The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1883-07-12
DIED.

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At Russellyille, Pope county Ark,
ON Sunday, 8 o'clock a. m. July 8,
1883, after an illness Of only about Z
hours, of congestion of the heart,
Mr.. Samuel w. Mason, aged about
sixty years.
The deceased was born in Robin
son county Tennessee, on the 9th oil
April 1928. Emigrated at the age
of 16 with his father, Col. PHILLIP
Mason, and settled on Big Pine,
Pope county, Arks., in 1888. Oi
tile 9th Of July 1s47 he volunteer
as private and served as first Cor
poral Of Capt. Simpson Mofiett's
company, in Col. A. Yell's brigade OF
Arkansas Mounted Volunteers in the
war with Mexico, for the term Of
twelve months. Capt. Moffett died
at San Antonio on the march to Mex
leo, and Ii. w. Taylor, was elected
to fill the vacancy. The company
numbered, rank and file, sixty five
men. All the commissioned officers
are now dead except second Lieut..
Walter L. Scott, residing at Modesto
California The only surviving non
commissioned officers are Hugh L.
Hamilton, second Sergt., and Jacob
L. Shinn, third Corporal, both resi-
dents of Pope county, the latter in
Russellvile. The only private's re
membered as living are DIR. Andrew
Walker, Of Little Rock, Irwin How
ard, of Texas, James Stout and
James Verdln OF Pope county. Ma
son, the deceased, together with
Lieut.. Scott, Sergt. Hamilton, Corpl.
Shinn, and privates DR.. Walker,
Howard and perhaps Stout and Yer
din, the only remaining known sur
vivors of said company, all lost their
horses and equipments on the san
culinary and bloody battlefield of
Buena Vista, on the y3d of Eebrna.
ry 1847. Sergt. Hamilton being Sc.
riously wounded in the gallant
charge made by the lamented Col
A. Yell, who was killed in the action,
pierced by the spears of the Mexican
Soldiery. liz 1850 Mr.. Mason com
menced merchandising near Spring
field, Conway county, remaining ia
business about two years. III the
fall and winter of 1882. he purchased
several hundred lead of cattle, and
the writer having also purchased a
large number, they united their
droves, and with their employed
hands, numbering twenty five or
thirty men between them. they drove
their stock together across the PLAINS
to California IN the spring of 1858,
realizing fabulous prices for their
cattle. In the fall of 1858, Mr.. Ma
son returned to Arkansas. On his
way home accompanied by his two
brothers, Hackett and Dick, they
were shipwrecked on the Steam ship.
Winfield Scott, and came very near
being lost, escaping with life but sui
fering pccuniary losses. In the
spring of 1854 he again crossed the
plains. In 1861 he came back to
Arkansas and was married on the
9th of Sept, 1869, to Mis-. Sarah
Howell, (widow of Roof II. Howell
former Sheriff aud Clerk of POPE
county, Arks.,) most inestimable
and worthy lady, universally beloved
BY all who know her, and who Yet
survives him. About the year 1867,
Mr.. Mason went to Paris Texas, aud
associated himself with Mr.. w. C.
McCune, in the mercantile business.
ioing large and extensive trade
until the death of his partner, Mr..
when ne closed out and
came back anu located in Russell
Vile, in July 1881. Where he has
been engaged up to his death ID
he cattle trade. Mr.. Mason was
IN energetic and enterprising cit,-
ten, honorable and manly in his |
lealings and greatly esteemed. He
lad no children, but leaves a devot. /
ID, noble and grief stricken wife |
With many relatives and large /
ircle Of friends 70 mourn and H.
nent his very sudden, sad and un
expected death
Drs. Hill Il Thompson were sum
noned Immediately to his bed side
nd did all that was possible to allie.
late his suffering and to prolong
nd save his life, but the decree OF
was supreme aad his
plrit wonded its way amid sorrowlng T
nd weeping friends TO THAT bourne
ON whence no traveller returneth. =
The sincere coincidence OF the
ritter hereof who has shared with .
i'm in confidence and frindship,
any OF the svicissitudes and perils
his life, is hereby ieeliDgly ex
nded to his disconsolate, afflicted
Id sorrowing wife and mourning
'lasives. HOMER