Charles Field Mason – Brigadier General, United States Army

Charles Field Mason of Virginia
Appointed from Virginia, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, 1 May 1886
Resigned 25 March 1887
Assistant Surgeon, 2 July 1888
Major, Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers, 4 June 1898
Honorably discharged from the volunteer service, 2 March 1899
Major, Surgeon, 26th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 5 July 1899
Honorably discharged from the volunteer service, 13 May 1901
Major, Surgeon, United States Army, 9 December 1901

Descendants of George Mason
Born in Pershore, England, 1629
Died in Virginia, 1686

Charles Field Mason (Wiley, Wiley Roy, Lucy Wiley Roy, Sarah Fowke, Elizabeth Dinwiddie, Simpha Rosa Ann Field Mason, George, George) was born in Richmond, Virginia. February 20, 1864. Charles died March 17, 1922 in Clarendon, Arlington, Virginia, at 58 years of age.

He married twice. He married Elizabeth Newburgh Quinton in Fort Washakie, Wyoming Territory, August 27, 1888. Elizabeth was born in Fort Shaw, Montana Territory April 9, 1872. He married Mary Eula Hare in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1903. Mary was born in Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakotas Territory January 28, 1882. Mary was the daughter of General Luther Rector Hare. 

Charles Field Mason and Elizabeth Newburgh Quinton had the following child:
Ethel Quinton Mason was born August 13, 1889

Charles Field Mason and Mary Eula Hare had the following children:
Charles Hare Mason was born March 16, 1904
Augusta Virginia Mason was born July 24, 1905
Mary Eula Mason was born September 27, 1906

MASON-HARE

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1903 – Miss Mary Eula Hare, daughter of Colonel Luther R. Hare, United States Army,of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Major Charles F. Mason, United States Army of the same post, were married this evening at the residenceof the bride’s grandparents, Colonel and Mrs. John Hancock. No cards of invitation were issued for theceremony, which was attended by only a small family party.

MASON, CHARLES FIELD
BRIG GEN USA RET

• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 03/17/1922
• DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/20/1922
• BURIED AT: SECTION SW  SITE 3956
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MASON, MARY HARE WIDOW OF CHARLES FIELD

• DATE OF BIRTH: 01/29/1882
• DATE OF DEATH: 06/13/1970
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 3956 EH
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF CF MASON, BG USA

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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