Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Capt. Lawrence Sprague Mason (432) & Sarah French

841. Elizabeth Mason (Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born on 2 Mar 1829. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.

She married Cyrus W. Partridge, son of Sylvester Partridge & Rachel (Brown) Fay, on 21 Oct 1851 in Potsdam, N. Y. Born Alstead, N. H., on 16 Sep 1817. Died on 28 May 1881. Data from Mason.

Mother was (3) wife of his father.

They had the following children:
i.  Henry. Born bef 1931. Data from Mason.
ii.  Charles. Born bef 1932. Data from Mason.

842. William Mason (Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Potsdam, N. Y., on 4 Aug 1830. Died Brighton, Ill. Data from Mason.

He married ----. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Flora. Data from Mason.
ii.  Clara. Data from Mason.
iii.  Charles. Data from Mason.
iv.  William. Data from Mason.
v.  Albert. Data from Mason.
vi.  Frank. Data from Mason.

843. Sarah Jane Mason (Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Potsdam, N. Y., on 6 Aug 1832. Died Washington, D. C., on 19 Jan 1918. Data from Mason.

SML Comment: Picture from Morgan Benson. SARAH JANE MASON. Her first husband, Lt. Col. Harry Brownson, was appointed from Vermont. He worked as a Quartermaster officer during the Civil War, and stayed in for several years following the war. After his resignation in 1868, he worked as an Agent for the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska, and later as Station Master for the Wells Fargo Company in Omaha. He died on 7 February 1891 in Omaha, Nebraska, and is buried there. After her first husband's death, Sarah Jane Mason married Colonel Clement A. Lounsberry, a newspaper man living in Bismarck, Dakota Territory. Colonel Lounsberry, a cavalry officer in the Union army during the Civil War, was the first newspaper man to report on the death of Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the massacre of the 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn in 1876. He wired details of the battle to the New York newspapers and to the Army Headquarters in Washington DC. They are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington, DC, where they had spent their final years.

- information provided by Morgan Benson (Lt. Col. USA, ret.) in June 2001.


She first married Harry Brownson Jr., son of Harry Brownson & Eliza Coleman, on 6 Apr 1851. Born Richmond, Vt., on 10 Mar 1829. Died Omaha, Neb., on 7 Sep 1891. Data from Mason.

Mr. Brownson served in the Civil War, appointed in Varmont, Capt. A. Q. M., February 29, 1864, mustered out October 30, 1865.

SML Comment: Picture from Morgan Benson.


They had the following children:
i.  Katie. Born Burlington, Vt. Died Burlington, Vt., in 1853. Data from Mason.
1436 ii.  Harry (1857->1933)
1437 iii.  Mary (1863-)
iv.  Lilie. Born New York City, in 1865. Died Omaha, Neb., in 1868. Data from Mason.
1438 v.  Daisy (1871-1894)

She second married Col. Clement A. Lounsbury, on 5 Jun 1893. Died Washington, D. C., on 3 Oct 1926. Residence: Of Fargo, N. D. Data from Mason.

Col. Lounsbury wrote a history of North Dakota and was at Bismarck, N. D., when the Custer Massacre occurred.

SML Comment: Picture from Morgan Benson. Surname spelling should be Lounsberry, but is Lounsbury in the Mason genealogy. His full name is Clement Augustus Lounsberry.


844. Andrew Jackson Mason (Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Potsdam, N. Y., on 24 Oct 1834. Died New Haven, Vt., on 26 Jan 1898. Residence: New Haven, Vt. Data from Mason.

Mr. Mason attended school at Potsdam, when seventeen he went to New Haven and took up farming until the outbreak of the Civil War. September 5, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. F, 5th Vermont Regt., and for bravery on the battlefield was promoted to 1st Lieut. and was in that capacity at the time of his discharge, March 31, 1863. After his return to New Haven he purchased a farm which he successfully conducted until his death. He was a member of Ethan Allen Post, G. A. R., of Vergennes, also charter member of Libanus Lodge, No. 47, A. F. and A. R. of Bristol. In politics a Republican, in religion a Congregationalist and member of the church.

He married Annie Delia Ward, daughter of Chester Ward & Abigail Hawkins, on 22 Sep 1859 in Burlington, Vt. Born Waltham, Addison Co., Vt., on 17 Apr 1839. Died New Haven, Vt., on 23 Dec 1917. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Frederick Charles. Born New Haven, Vt., on 6 Sep 1860. Died Elizabeth, Col., on 24 Aug 1891. Data from Mason.
ii.  Jessie Ward. Born New Haven, Vt., on 13 May 1864. Died on 20 Apr 1888. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  Carrie Hosmer. Born New Haven, Vt., on 22 Mar 1870. Residence: January 1932, New Haven, Vt. Data from Mason. No children.
She married David Owen Jones, son of Owen Jones & Jeanette Jones, on 19 Mar 1919. Born Poultney, Vt., on 2 Dec 1861. Data from Mason.
1439 iv.  Sarah Abigail (1876-1902)

845. Charles W. Mason (Lawrence Sprague6, William5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Potsdam, N. Y., on 6 Nov 1837. Died on 28 May 1898. Residence: New Haven, Vt., and Los Angeles, Calif. Data from Mason.

Mr. Mason was a breeder and dealer in thoroughbred sheep which have been exported to nearly all the United States, and he has shipped to Africa, being one of the first to establish this enterprise, also a breeder of high-blooded horses. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. G, 14th Vermont Volunteers, when they organized September 9, 1862, mustered in October 1862, 2nd Lieut. Returned to Vermont July 1863. He raised Co. E for the 3rd Vt. Militia Regt., and was commissioned Captain by ex-Gov. Gregory J. Smith. He was in the Battle of Gettysburg and has an excellent war record. Member of the Congregational Church, in politics Republican.

He married Cornelia Ruth Rogers, daughter of Jabez W. Rogers & Helen Ward, on 13 Oct 1864. Born Ferrisburgh, Vt., on 16 Mar 1842. Died Los Angeles, Calif., on 5 Apr 1896. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1440 i.  Hattie E. (1865-<1931)
ii.  Helen R.. Born New Haven, Vt., on 3 Aug 1867. Residence: Port Douglas, N. Y. Data from Mason.
She married Wayland E. Stearns, on 30 Dec 1891. Data from Mason.
1441 iii.  Lillian I. (1871-<1931)
1442 iv.  Charles Clayton (1874-)
v.  Mollie F.. Born New Haven, Vt., on 7 Mar 1877. Data from Mason.
She married ----. Data from Mason.

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