Mitchell Mason
b. 17 March 1889, d. 11 December 1959
- Mitchell Mason was born on 17 March 1889 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- He married Lou Ivory Barnes, daughter of Perry Barnes and Ida Duncan.
- Joseph Ganaway and Jessie L. Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Louisiana, at 732 West 22nd Street. Other members of the household included Mitchell Mason, Lafayette L. Ganaway, Lou Ivory Barnes and Ida Duncan. Ida also in enumerated nearby in the household of her grandson Timothy Barnes.
- He was working in the railroad shops, according to the 1940 census.
- Mitchell Mason registered for the draft in 1942 in Harris County, Texas, while living in Houston at 241-1/2 Halle, and employed there by Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Contact: Mrs. Polly Wilson, 4007 Riley Street.
- Mitchell Mason died on 11 December 1959 at age 70 in Dallas, Texas, at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
- He was interred at Reaser Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 12 May 2013