Marriage and Children
Mason married Eliza Margaretta Chew (1798–1874) on 25 July 1822 at Cliveden in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The couple had eight children:
- Anna Maria Mason Ambler (31 January 1825–17 August 1863)
- Benjamin Chew Mason (1826–1847)
- Catharine Chew Mason Dorsey (24 March 1828–28 April 1893)
- George Mason (16 April 1830–3 February 1895)
- Virginia Mason (12 December 1833–11 October 1920)
- Eliza Ida Oswald Mason (10 August 1836–16 December 1885)
- James Murray Mason, Jr. (24 August 1839–10 January 1923)
- John A. Mason (17 November 1841–6 June 1925)
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“And what if my descendants lose the flower
Through natural declension of the soul,
Through too much business with the passing hour,
Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?”
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“No one knows better than children how much they need the authority that protects, that sets the outer limits of behavior with known and prescribed consequences. As one little boy expressed it to his mother, “You care what I do.””
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