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John Thomson Mason

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Preceded by
  
Religion
  
Anglican, Episcopalian

Succeeded by
  
John Johnson, Sr.

Name
  
John Mason

Children
  
John Thomson Mason, Jr.

Spouse(s)
  
Elizabeth Beltzhoover

Died
  
December 10, 1824

Siblings
  
Stevens Thomson Mason

Profession
  
Attorney

Parents
  
Thomson Mason


Born
  
15 March 1765Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia (
1765-03-15
)

Residence
  
Cousins
  
Thomas Mason, John Mason, Thomson Mason

Education
  
College of William & Mary

John Thomson Mason (15 March 1765 – 10 December 1824) was an American jurist and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806.

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Early life

Mason was born on 15 March 1765 at Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia. He was the third child and youngest son of Thomson Mason and his wife Mary King Barnes.

Education and career

Mason attained high rank at the bar, but twice declined the office of United States Attorney General when it was offered by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Mason ran for one of Maryland's seats in the United States Senate, but lost. He then served as Attorney General of Maryland in 1806.

Marriages and children

Mason married Elizabeth Beltzhoover in 1797. He and Elizabeth had seven children:

  • Mary Barnes Mason Winter (c. 1800–11 May 1844)
  • Elizabeth Ann Armistead Thomson Mason Wharton (4 April 1803–20 January 1857)
  • Abram Barnes Mason Barnes (21 October 1807–10 April 1863)
  • Melchior Beltzhoover Mason (born 3 October 1812)
  • John Thomson Mason, Jr. (9 May 1815–28 March 1873)
  • Thomson Mason (15 July 1818–1848)
  • Virginia Wallace Mason (16 April 1820–6 October 1858)
  • Later life

    Mason died on 10 December 1824 at the age of 59. Mason was interred at his Montpelier estate in Clear Spring, Maryland.

    Relations

    John Thomson Mason was a nephew of George Mason (1725–1792); son of Thomson Mason (1733–1785); brother of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803); half-brother of William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862); first cousin of George Mason V (1753–1796); first cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838), George Mason VI (1786–1834), Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850), and James Murray Mason (1798–1871); uncle of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819) and John Thomson Mason (1787–1850); father of John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815–1873); and great uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843).

    References

    John Thomson Mason Wikipedia


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