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Pioneer Settlers in Early Washington
& Surrounding Counties in Georgia

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  • ID: I510
  • Name: James Gordon MASON
  • Given Name: James Gordon
  • Surname: Mason 1 2
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 3 May 1875 in Washington County, Georgia 1 3 2 4
  • Death: 1945 3 2 4
  • Burial: Swainsboro City Cemetery, Emanuel County, Georgia 2 3 5 2 4 6
  • Event: Photograph
  • Note:

    "Uncle Gordon" - James Gordon Mason

  • Education:
  • Note: Gordon attended public school in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia and then graduated from pharmaceutical school in Macon, Georgia. 6
  • Occupation:
  • Note: Gordon purchased Dr. George Smith's drug store in Swainsboro and operated it as Mason's Pharmacy. 6
  • _UID: BDABC5617CDE4B49B795832341AF9DF8F330
  • Change Date: 24 Nov 2008 at 23:31



    Father: George Lee MASON b: 25 Oct 1843 in Georgia
    Mother: Mayme Vandella "Mary" SMITH b: 8 Sep 1854 in Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia

    Marriage 1 Amy Estell ROUNTREE
    • Married: 2
    • Change Date: 22 Aug 2001
    Children
    1. Has No Children Suzanne MASON
    2. Has No Children Living MASON
    3. Has Children Living MASON
    4. Has No Children Rosaline MASON
    5. Has No Children Living MASON
    6. Has No Children Living MASON
    7. Has No Children Living MASON
    8. Has No Children Living MASON
    9. Has No Children Living MASON

    Sources:
    1. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1890 Washington County, Georgia Census Index
      Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1890. This census index—containing a list of the name, age, sex and race of individuals enumerated on the 1890 census for Washington County, Georgia— were ordered from Washington, DC and were received by the Court of Ordinary for Washington County, Georgia before the originals of the 1890 census reports were destroyed by fire in 1921. The original three books, along with mocrofilm copies, are on file in the Court of Ordinary, Washington County, Georgia. In 1985 the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc. 9cggs), obtained permission from the Court of Ordinary to compile the index in book form, and the book was published by CGGS in 1994. A copy of that book is in the possession of Diane Carrington Bradford.
      Date: 29 Sep 2008
      Page: column 1, p 16
    2. Media: Book
      Title: Colby Smith and His Descendants
      Author: Brantley, Gene D., Smith, Robert A., and Veal, Carllene S.
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Louisville, GA: The Colby Smith Family Publications, 1998
      Date: 19 Sep 2000
      Note:
      The three authors are all direct descendants of Colby Smith and Anna Henry Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
    3. Media: Personal
      Title: Lists of Mason and Smith Family Names, Births and Deaths [handwritten by the family historian]
      Author: Henry, Francis Katherine Smith (Aunt Dumpsie)
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, Georgia, 1920
    4. Media: Original Document
      Title: List of Smith, Mason and Bridges Family Names, Births and Deaths [handwritten by the author]
      Author: Bridges, Mamye Vandella "Mary" (Smith) Mason
      Publication: [primary source] Georgia, c 1900
    5. Media: Research collection
      Title: Benjamin Darius Smith Descendants
      Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net
      Date: 18 Sep 2000
    6. Title: Descendants of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith
      Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net GEDCOM file (imported 9-18-2000) received from Dess Smith as an attachment to e-mail message dated 9-11-2000 to Diane Carrington Bradford.
      Date: 18 Sep 2000
      Note:
      DeSaussure Dugas Smith, III "Dess" is a direct descendant of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith and through him of Colby Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
      Page: GEDCOM from Dess Smith

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