Genealogical notes, ca. 1880-1954.

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Genealogical notes, ca. 1880-1954.

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Includes letters, 1954, of William G. Harkins to R. Carter Pittman concerning typescript of a deposition of George Graham concerning the heirs of George Mason of "Gunston," Fairfax County, Va. Folder also includes a handwritten note concerning Stevens Thomson Mason.

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Graham, George Frederick

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George Graham (1770-1830) served as acting US Secretary of War from 1815-1818, president of the Washington branch of the Bank of America from 1817-1823, and from 1823-1830 as commissioner of the general land office of the United States. In 1818 Graham traveled to Galveston, Texas on a secret mission to obtain information on French exiles in Texas. He also inspected the Texas coast with pirate Jean Lafitte and wrote an account of his mission, the first Anglo-American description of a sea voyage t...

Harkins, William Gregory.

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Pittman, Robert Carter, 1989-

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Mason Family.

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The family of Hale S. Mason, who came to Will County, Illinois, from Ontario County, New York, in 1834 with his wife Sabrina Codding Mason and their 3 young sons Hale, Edwin and William. After settling near Lockport and starting a boot and shoe business with his brother, he and Sabrina had four more sons, Stephen, John, Charles and George. In 1849 he left for California to find gold, leaving his family behind. George was a baby. He remained away for several years. He had started a nursery busine...