Foster M. Mason

Birth Date

c1838

Death Date

1861-11-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elisha Mason and Nancy Mason. Married to Caroline Mason. Father of Nancy Mason. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from October 21, 1861, to November 30, 1861. Died of disease while in service on November 30, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 24.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0126.
"Pvt Foster M Mason (1837-1861)," Find A Grave, Memorial #67777165, accessed June 16, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67777165.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), 392-93.

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