Draft:John W. Mason

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John W. Mason (1842 โ€“ April 23, 1917)[1][2] was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.

Mason was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from his appointment on November 1, 1915 to December 31, 1916.

Mason was a Republican.

Early life and education

John W. Mason was born in 1842.[3]

Mason attended Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, West Virginia.[4]

Career

Personal life

Mason married Rebecca E. Wallace on September 6, 1870.[4]

He was a Presbyterian and Freemason.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Distinguished Men Attend the Mason Funeral", The West Virginian (April 26, 1917), p. 1.
  2. ^ "Judge John W. Mason Dies", Washington Evening Star (April 24, 1917), p. 3.
  3. ^ "Collection: John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers | West Virginia University Archivesspace".
  4. ^ a b c "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Monongalia, Marion and Taylor Counties, West Virginia: Comprising about Five Hundred Sketches of the Prominent and Representative Citizens of These Counties". 1895.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
1915โ€“1916
Succeeded by


Category:1842 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia


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