Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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Family Group Records M

Mitchell Mason & Ruth E. Scoles

Husband: Mitchell Mason
Born: 23 October 1848, Rockport, Spencer Co., Indiana
Died: 31 January 1935, Drakesboro, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Married: 08 April 1874, Loup City, Nebraska, by Frank Ingram, Probate Judge
Buried: 01 February 1935, Smith-Yontz-Nourse Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter, Wagoneer
Father: Ambrose G. Mason
Mother: Mary Ann Lamb

Wife: Ruth Elizabeth Scoles
Born: 16 June 1856, Moccasin, Effingham Co., Illinois
Died: 30 September 1923, Drakesboro, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Buried: Smith-Yontz-Nourse Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
Father: Leonadest Hamlin Scoles
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Getz

Children:

  1. Mary Alpha Mason
    Born: 10 July 1876, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska
    Died: 15 November 1895, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Smith-Yontz-Nourse Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
  2. William Emmit Mason
    Born: 16 June 1877, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska
    Died: 27 March 1878, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska of “membrane croup”
    Buried: Smith-Yontz-Nourse Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
  3. Allen Mitchell Mason - Blacksmith
    Born: 24 September 1878, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska
    Died: 14 March 1960, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Married 1) Muhlenberg, 03 July 1901, Florence Elizabeth Griggs (1880-1959; buried Rose Hill)
    Married 2) Susan Hardison
    Married 3) Muhlenberg, 04 January 1936, Mary Jane Hobgood (1895-1976; buried with husband, Rose Hill)
  4. Isadora Etta Mason
    Born: 12 January 1880, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska
    Died: 16 November 1883, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky (burned to death)
  5. Henderson Smith Mason - Coal Miner
    Born: 23 August 1881, Arcadia, Valley Co., Nebraska
    Died: 05 August 1961, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Married: Muhlenberg, 27 March 1906, Idelle “Della” M. Jernigan (1890-1966; buried with husband, Rose Hill)
  6. Linnie Emma Mason - operated grocery in Drakesboro, Kentucky
    Born: 21 July 1883, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Died: 07 September 1956, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Married: Muhlenberg, 26 October 1902, Solomon West
  7. James Ellison Mason
    Born: 24 July 1885, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Died: 25 August 1886, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky (fell out of high chair)
  8. Leona Catherine Mason
    Born: 19 October 1890, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Died: 07 September 1966, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery (with husband), Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Married: Muhlenberg, 21 July 1917, John Franklin Streets; by Rev. P.E. Herndon in Logan Co., KY
    (Following Leona's death, John remarried 25 July 1972 to Maurine (Davenport) Abercrombie, widow of William Abercrombie.)
  9. Laura Allace Mason
    Born: 24 August 1892, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Died: 14 May 1894, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
  10. Elsie Alma Mason
    Born: 18 August 1894, Paradise, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Died: 15 February 1979, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
    Married 1) Muhlenberg, 22 February 1928, Fred McTolf, son of Christopher McTolf & Katie Fultz McTolf
    Married 2) Walter C. Kimmel (10 January 1883 - 01 September 1977)

Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam

Updated August 2, 2017