Eighth Generation (Continued)
Family of Sarah Jane Mason (843) & Harry Brownson Jr.

1436. Harry Brownson 3d (Sarah Jane Mason7, Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Keene, N. H., on 8 Jan 1857. Died living Oct 1933. Residence: October 1933, Alameda, Calif. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.

He married Minnie Beatrice Thompson, daughter of Henry Canady Thompson & Lucinda Lewis, on 5 Dec 1889 in All Saints' Church, Omaha, Neb. Born Des Moines, Iowa, on 29 Aug 1867. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Ruth. Born Whittier, Calif., on 19 Mar 1896. Data from Mason.
She married ----. Data from Mason.
ii.  Harry. Born Whittier, Calif., on 17 Oct 1898. Data from Mason.
He married Eleanor G. Cappock, daughter of A. W. Cappock. Data from Mason.

1437. Mary Brownson (Sarah Jane Mason7, Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Rutland, Vt., on 17 Nov 1863. Data from Mason.

SML Comment: Picture from Morgan Benson. MARY "Mollie" BROWNSON. Affectionately known as Mollie, Mary Brownson studied art and painting under the famed sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. Mr. Borglum is noted most for his sculpting of the Mount Rushmore memorial. She died in 16 September 1924 in Los Angeles, California, and is buried with her husband, Colonel George H. Morgan in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Colonel Morgan died 14 February 1948 in Washington, DC, where he made his home after her death.

- information provided by Morgan Benson (Lt. Col. USA, ret.) in June 2001.


She married Col. George Horace Morgan, son of George Nelson Morgan & Delia Elizabeth Warner, on 1 Nov 1882 in Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Neb. Born St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada, on 1 Jan 1855. Residence: May 1934, Washington, D. C. Data from Mason.

Col. Morgan graduated West Point Military Academy, 1880, retired January 1, 1919. He is a holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor and every honor possible to a distinguished cavalryman who participated in the Indian, Spanish and Philippine, and World Wars.

SML Comment: Picture from Morgan Benson.


They had the following children:
1941 i.  Mary (1883-)
1942 ii.  Marguerite (1885-)
1943 iii.  Louise (1886-1915)
1944 iv.  Edith (1894-)
1945 v.  Dorothy (1896-)

1438. Daisy Brownson (Sarah Jane Mason7, Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Omaha, Neb., on 13 Dec 1871. Died Fort Bradley, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on 28 Jun 1894. Buried Omaha, Neb. Data from Mason.

She married Capt. Paul Clendenin, son of Gen. David Ramsay Clendenin & Sophia Diadema Ford, on 11 Dec 1888 in Omaha, Neb. Born Linden, Ill., on 11 Feb 1868. Died Santiago, Cuba, on 4 Jul 1899. Data from Mason.

Surgeon, U. S. A.

They had one child:
1946 i.  Dorothea (1889-)

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