed by eight years of teaching at Revere Beach, Mass., and twenty-one years at Lynn, all in grammar grades.

1195. Fanny Elmira Mason (Clark6, Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 17 Mar 1830. Died aft 1897. Data from Mason.

She first married George W. Brooks, son of Deacon Oren Brooks & Julia Ann Knight, on 8 Sep 1853. Born Fitzwilliam, N. H., on 23 May 1831. Died in 1886. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Grace Estelle. Born on 2 Aug 1858. Died on 2 Dec 1879. Data from Mason.

She second married Rev. Enville Jacob Emery, son of Jacob Emery & Betsey March, in Sep 1888. Born Londonderry, N. H., on 31 Mar 1823. Died Greenville, N. H., on 7 Apr 1889. Data from Mason.

Married Fanny as (3) wife.

1196. Joseph Clark Mason (Clark6, Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 13 Mar 1837. Died Kansas City, Mo., on 25 Apr 1892. Residence: Greenville, N. H., and West Joplin, Mo. Data from Mason.

Joseph C. Mason received a common school and academic education and began his career as an educator at an early age. Later in life he devoted considerable time to the study of languages, science and advanced mathematics. He studied law at the Law College, Albany, N. Y., and in the office of Dearborn and Scott, attorneys of Peterboro, N. H., and was admitted to the bar, September 1864, Nashua, N. H., at a session of the Supreme judicial Court. He practiced at Mason Village, now Greenville, nearly three years, then moved to Missouri, where he resided and interested himself mainly in educational work, though holding his connections with the bar. He was a member of the Superintending School Committee, Mason Village, and 1866 was appointed by the Governor of New Hampshire, Common School Commissioner of Hillsborough Co., and was an ex-officio member of the State Board of Education. During the Civil War he was an earnest advocate of the Union cause, and contributed to swell the army by delivering patriotic speeches in various parts of New England.
After his removal to Missouri he was principal of the Washington Public School, St. Louis, and superintendent of Public Schools at Boonville, Carthage and Joplin.
He was a frequent contributor to educational and other journals and published several extended reports growing out of his official relations. His work as an educator was largely that of an organizer. A large number of teachers were specially prepared for this work under his supervision in the normal department of the above mentioned schools.
In 1876 be was unable to attend the centennial celebration of Marlborough and wrote his regrets from Carthage.

He married Martha Jane Kingsbury, daughter of Lucius Kingsbury & Jane MacFarland, on 2 Dec 1866 in Greenville, N. H. Born Boston, Mass., on 29 Jun 1848. Died Kansas City, Mo., on 25 Nov 1922. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Hortense Mary. Born Greenville, N. H., on 31 Jul 1868. Unmarried: April 1933. Residence: kasas City, Mo. Data from Mason.
1750 ii.  Ernest Clifton (1871-)
1751 iii.  Paul Joseph (1881-)

1197. Dr. Sumner Appleton Mason (Clark6, Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 23 May 1838. Died New York City, on 12 Mar 1897. Residence: New York City. Data from Mason.

Sumner A. Mason resided on the old homestead with his parents until he was twenty-one, receiving the limited common school education granted the residents of the farming district of Marlborough. Later he became a student of Sullivan H. McCollester, in Westmoreland Valley Seminary, until the outbreak of the Civil War.
He enlisted with the first three months' troop sent from New Hampshire, as a private in Co. A, Cheshire Light Guards, as named by Capt. Barker, which afterwards became a part of the "Fighting Second." He went from Keene to Portsmouth where the regiment rendezvoused for some weeks and encamped upon the ground. The exposure, together with a severe attack of measles, confined him to the hospital. After a partial convalescence he returned home and his brother, Charles, took his place, he, assuming his. It was after this he commenced his professional duties in his native town, and pursued them under difficulties for about a year, having charge at that time of the homestead and his widowed mother. The days he devoted to them and his nights to study. The winter of 1864-1865 he spent in Philadelphia to attend medical lectures. While there he studied medicine in the office of Dr. Henry T. Child, a Quaker gentleman of great worth and intelligence, whose large library was open to him at all times, and whose kindness was never forgotten.
In the spring of 1865 be found himself in need of a rest and resolved to seek relaxation in the camp of our soldiers, where he could rest from mental toil and at the same time aid the wounded. For that purpose he visited Washington and Alexandria under the auspices of the Christian Commission, where he was detailed to visit the various camps and hospitals in and about those cities. He remained there until July 3, when he was ordered to City Point, Va., where he again visited government hospitals. He also spent some time in visiting the battlefield of Petersburg and the line of breastworks between it and City Point. It was while residing there that he made the acquaintance of his wife, who had been a nurse in the hospitals, and who in turn, nursed him. As they journeyed together on horseback, over those bloody fields, they concluded that the journey of life would be incomplete unless they traveled together.
A few months later he returned to Philadelphia, where, under the tuition of Dr. Child, he graduated an Allopathic physician, 1868. He practiced a few months in Philadelphia, then went to New York City, where be achieved considerable success.

He married Emma Josephine Heath, daughter of Lurah C. Heath, on 18 Nov 1869 in New York City. Married in Plymouth Church by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Died on 26 Mar 1896. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Lillie M.. Data from Mason.
ii.  Ernest O.. Data from Mason.

1198. Martha Elizabeth Mason (Clark6, Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 18 Mar 1841. Died West Swanzey, N. H., on 27 May 1908. Residence: West Swanzey, N. H. Data from Mason.

She married Obadiah Sprague, son of Samuel Sprague & Melinda Kingman, on 3 Jan 1877. Born Richmond, N. H., on 21 May 1826. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Berenice A.. Born on 27 Oct 1878. Died on 5 May 1879. Data from Mason.
ii.  Bertha Estelle. Born on 25 Feb 1880. Data from Mason.
iii.  Florence Mabel. Born on 1 May 1881. Died on 29 Dec 1887. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Mason. Born on 9 May 1885. Data from Mason.

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