Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Ayers Mason (466) & Eunice Hale

872. Charles Mason (Ayers6, Moses5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 17 Jan 1827. Died Bethel, Maine, on 16 Nov 1904. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

Mr. Mason was very public spirited and held many positions of trust, town clerk 1858, 1859, 1860, 1865, 1866, town treasurer 1857-1861, in the militia 1861, justice of the peace, member of Bethel Lodge, No. 97, and on its first board of officers elected under the charter, also an officer 1864-1865, treasurer 1874, 1875, secretary July 1887, in 1890 his name was on the list of members in good standing, member of the Universalist Church which was organized in 1847, and trustee of Gould's Academy. He was a merchant on the Hill for many years.

He married Melissa Marshall Russell, daughter of Ezra Twitchell Russell & Phebe Kimball, on 13 Oct 1853 in Bethel, Maine. Born Bethel, Maine, on 24 Sep 1832. Died Bethel, Maine, on 2 Apr 1907. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Adelaide. Born Bethel, Maine, on 22 Aug 1854. Died Portland, Maine, on 17 Jan 1905. Residence: Portland, Maine. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Levi Greeleaf, son of Stephen Greeleaf & Fanny Taylor, on 3 Oct 1878. Born Starks, Maine, on 30 Dec 1849. Data from Mason.

Mr. Greenleaf was a lawyer.
ii.  Fannie May. Born Bethel, Maine, on 5 Jul 1857. Died Bethel, Maine, on 25 Apr 1928. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  Susie Ada. Born Bethel, Maine, on 12 Jun 1859. Died Bethel, Maine, on 2 Feb 1903. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Ellen. Born Bethel, Maine, on 19 Sep 1862. Died Bethel, Maine, in Oct 1862. Data from Mason.
1456 v.  Charles Ayers (1866-)
vi.  Harry Ezra. Born Bethel, Maine, on 7 Aug 1868. Residence: October 1934, Boston, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
Mr. Mason graduated Gould Academy, 1887, and Gray's Business College, Portland, maine, 1888. Now (1934) he is vice-president of Baker Extract Company, Springfield, Mass.

He married Muriel Park, daughter of Ellery Channing Park & Mary Stearns, on 12 Jul 1929 in Lancaster, N. H. Born Bethel, Maine, on 18 Feb 1898. Data from Mason.

Mrs. Mason attended Gould Academy at Bethel, and graduated Smith College, 1921, A.B.
vii.  Grace Greenwood. Born Bethel, Maine, on 16 Jul 1870. Died Hebron, Maine, on 17 Oct 1913. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Tom Foskett Hastings, son of Gideon Hastings & Dolly Kimball, on 4 Oct 1893 in Bethel, Maine. Born Bethel, Maine, on 2 Jul 1870. Data from Mason.

873. Maria Antoinette Mason (Ayers6, Moses5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 8 Aug 1828. Died Bethel, Maine, on 6 Mar 1885. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Clark Swett Edwards, son of Enoch Edwards & Abigail McLellan, on 5 Dec 1849 in Bethel, Maine. Born Otisfield, Maine, on 26 Mar 1823. Died Bethel, Maine, on 3 May 1903. Data from Mason.

At the opening of the Civil War, when the call for 300,000 men was ordered, Clark S. Edwards took out papers and was chosen captain of the first company organized under this call. This company became Co. I, 5th Maine Regt. He was discharged with rank of Brig-Gen. for conspicuous bravery, July 27, 1865. Residence, Bethel, Maine.

They had the following children:
i.  Charles Frank. Born Bethel, Maine, on 21 May 1851. Died Dillon, Mont., on 25 Jun 1884. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1457 ii.  Ellen Maria (1853-1924)
1458 iii.  Waldo Wallace (1854-)
1459 iv.  Ayers Mason (1857-1910)
v.  Herbert Arthur. Born Bethel, Maine, on 17 Apr 1860. Residence: Los Angeles, Calif. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Lillian Gleason Brackett, daughter of Lendall Stevens Brackett & Anna Hapgood, on 1 Jan 1887 in Portland, Maine. Data from Mason.
vi.  Frederick Lee. Born Bethel, Maine, on 12 Oct 1865. Residence: October 1932, Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Susan Gray Frost, daughter of Orange Clark Frost & Mary M. Hastings, on 28 Jun 1890 in Bethel, Maine. Born Bethel, Maine, on 15 Feb 1870. Data from Mason.
1460 vii.  Delmer Ellery (1868-1909)

874. Oliver Hale Mason (Ayers6, Moses5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 22 Apr 1830. Died Bethel, Maine, on 20 Feb 1891. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

Mr. Mason was long in trade at Berlin Falls, N. H., and subsequently at Bethel Hill, Maine, also interested in timber lands, lumbering and town affairs. He was selectman 1861-1862, town clerk 1864, justice of the peace and town treasurer many years, member of the militia 1861, member of Bethel Lodge, No. 97, and on its first board of officers elected under the charter, also an officer 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and in 1890 his name was on the list of members in good standing. An alumnus of Gould's Academy and one of the founders of The Bethel Savings Bank in which he held the offices of treasurer and president successively. He was greatly interested in the Universalist Church and left it a legacy of $1,000. He is said to have been the first to use mineral coal in Bethel, which was in 1873, and in August 1874 he took a prominent part in the centennial celebration of Bethel.

He first married Alma Frances Connor, daughter of Gilman Connor & W., on 29 May 1856. Born Maine on 23 Aug 1836. Died on 29 Jun 1864. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Alice Gilman. Born on 23 May 1859. Died Bethel, Maine, on 20 Nov 1928. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Miss Mason was a talented pianist.
ii.  Henry Ayers. Born on 17 Apr 1864. Died on 8 Aug 1864. Data from Mason.

He second married Olive Melissa Lee, daughter of Chester Lee & Lydia Crouch, on 7 Dec 1865 in Vernon, Vt. Married by Rev. H. B. Butler. Born on 16 Oct 1840. Died living September 1934. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
1461 i.  Leslie Lee (1868-1925)

875. William Wallace Mason (Ayers6, Moses5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 10 Mar 1834. Died Bethel, Maine, on 27 Jun 1892. Residence: Bethel, Maine, on the homestead of his father, Ayers Mason. Data from Mason.

Mr. Mason was a farmer, also a dealer in cattle and sheep and interested in timber lands and lumbering. He was a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 97, being the first Mason in Bethel, an acting officer and also on a committee to open a lodge at Bethel Hill, which was done June 14, 1860. In 1863 he held office in it, and in 1890 his name was on the list of members in good standing. In 1861 he was in the militia.

He married Hepsibah Eames Kimball, daughter of Israel Kimball & Sarah Webber, on 3 Nov 1865. Born Bethel, Maine, on 27 Jul 1834. Died Bethel, Maine, on 5 Feb 1925. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Israel Wallace. Born Bethel, Maine, on 19 Mar 1867. Residence: 1931, Seattle, Wash. Data from Mason.
He married Minnie Estella Wheeler, daughter of Elbridge Gerry Wheeler (8 Jul 1825-) & Mehitable Jane Grover, on 29 Jun 1898 in Bethel, Maine. Born Bethel, Maine, on 3 May 1862. Died Seattle, Wash., on 15 Apr 1922. Data from Mason.
ii.  Frank. Born Bethel, Maine, on 16 Oct 1868. Data from Mason.
1462 iii.  Herman (1874-)
1463 iv.  Sarah Eunice (1880-)

876. Mary Ellen Mason (Ayers6, Moses5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 1 Sep 1838. Died Bethel, Maine, on 21 Mar 1907. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Seth Walker, son of Charles Walker & Sally Hill, on 28 Apr 1860 in Bethel, Maine. Born Chatham, N. H., on 7 Feb 1836. Died Bethel, Maine, on 21 Sep 1921. Data from Mason.

Mr. Walker was a dealer in hardware and stoves at Bethel Hill.

They had the following children:
i.  Edith Alberta. Born Bethel, Maine, on 20 Oct 1863. Died Bethel, Maine, on 18 Mar 1907. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
ii.  Ernest Mason. Born Fryeburg, Maine, on 24 Apr 1865. Residence: September 1934, Bethel, Maine. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  Lulie May. Born Lovell, Maine, on 2 Apr 1868. Died Lovell, Maine, on 26 Aug 1868. Data from Mason.
1464 iv.  Ethel May (1873-)

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