Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . f events, andresolved that if the South attempted secession hewould strike a blow for the preservation of theUnion, so, in April, 1861, he became a member ofCompany G, Twenty-fourth New York fiist active service was at the second battle ofBull Run, and he participated in many other en-gagements until discharged from the service onthe 29th of Ma
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . f events, andresolved that if the South attempted secession hewould strike a blow for the preservation of theUnion, so, in April, 1861, he became a member ofCompany G, Twenty-fourth New York fiist active service was at the second battle ofBull Run, and he participated in many other en-gagements until discharged from the service onthe 29th of May, 1863, when he returned to hisnative State. The following October he again en-listed as a private of Company G, Twenty-fourthNew York Cavalry, but was soon promoted to beQuartermaster-Sergeant of his regiment, andserved as such until the close of the war, when hewas honorably discharged on the 26th of June,1865. Mr. Mason immediately thereafter returned tohis old home in New York and engaged in black-smithing, continuing business there until thespring of 1869, when he came to Paxton. Herehe opened a smithy, and continued business in theline of his trade until the autumn of 1885, whenhe was elected Sheriff of Ford County on the Re-.
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