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Family of Rev. Darwin Norman MASON and Elizabeth J. THICKSTUN

Husband: Rev. Darwin Norman MASON (1833?-1933?)
Wife: Elizabeth J. THICKSTUN (1833-1901)
Children: Darwin T. MASON (1853?-1953?)
Anna MASON (1854?-1954?)
Norman MASON (1855?-1955?)
Nellie MASON (1856?-1956?)
Marriage 2 May 1861

Husband: Rev. Darwin Norman MASON

Name: Rev. Darwin Norman MASON
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1833 (app)
Death 1933 (app) (age 99-100)

Wife: Elizabeth J. THICKSTUN

Name: Elizabeth J. THICKSTUN
Sex: Female
Father: William Lewis THICKSTUN (1799-1878)
Mother: Rachel FREEMAN (1801-1876)
Birth 18 Nov 1833 near MEADVILLE, PA 1
Baptised OAK VIEW CEM, ALBIA, IA
Death 13 Jul 1901 (age 67) Albia, Monroe, Iowa, USA 1

Child 1: Darwin T. MASON

Name: Darwin T. MASON
Sex: Male
Birth 1853 (app)
Death 1953 (app) (age 99-100)

Child 2: Anna MASON

Name: Anna MASON
Sex: Female
Birth 1854 (app)
Death 1954 (app) (age 99-100)

Child 3: Norman MASON

Name: Norman MASON
Sex: Male
Birth 1855 (app)
Death 1955 (app) (age 99-100)

Child 4: Nellie MASON

Name: Nellie MASON
Sex: Female
Birth 1856 (app)
Death 1956 (app) (age 99-100)

Note on Wife: Elizabeth J. THICKSTUN - shared note

EDUCATED AT KINGSVILLE ACADEMY, O. IN EARLY WOMANHOOD SHE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELDER BROTHER, NOW REV. F. F. THICKSTUN OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA., IN THE CONDUCT OF THE MEADVILLE ACADEMY, HE PRINCIPAL, SHE ASSISTANT. IN 1859 SHE CAME WITH HER BROTHER TO MINNESOTA AND TOOK CHARGE CATFIELD ACADEMY. SEVEN YEARS WAS PASTOR'S WIFE IN ROCHESTER, MN. SHE SHARED HER HUSBAND'S CARES AND LABORS IN CEDAR FALLS, INDIANOLA, BOONE, MARSHALLTOWN, MARION, WAUKON; AND IN BROOKINGS, SD.SIX YEARS. SHE ENJOYED THE LAST TWO YEARS OF RETIREMENT AND REST IN HER ALBIA HOME. HER TASTES BY NATURE AND CULTIVATION WERE LITERARY. WITH THE NEWEST BOOKS AND PERIODICALS, WITH LEISURE TO READ THEM, SHE WAS NEVER LONELY. SHE TOOK A LIVELY INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS OF THE DAY, AND AT TIMES DISCUSSED THEM IN THE PUBLIC PRINTS WITH INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY. SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER CHILDREN AND WAS THEIR BEST TEACHER. SHE HAS LIVED HER LIFE, DONE HER WORK AND GONE TO HER REWARD. "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD; YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT, FOR THEY DO REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM." BURIAL SERVICES HELD AT THE RESIDENCE.

HER SON DARWIN AND SON-IN-LAW F. E. GITCHELL ARRIVED TOO LATE FOR HER BURIAL.

Sources

1Footnote: EVELYN RENO

 

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