John Sanford Mason Sr.
Born: August 21, 1824
Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio
Father: Peleg Mason 1786 – 1825
Mother: Rachel Wilson – 1840
1st Wife: Annie Worrell Judkins 1818 – 1877
(Buried: San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas)
2nd Wife: Cornelia Marie Keller 1834 – 1928
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Children:
Kate Mason Eckles 1848 – 1926
(Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Texas)
Charles Winder Mason 1854 – 1913
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Lt. John Sandford Mason Jr. 1856 – 1891
(Buried: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas)
Education:
Attended Kenyon College
Attended Washington College in Pennsylvania
1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (9th in class)
Occupation before War:
1847 – 1850: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1847: Served at Tampico in the Mexican War
1848: Recruiter for the United States Army
1848 – 1852: Garrison Duty at Fort Adams, Rhode Island
1850 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1852: Conductor of Recruits to California
1852: Frontier Duty at Monterrey, California
1852 – 1854: Frontier Duty at San Diego, California
1854: Frontier Duty at Fort Yuma, California
1854 – 1858: Quartermaster for U.S. Army, 3rd Artillery
1858 – 1860: Recruiter for United States Army
1860 – 1861: Frontier Duty at Fort Vancouver, Washington
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1864: Captain, United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in Western Virginia, and Shenandoah Valley
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the Battle of Romney
1862: Served in the Skirmish at Blue Gap
1862: Served in the Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg ,Virginia
1863: Union Army Commander of troops in Columbus, Ohio
1863: Union Army Commander of Draft Depot at Camp Chase
1863 – 1865: Acting Assistant Provost Marshal in California, & Nevada
1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 17th Infantry Regiment
1865: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for his service in the war
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for his service in the war
1865 – 1866: Union Army, Commander of Department of the Pacific
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1866: Major of United States Army, 17th Infantry Regiment
1866 – 1869: Major of United States Army, 35th Infantry Regiment
1867 – 1869: U.S. Army Post Commander in San Antonio, Texas
1867: Sub – Commissioner of Freedmen's Bureau in San Antonio
1869 – 1873: Major of United States Army, 15th Infantry Regiment
1869 – 1870: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Bayard, New Mexico
1873: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Stanton, New Mexico
1873 – 1881: Lt. Colonel of United States, Army 4th Infantry Regiment
1874: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Selden, New Mexico
1874: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Sanders, Wyoming
1874 – 1875: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
1875 – 1881: Acting Assistant Inspector General, Dept. of Texas
1881 – 1883: Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 20th Infantry Regiment
1882: Deputy Governor of Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C.
1882 – 1883: U.S. Army Commander of Depot at Columbus Barracks
1883 – 1888: Colonel of United States Army, 9th Infantry Regiment
1883 – 1886: U.S. Army Commander of Fort David A. Russell, Wyoming
1887: U.S. Army Commander of Fort Whipple Barracks
1888: Retired from United States Army on August 21st
Died: November 29, 1897
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: General Paralysis, edema of lungs and heart failure
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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