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Benjamin J. Mason (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1827?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Dicey Jennings Mason in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 23, 1847. Father of Thomas W. Mason, Nancy Mason, Fannie Mason, Mary B. Mason, Jeff D. Mason, and R. E. L. Mason. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Isaac Eison as a farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 370A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35-36.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 505B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 3 of 5 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 117.

Citation

Mason, Benjamin J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196750 (November 12, 2026).

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