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  • ID: I523
  • Name: George Lorine "Lori" MASON
  • Given Name: George Lorine "Lori"
  • Surname: Mason 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 21 Jul 1873 in Washington County, Georgia 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 6 7
  • Death: 13 Nov 1938 in Emanuel County, Georgia 10 5 6 7
  • Burial: Swainsboro City Cemetery, Emanuel County, Georgia 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 7
  • Event: Photograph
  • Note:

    "Uncle Lori" - George Lorene Mason

  • Event: Census Report Census/Tax 1900 Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    CENSUS YR: 1900 STATE: GA COUNTY: Emanuel DIST: 106 PO: Adrian Roll: T623_195
    DATE: Jun 5, 1900 ENUMERATOR: Aaron C. Herrington PAGE: 25a
    Residence: Poplar Street, Adrian, Georgia; HN: 523 FN: 523
    ========================================================================
    LName FName Relation Sex R Age Mrd Birth Father Mother Occ
    ========================================================================
    Mason George Head M W 26 M GA GA GA Livery business
    Mason Georgia Wife F W 24 M GA GA GA
    Mason Leonard Son M W 17 S GA GA GA
    Mason Lucille Dau F W 6 S GA GA GA
    Mason Willie Son M W 5 S GA GA GA
    Mason James G. Son M W 3 S GA GA GA
    Mason George Son M W 1 S GA GA GA
    1
  • Event: Census Report Census/Tax 1910 Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    CENSUS YR: 1910 STATE: GA COUNTY: Emanuel DIST: 275 GM PO: Adrian PAGE: 1b
    DATE: Apr 15, 1910 ENUMERATOR: Henry N. Brown
    Residence: Poplar Street, Adrian, Georgia; HN: 14 FN: 15
    =====================================================================
    LName FName Relation Sex R Age Mrd Birth Father Mother Occ
    =====================================================================
    Mason George Head M W 46 M GA GA GA Horse trader
    Mason Georgia Wife F W 44 M GA GA GA
    Mason Leonard Son M W 17 S GA GA GA
    Mason Lucille Dau F W 16 S GA GA GA
    Mason Willie Son M W 15 S GA GA GA
    Mason James G. Son M W 12 S GA GA GA
    Mason George Son M W 10 S GA GA GA
    Mason S. L. Son M W 8 S GA GA GA
    Mason Frank Son M W 6 S GA GA GA
    Mason Lorene Dau F W 5 S GA GA GA
    Mason Sallie Dau F W 2 S GA GA GA
    Mason Edward Son M W 1 S GA GA GA
    2
  • Event: Census Report Census/Tax 1920 Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    CENSUS YR: 1920 STATE: GA COUNTY: Emanuel DIST: 1748 GM PO: Adrian Roll: T625_256
    DATE: 9 Jan 1920 ENUMERATOR: Henry N. Brown PAGE: 3b
    Residence: East Houston Street, Adrian, Georgia; HN: 53 FN: 65
    ============================================================================
    LName FName Relation Home Sex R Age Mrd Birth Father Mother Occ
    ============================================================================
    Mason George Head Owns M W 46 M GA GA GA Livestock slsmn
    Mason Georgia Wife F W 44 M GA GA GA
    Mason Lucille Dau F W 28 S GA GA GA
    Mason Frank Son M W 16 S GA GA GA
    Mason Lorene Dau F W 14 S GA GA GA
    Mason Edward Son M W 12 S GA GA GA
    Mason Carlton Son M W 6 S GA GA GA
    Mason Annie Dau F W 4 S GA GA GA
    Mason Eline Dau F W 2 S GA GA GA
    3
  • Event: Census Report Census/Tax 1930 Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    CENSUS YR: 1930 STATE: GA COUNTY: Emanuel DIST: 1748 GM PO: Adrian Roll: 355
    DATE: Apr 2, 1930 ENUMERATOR: Miss Ruby Frances McConnell; Page: 1a-1b
    Residence: Poplar Street, Adrian, Georgia; HN: 53 FN: 65
    ===========================================================================
    LName FName Relation Home Sex R Age Mrd Birth Father Mother Occ
    ===========================================================================
    Mason George Head Rents M W 56 M GA GA GA None
    Mason Georgia Wife F W 54 M GA GA GA
    Mason Annie L. Dau F W 15 S GA GA GA
    Mason Elleese Dau F W 12 S GA GA GA
    4
  • Event: Death Certificate 13 Nov 1938 Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
    Name:George L Mason, Jr
    Death Date:13 Nov 1938
    County of Death:Emanuel
    Certificate:30898
    13
  • Event: Forest Blade Obituary 15 Nov 1938 Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia
  • Note:
    G. L. MASON
    ADRIAN, Ga., Nov. 15.— G. L. Mason, 65, a citizen of Adrian for over thirty years, died at his home here Sunday after a lingering illness.

    Mr. Mason was born and reared at Harrison, in Washington County, the son of Dr. George Mason and Mrs. Mary Smith Mason. Funeral services were held from the Baptist Church Monday afternoon with Rev. Thurman S. Spell and Rev. L. C. Walker officiating.

    Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Ancil Anderson and Mrs. Brooks Dawson, of Savannah, and Mrs. Scott S. Fitzgerald, of Winston-Salem, N. C.; nine sons, Leonard, Jim and Willie Mason, of Swainsboro; Lorin, Carlton and Ed Mason, of Gastonia, N. C.; G. L. Mason, Jr., of LaGrange; George Mason, of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Frank Mason, of Baxley. Twenty-five grandchildren also survive. Two sisters, Mrs. Tom Lewis of Swainsboro, and Mrs. Mamie Shearouse of Atlanta; four brothers, Gordon and Cliff Mason, of Swainsboro, and Tommie and Willie Bridges, of Atlanta.
    14
  • _UID: A4538B537408416D9DE46EA3B2CC5B60CA3E
  • Change Date: 28 Sep 2008 at 22:58



    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 Georgia Lugenia CHIVERS b: 3 Mar 1875 in Georgia
    • Married: 10 Nov 1891 15 5 7
    • Change Date: 7 Apr 2007
    Children
    1. Has Children Leonard Laurie MASON b: 2 Aug 1892 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    2. Has Children Lucille MASON b: 27 Nov 1893 in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia
    3. Has Children William Hurst "Bill" MASON b: 4 Sep 1895 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    4. Has Children James Gordon MASON b: 1 Jan 1898 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    5. Has Children George Wilburn MASON b: 10 Apr 1900 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    6. Has Children George Lee "G. L." MASON b: 22 Mar 1901 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    7. Has Children John Franklin "Frank" MASON b: 12 Apr 1903 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    8. Has Children Julian Lorin MASON b: 27 Feb 1905 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    9. Has No Children Sallie MASON b: 14 Apr 1907 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    10. Has No Children Harry MASON b: 29 Jan 1910 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    11. Has No Children Edward Charles "Ed" MASON b: 18 Apr 1909 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    12. Has Children Karlton MASON b: 18 Mar 1913 in Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
    13. Has No Children Living MASON
    14. Has No Children Living MASON

    Sources:
    1. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1900 Emanuel County, Georgia Census
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, Georgia, 1900 [Printed from electronic database at Ancestry.com]
      Date: 14 Jan 2005
      Page: LN 40-46, HN 523, FN 523, p 25a
    2. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1910 Emanuel County, Georgia Census
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, GA: 1910. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
      Date: 21 Apr 2004
      Page: LN 60-71, HN 14, FN 15, p 1b
    3. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1920 Emanuel County, Georgia Census
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, GA: 1920. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
      Date: 21 Apr 2004
      Page: LN 57-65, HN: 58 FN: 65, p 3b
    4. Media: Census/Tax
      Title: 1930 Emanuel County, Georgia Census
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, GA: 1930. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
      Date: 21 Apr 2004
      Page: LN 48-50, p1a; LN 51, p 1b; HN11, FN 11, p 1a-1b
    5. Media: Photograph
      Title: Photograph of Tombstone (in possession of compiler)
      Author: Bradford, Diane C., Compiler
      Publication: [primary source] Georgia, 2000
    6. Media: Family History File
      Title: Mason/Sherouse & Carrington/Porterfield Family Information
      Author: Bradford, Diane Carrington, Compiler
      Publication: [Primary and secondary source] Stone Mountain, GA, 1999 [Family records, research and memories of Diane Carrington Bradford in possession of compiler.]
    7. 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.
      Page: p 791
    8. 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
    9. 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
    10. Media: Bible
      Title: "George Lorine Mason Family Bible Pages," The Holy Bible, Red Letter Edition
      Author: Mason, George Lorine and Georgia (Chivers) Mason and Descendants
      Publication: [primary source] Washington County, Georgia. [Bible printed by: World Syndicate Company, Inc., New York; © 1901, 1905, by Louis Klopsch, New York City]
      Date: 5 Apr 2007
      Note:
      [Photocopies of the Bible pages are in the possession of Diane Carrington Bradford, 2nd great grandniece of George Lorine Mason and Georgia Lugenia (Chivers) Mason. The actual Bible is in the possession of Mrs. Faye Mason Malone, Statesboro, GA.]
      Page: "Deaths" page
    11. 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
    12. 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
    13. Media: Electronic database
      Title: Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 [Online]
      Publication: [primary source] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. [Online database. Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-98. Georgia: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.]
      Date: 18 Nov 2002
      Note:
      [This database is an index of more than 2.7 million deaths recorded by the state of Georgia from 1919 to 1998. Georgia's registration of births and deaths on the state level began in 1919. The index includes the name of the deceased, the volume of the certificate number, the death date, the race of the deceased, the deceased's gender, the county of death, the death certificate number, the date the certificate was filed, and the deceased's age.]
      Page: Certificate number: 30898
    14. Media: Newspaper
      Title: "G. L. Mason," The Forest Blade
      Author: Obituary Column
      Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, GA: Nov 15, 1938
      Date: 5 Apr 2007
    15. Media: Court
      Title: Washington County, Georgia, Marriages, Book G, 1890-1895
      Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia: Office of Probate Court, Washington County Courthouse.
      Date: 7 Apr 2007

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