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Mason, Cyrus, was born in Le Ray, August 19, 1825, a son of Asa and Betsey (Rider) Mason, natives of New Hampshire,
he a son of Benjamin Mason who lived and died in New Hampshire, and she a daughter of Thomas Rider, born in New
Hampshire and came to Le Ray and there died. Mr. and Mrs. Mason were married in New Hampshire and in 1817 came
to Le Ray and took up a farm. He died there in 1829, aged forty-four years, and his widow came to Antwerp with
her family and died there in 1881, aged ninety years. They had seven children: Evaline, Asa, Betsey, Sallie, Achsah,
Cyrus and Abigail. Cyrus Mason was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He is a farmer and owns
600 acres of land in the town of Antwerp and keeps sixty-five cows. In politics he is a Republican; and a member
of the Grange. In 1849 he married Sibyl Bacon, daughter of Timothy Bacon, and they had two children: Henry, born
August 5, 1852, educated in the common schools, by occupation a farmer, married Emma Blodgett and they have one
child, Eugene H.; and Bion, born November 9, 1857, educated in the common schools, is a farmer and married Anna
Smith and they have five children: Floyd, Cyrus, Mabel, Roy and Ernest.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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