Marriage and Children
Mason married Elizabeth "Bettie" Harrison Nelson, daughter of Keating Lewis Simmons Nelson and his wife Julia Ann Rogers, at St. Stephen's Church on 18 August 1875. The couple had six children:
- Richard Nelson Mason (26 June 1876–22 November 1940)
- Julia Nelson Mason Matthews (23 January 1878–27 December 1964)
- Lucy Randolph Mason Moffett (31 January 1880–1 April 1965)
- Margaret Thornton Mason (7 February 1882–February 1884)
- Mary Wallace Mason Patchin (26 April 1884–28 August 1963)
- Susan Josephine Beverley Mason Easley (17 January 1888–31 July 1962)
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