Marriages and Children
George married his cousin Elizabeth Thomson Mason, daughter of Thomson Mason and Sarah McCarty Chichester, on 17 February 1813. George and Elizabeth had six children:
- Helen Eliza Mason Ellzey (1 December 1813–27 June 1876)
- Sarah Eugenia Mason (16 May 1816–29 June 1816)
- John McCarty Mason (25 April 1817–7 July 1837)
- George Thomson Mason (17 August 1818–26 April 1846)
- Georgianna Mason (19 December 1819–24 July 1820)
- Sally Eilbeck Mason (11 March 1821–c. 29 August 1888)
Elizabeth died on 2 September 1821. Two years later on 2 January 1823, George married for a second time to Eleanor Ann Clifton Patton, daughter of Robert Patton, Jr. and Ann Clifton Reeder, in Washington, D.C. George and Eleanor had one son:
- Richard Barnes Patton Mason (4 March 1824–10 May 1847)
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