Thomas H. Mason
Thomas H. Mason was born around 1808 in England. He eventually immigrated to America and settled in New York. He got married, and he had at least ten children, including: Ann, born on March 4, 1828; Alice, born around 1833; Thomas, born around 1836; Eliza, born around 1843; Harriet, born around 1845; James, born around 1847; Henry, born around 1849; Isabel, born around 1851; and Samuel, born around 1853. He lived in Fallsburg, New York, and worked as a tailor. By 1850, he owned $350 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $100 of real estate and $50 of personal property. His wife died in the late 1850s.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 17, 1861, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company I of the 56th New York Infantry on September 3. He apparently lied about his age, claiming that he was 44 years old. The regiment took part in the Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles. He was discharged for disability on September 16, 1862, and he died sometime afterward.
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(4479)Mason, Thomas H.1808
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Sergeant
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 8

  • (4164) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Children, undated
  • (12543) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 16 March 1862
  • (12544) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 24 March 1862
  • (12545) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 10 April 1862
  • (12546) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 24 April 1862
  • (12564) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 6 July 1862
  • (12565) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, 30 July 1863
  • (12566) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Mason to Ann D. Divine, undated

People - Records: 7

  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [parent-in-law of] (4490) Divine, Bradley
  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [grandparent of] (4491) Divine, Winfield S.
  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [grandparent of] (4493) Divine, Martha
  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [great-grandparent of] (4494) Wickham, Isabel D.
  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [grandparent of] (4496) Divine, Nina
  • (4479) Mason, Thomas H. is the [great-grandparent of] (4498) Wickham, Ernest Winfield
  • (4488) Divine, Ann Dorothy is the [child of] (4479) Mason, Thomas H.

Places - Records: 1

  • (557) [birth] ~ England

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (762) [enlisted] [I] ~ 56th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 New York State Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com