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2631. Gertrude Lawson
Killed as young lady, riding horse and the horse turned and she fell and broke neck.
1933. Charles Scott Lawson
BIOGRAPHY: Family History Records; ; compiled by Frank Gibson Thibault Jr, <thibault@obgyn.net> ; dated 19 Apr 1992 sent to T Mason; NOTES: Succeded his brother James as LR city collector on bros. Death in 1933. Obits state either born in LR or moved there at age 1. Attended LR public schools. he was bookkeeper at a picric acid plant during WW1. Served 15 years as deputy collector for LR while bro James was collector.
Brothers Howard and Lee Williamson of Texarkana
No children
BIOGRAPHY: letter from Carol Elaine Warren Jackson to "Mr. Yeiser"; 12/20/81; copy in possn of T.Mason (filed - Philip Yeiser); EXTRACTION: (Contains two pages of family records.) Family Bible owned by Dr. Richard Jackson, apparently belonging to Affie Yeiser Jackson, daughter of Daniel Yeiser is the following (List birth dates and names of Chrisman, Affie and 8 children; plus (not from Bible) children and spouses of John D. Jackson.) "John is the "Old Dr. John" dear to so many here in Danville. Before married a woman named Julia Gentry when he was rather young, knowing at the time that she had tuberculosis. Apparently after a short time, her condition forced her to go to a sanitarium in North Carolina, where she died not long afterward".
John was a much loved doctor and surgeon in Danville, Ky. After his first wife died, he married his cousin Kate Strouse.
He lived in El Centro, California for short time with wife, Katherine after they were first married. Then they returned to Danville where their children were born.
1938. James David Shaver Jr
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Shaver Family Bible; 1831-1963; pub 1856, New York, American Bible Society; ; in poss of Dori Shaver, Hot Springs National Park, AR; copies in poss of T Mason
DEATH-MARRIAGE: Letter and family group records from Dori Shaffer, Hot Springs Village to T Mason; ; dated 24Aug1996; in poss of T Mason
2638. Elizabeth (Lib) Borden Allison
Married - 3 girls.
1943. Daniel Speed Borden
PARENTS-DEATH: Borden family bible; ; Printed and Published by Case, Tiffany & Burnham. Hartford 1841; p 3; Original in possession of Nell G. Borden, Louisville, Kentucky in 1964; Certified copy in possession of T. Mason; On July 20, 1939 Dan S. Borden, son of John and Elizabeth Borden passed away.
RESEARCHER: <Omaop3@wmconnect.com> wrote the following to T.Mason on 23 Aug 2003, "An incident in the life of Dan that was unique to me, at the time, now I understand it isn't unusual. I was 10 when Dan died, at home, following a serious bout of strep. He had a small flock of sheep. He fed them at the same time religiously. Betty was 18 or 19 at the time and she kept the sheep fed during Dan's illness but they did not eat as well. Dan died about 8:15 in the morning and the sheep started to bleat at almost the same time. They "cried & cried". They were so forlorn Sybil had to call someone to come pick them up and take them away. She could not handle their grief."
2640. Betty Jane Borden
Married. 2 girls.
1944. Emma Lee Borden
BIRTH-PARENTS-CHILDREN-DEATH-MARRIAGE: Borden family bible; ; Printed and Published by Case, Tiffany & Burnham. Hartford 1841; p 4; Original in possession of Nell G. Borden, Louisville, Kentucky in 1964; Certified copy in possession of T. Mason; Emma Borden Whipple, daughter of John A. Borden & Elizabeth W. Borden passed away October 8, 1954
CHILDREN: Catharine F.B.Mason's red note book in possession of T. Mason; Emma N. was the mother of Margaret & Mollie.
1946. Margaret Alice Borden
PARENTS-DEATH: Borden family bible; ; Printed and Published by Case, Tiffany & Burnham. Hartford 1841; p 4; Original in possession of Nell G. Borden, Louisville, Kentucky in 1964; Certified copy in possession of T. Mason; Margaret Borden Nelson, daughter of John A. & Elizabeth W. Borden, passed away February 23, 1963.
1947. Benjamin Borden Mason
BIRTH: Family History by Catharine F.B. Mason & Family bible in poss. of T.Mason. Ben was asked by his father to leave home at age 13 and fend for himself. He did so!
MARRIAGE-DEATH: (Filed)R.L.Mason - copy of Virginia Marriage cert. line 37. Says he was a machinist. Ref: Florida Death Cert. # 1700.
I (T.Mason) met uncle Ben once in 1963. He as the oldest Mason son, gave me, the oldest grandson, the Mason family bible.
DEATH: Cert. # 382 area # 214; ; State of California; ; copy in poss of T. Mason; NOTE: indicates cremated at Sherwood Memorial Park, Salem, Virginia. An urn with her ashes was placed inside her husband's vault on an upper ledge.
2647. Eleanor (Nora) Lucy Mason
DEATH: letter from sister Kathleen Taylor in May 1995 that Nora died 2 years ago.
DEATH: Letter from Lou Anne (Mason) Hamel on 26Mar2001. EXTRACT: Eleanor died in Bethesda, Maryland, her home of many years. She was cremated and buried at West Point with her husband. I was her official guardian for about 3 1/2 years until she died. She had dementia.
Maj. Gen. Alan Harrison Gerhardt
Was West Point Graduate. Maj,Gen - US Army. No children. Have picture in Benjamin Borden Mason's file of this couple as provided by Frank Wilson. His first marriage was to ____.
1948. Elizabeth (Betty) Downing Mason
Family history & bible in poss. of T. Mason.
Divorced (2) K. Berry Peterson in 1936.
Red note book of Catharine F.B.Mason lists family.
Listed as father of Lorraine on her death certificate.
2650. John Philip (Jack) Hunter Peterson
John is quoted in letter to Frank Wilson, Aug.1973 saying he was never adopted, just took the Peterson name.
BIOGRAPHY: John never had children. Worked in CCC in 1930's. In 1939 in U.S. Army in Corregidor, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Phillipines. His trade was tool engineering after the war.
RESEARCH: In T. Mason's first phone conversation with John Peterson in fall of 1985. He asked if I knew anything about his sister named Lorraine who had two children and had died at the age of 39. I phoned Lorraine's second husband in 1987 (named Jim Canada) and pieced together a little more information. I'm sure more information is available if someone wants to spend the money on certificates.
REFERENCE: Family history by Catharine F. Mason; ; ; ; NOTE: divorced Elizabeth in 1936. Jack Peterson indicated his mother and step-father separated in 1935 and divorced in 1940.
REF: 920.07;W628;v17 Who's Who in America 1932-33 by A.N.Marquis Co,Chicago, p 1827...(Names parents, & marriage) Okla. Univ.1913; LLB Ariz. Univ 1920. Okla bar 1915, Arizona Bar 1921. Co. Attny, Pima,Az 1922-27; Attny Gen Az 1929-33. Was in US army. Unsuccessful cantidate AZ governor in 1932. Following this was some drinking, some disloyalty and his subsequent divorce. 1st Lt.Gov USA 1917-19. Member of: Disabled Veterans, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Alpha Delta, Democrat, Presbyterian, Odd Fellow, Elk.
Information sent to T.Mason on 27 Mar 2002 by John J. Mathews <math@bendcable.com>. "In 1933, as K. Berry Peterson finished his term as Arizona Attorney General, he became Assistant US Attorney for Arizona under my father, Clifton Mathews. I don't know what happened to Peterson when my father went on the Ninth US Court of Appeals bench in 1935."
1949. Sarah Yeiser Mason
Family History & Bible in poss. of T. Mason. Personal correspondence with T. Mason. Daughter, Catharine Anliss contacted Emma D. (Mason) Lindesmith of Sarah's death. Emma called J.M. Mason who told T. Mason in December 1980. In 1973, Frank Wilson was told that Sarah was a motion picture scriptwriter. The NY Times Index indicates she was given an Oscar in 1933 for an "Adaptation of Little Women."
REF: as recalled from her brother John Mets, "Sarah worked at M.G.M. studios. Her husband, Victor Heerman, Sr., did direct the Marx Brothers’ second feature film, "Animal Crackers", but that was based on their broadway show of the same name and was written by S. J. Perelman, Morrie Ryskind, and others. She wrote several pictures for Irene, Katharine Hepburn, and Ronald Colman. Doug Fairbanks Sr. was a next door neighbor of Victor and Sarah and I got to meet him - my first hero."
LETTER: from nephew, Richard Leeson; ; ; in poss of T. Mason; EXTRACT: "You give short shrift to Aunt Sarah. Besides winning an academy award, she in collaboration with Uncle Victor and others, wrote original scenarios and adaptations on many popular movies of her time, such as "Stella Dallas" with Barbara Stanwyck, original script for "Little House Across the Bay" with George Raft, Alcotts "Little Men", "Little Women" plus many more. Aunt Sarah did several scenarios for Kathrine Hepburn's movies. By the way, I used to play chess with Aunt Sarah. I never won." Sometime about 1992 grandson John Koenig corresponded with Katherine Hepburn who was effusive in her praise of Victor, Sarah and their work.
In 1934 shared winning an Academy Award "Oscar" in the Category of "Best Writing, Adaptation" for "Little Women" (1933) with her husband, Victor Heerman.
From Kate Mason Hoover: A "continuity" person is the person who makes sure films make sense. For example making sure no one had on a wrist watch in a scene of Roman soldiers or to make sure that the characters are dressed the same if the scene is the same day. Aunt Sarah was the first. Actually, she created the concept of continuity in films. Every movie today has a crew of people to keep an eye on the consistency of things in films. If you watch a movie or TV show and notice that the character had his hat on in one shot, but not in another, the continuity people have missed it. Anyway, Aunt Sarah is in the Guinness Book of Movie records for this achievement!
MARRIAGE: Bk 382-p.253 Los Angeles County Marriage Records.
BIOGRAPHY: From [HYPERLINK http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Heerman,+Victor ]by John Koenig <johnmkoenig@earthlink.net>. EXTRACT: He was one of four brothers. His mother was a theatrical costumer. His father abandoned the family. His mother moved the family to New York around the turn of the century to take a job as David Belasco's head costumer. Heerman moved to Los Angeles in 1911 to get into the movie business. He worked for Mack Sennett, among others, writing and directing two-reelers. While working for Douglas Fairbanks on a location shoot in Arizona on the film entitled "Arizona" (1918), he met Sarah Y. Mason, one of eleven children of a railroad employee. Mason wanted to join the production as an actress, but although quite beautiful, she couldn't act -- even though this was in the silent era. She did come to Hollywood as a kind of script girl - production assistant and parlayed that into a career as a writer with some 34 major film credits in a career that spanned over 20 years, working with some of the major figures in the motion picture business. Heerman and Mason were soon married and had two children, Catherine (born 2/5/22) (God parents Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks) and Victor Heerman, Jr. Heerman and Mason worked as a writing team (i.e., Oscar for best screenplay adaptation for "Little Women" in 1933. Heerman was also active as a director (i.e., "Animal Crackers").
1952. Catharine Fauntleroy Mason
Family bible & history in poss. of T. Mason
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with T. Mason, 1967; ; ; NOTES: Divorced 1st husband, George Gurnee in 1925. Divorced Kay Williams in Sep. 1943. Catharine went to Washington,D.C. after graduating from high school. Worked in civil service dept. Her 1st husband was a book binder in library in D.C. The baby died of spinal meningites. She next worked for attorney as court reporter & secretary. Joined WAC's and in exam found had Sitis Inversus (all organs on opposite side). After she left the WAC's she worked as secy for Lennon Lights. Her 2nd husband was a salesman & wrote columns on bridge for newspapers.
2654. Mary Catharine Gurnee
Name, birthplace and "death age is about two years" given by Catharine FB Mason in bibliographic info. - file RA Mason
Kay divorced Catharine in October 1943. Catharine told T.Mason this in 1964.
