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词条 John Thomson Mason
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Education and career

  3. Marriages and children

  4. Later life

  5. Relations

  6. References

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|name= John Thomson Mason
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|office= Attorney General of Maryland
|term_start= 1806
|term_end= 1806
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1765|03|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1824|12|10|1765|03|15|df=yes}}
| death_place =
|predecessor= William Pinkney
|successor = John Johnson Sr.
| party =
| spouse = Elizabeth Beltzhoover
| children = 7, including John Thomson Mason Jr.
| profession= Attorney
| website =
| footnotes =
| residence = Montpelier, Clear Spring, Maryland
}}John Thomson Mason (15 March 1765 – 10 December 1824)[1][2] was an American lawyer and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806.[2]

Early life

Mason was born on 15 March 1765 at Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia.[1][2] He was the third child and youngest son of Thomson Mason and his wife Mary King Barnes.[1]

Education and career

Mason attained high rank at the bar,[3] but twice declined the office of United States Attorney General when it was offered by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.[3] Mason ran for one of Maryland's seats in the United States Senate, but lost.[3] He then served as Attorney General of Maryland in 1806.[2]

Marriages and children

Mason married Elizabeth Beltzhoover in 1797.[1][2] He and Elizabeth had seven children:[1][2]

  • Mary Barnes Mason Winter (c. 1800–11 May 1844)[1]
  • Elizabeth Ann Armistead Thomson Mason Wharton (4 April 1803–20 January 1857)[1]
  • Abram Barnes Mason Barnes (21 October 1807–10 April 1863)[1]
  • Melchior Beltzhoover Mason (born 3 October 1812)[1]
  • John Thomson Mason, Jr. (9 May 1815–28 March 1873)[1]
  • Thomson Mason (15 July 1818–1848)[1]
  • Virginia Wallace Mason (16 April 1820–6 October 1858)[1]

Later life

Mason died on 10 December 1824 at the age of 59.[1] Mason was interred at his Montpelier estate in Clear Spring, Maryland.[4]

Relations

John Thomson Mason was a nephew of George Mason (1725–1792);[1] son of Thomson Mason (1733–1785);[1] brother of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803);[1] half-brother of William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862);[1] first cousin of George Mason V (1753–1796);[1] 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);[1] uncle of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819) and John Thomson Mason (1787–1850);[1] father of John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815–1873);[1] and great uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843).[1]

References

1. ^10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 {{cite web | url=http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p26.htm#i1295 | title=John Thomson Mason | date=| accessdate=2008-02-15 | publisher=Gunston Hall | author=Gunston Hall |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080211141639/http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p26.htm#i1295 |archivedate = 2008-02-11}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10855.html | title=Mason family of Virginia | date= June 16, 2008| accessdate=2009-03-07 | publisher=The Political Graveyard | author=The Political Graveyard}}
3. ^{{cite book| last = The Colonial Dames of America | first = | title =Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives of Chapter I, the Colonial Dames of America | publisher =Grafton Press | year= 1910 | location =Boston, Massachusetts | pages=808}}
4. ^{{cite book |title=Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State |last=Federal Writers' Project |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher=US History Publishers |location= |isbn=1-60354-019-9 |page= |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6BlU1wPV7oC }}
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