Eighth Generation (Continued)
Family of Dr. Essec Whiting Mason (748) & Mary Shallcross

1371. Edwin Morgan Mason (Essec Whiting7, Willard6, Ebenezer5, Jonas4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Louisville, Ky., on 1 Jan 1856. Died Louisville, Ky., on 23 Nov 1921. Residence: Goshen, Ky. Data from Mason.

He married Catherine Magruder, daughter of William Owen Magruder & Martha Taliaferro, on 25 Apr 1883 in Oldham Co., Ky. Born Oldham Co., Ky., on 30 Mar 1865. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1905 i.  Edwin Willard (1884-)
ii.  Lillian Taliaferro. Born Goshen, Ky., on 26 Oct 1886. Died Goshen, Ky., on 9 Nov 1892. Data from Mason.
iii.  Mayo Shallcross. Born Goshen, Ky., on 22 Dec 1889. Unmarried: November 1934. Residence: Goshen, Ky. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Magruder. Born Goshen, Ky., on 17 Jun 1894. Residence: June 1932, Louisville, Ky. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1906 v.  Eugene Froh (1897-)
vi.  Warren Taylor. Born Goshen, Ky., on 10 Oct 1899. Residence: May 1932, Goshen, Ky. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Mary Elizabeth Smiser, daughter of Dr. W. J. M. Smiser & Florence Woodfolk, on 7 Feb 1925. Born on 30 Jun 1900. Data from Mason.
1907 vii.  Wardell Morgan (1903-)

1372. Jessie Mason (Essec Whiting7, Willard6, Ebenezer5, Jonas4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Louisville, Ky., on 24 Nov 1857. Died living May 1932. Residence: May 1932, Louisville, Ky. Data from Mason.

Mrs. Taylor is a woman of great resource. She is a talented pianist, a lover of books, poetry and all things musical, also deeply interested in current events.

She married Dabney Strother Taylor Jr., son of Dabney Strother Taylor & Jane Barbour, on 20 Dec 1876 in Louisville, Ky. Born Louisville, Ky., in 1851. Died on 10 Jul 1916. Data from Mason.

Nephew of Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States.

SML Comment: It appears the note concerning the kinship to President Taylor is for the wrong generation. Available information indicates the William Dabney Strother Taylor (m. Jane Pollock Barbour) the son of Hancock Taylor (brother of Pres. Taylor).

They had the following children:
1908 i.  Dabney Strother (1879-)
ii.  Jessie Mason. Born Louisville, Ky., on 28 Oct 1884. Died on 19 Jul 1885. Data from Mason.

1373. Annie McDowell Mason (Essec Whiting7, Willard6, Ebenezer5, Jonas4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Louisville, Ky., on 14 Aug 1861. Died Louisville, Ky., on 28 Aug 1889. Residence: Louisville, Ky. Data from Mason.

She married Marcellus Brown Shallcross, son of Stephen Shallcross & Emman Au, on 3 Jun 1881 in Louisville, Ky. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1909 i.  Stephen Henry (1882-1934)
ii.  Edith Guy. Born Louisville, Ky., on 25 Apr 1885. Residence: 1932, Louisville, Ky. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Paul Francoin Semonin. Data from Mason.

1374. Willard Wilson Mason (Essec Whiting7, Willard6, Ebenezer5, Jonas4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Louisville, Ky., on 25 Mar 1864. Residence: May 1932, Greenville, S. C. Data from Mason.

He married Sunbeam Hempstead, daughter of Junius Lackland Hempstead & Lillie Blackburn, on 6 Jun 1893 in Louisville, Ky. Born Memphis, Tenn., on 4 Feb 1874. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1910 i.  Lillie Hempstead (1894-)
ii.  Sunbeam Lackland. Born Louisville, Ky., on 18 Nov 1896. Residence: April 1932, Shelbyville, Ky. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Burnett Wallace. Data from Mason.
1911 iii.  Mary Shallcross (1898-)
1912 iv.  Henrietta Hunt (1902-)

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