Mason, Francema A., 1837-1911.

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Illinois Union soldier and his spouse whose families originated in New York and Vermont.

Francema Smith and Otis Mason married on Aug. 15, 1862 in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois. Otis Mason enlisted with the 129th Illinois Infantry on Aug. 9, 1862; and he served in the Civil War as a sergeant. He was wounded and subsequently discharged May 25, 1865. By 1870, the Mason family had moved to Pawnee City, Neb., and by the late 1870s, they moved again to Tecumseh, Neb.

From the description of Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, 1863-1876, (bulk 1863-1868). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 52898918

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associatedWith Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. person
associatedWith Mason family. family
correspondedWith Mason, Otis S., 1833-1919 person
associatedWith Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 person
associatedWith Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 person
correspondedWith United States. Army corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Fairbury
Kansas
Southern States
Livingston County (Ill.)
Deadwood (S.D.)
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Madison (Ind.)
Michigan
Mississippi
United States
Topeka (Kan.)
Tennessee
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Husband and wife
Manuscripts, American
Soldiers
Soldiers' writings, American
Women
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Birth 1837

Death 1911

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