The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-01

the attending physician, ascribes the
fatal stroke, to the. passing Of. a .eiot
of blood along some minute duct In
the brain.
Gen. Edwin c. Mason was born in
Ohio. May 81, 1881, and within a few
days after the beginning of actual hos
tilities with the Southern states. APRIL
2S, 1851. he was appointed captain of
the Second Ohio infantry. June "a of
the same year he was honorably must
cred out, and Aug. %. Of the same year,
he was made colonel of the Seventh
Maine Infantry, serving three years
with the troops of the Pine Tree state.
He was again honorably mustered out
Sept. 5. 1864, only to become colonel of
the 176 Ohio infantry, Sept. %, 1865. He
was mustered out of the volunteers in
June, 1865
May IA, 1861, he was made captain of
the Seventeenth United States infan-
try, and after the close of the war,
Sept. Il, 1866, he was transferred to
the 35th. From Aug. II to Oct. IA, 1859,
he was unassigned, then going to the
Twentieth regiment. Sept. 5, 1871, he
became major Of the Twenty-first in
fantry, and May 10, 1881, he was made
lieutenant colonel in the Fourth infan-
try. April "a. 1888, he became colonel Of
the Third regiment, which rank he held
until his retirement on his sixty-fourth
birthday. May 81. 1895, under the oper-
alton Of the law.
Gen. Mason's gallant conduct on the
field Of battle won him a number Of
brevets. He was with the Army of the
Potomac in many of it's most important
battles, serving in the Fourth and Sixth
corps He was with Gen. Sheridans
command in the Shenandoah valley, 60
Ing into battle strapped in his saddle
to keep him from failing, he having
been seriously hurt at Spottsylyvania
He succeeded Gen. John F. Miller in
command at Nashville, did service in
Texas. and in a march Of sfxty-two
days was in collision with the Indians
almost daily. He was in the Modoc
war of 1873 and took part In the 5000
mile chase Of the Nez Perces by Gen.
Howard in 1876. In the war with the
Piutes In 1878. Col. Mason also figured.
His first brevet, that Of major, was
May H. 1862, for gallant and merito-
ricus services at the battle of Fred
ericksburg. A brevet of lieutenant
colonel followed equally dashing ex-
ploits at the Battle of the Wilderness.
| and he was brevetted colonel for gall
liant and meritorious services at the
battle of Spottsylyania. June 8, 1866,
the day before he was mustered out
OF the volunteer service. he was bre-
vetted brigadier general Of volunteers
pointed brevet brigaAier general, under
the law. April q, 1890.
| Upon his retirement from the active
| command of the oldest regiment in
| the federal service in the point of con-
| tinuity, Gen. Mason become a resident
| of st. Paul. He took an active inter-
est In the Loyal Legion and other pa
triotic societies, and, when 1t was urged
| that st. Paul should make an effort
to secure the national G.. A. r. encamp-
ment OF 1896, no one was more active in
| the preliminary canvass than he, After
the coveted prize had been secured.
| Cen Mason was made chairman of the
| local committee on arrangements. and
he devoted night and day to the in
finite work which devolved upon the
public-spirited citizens who had as
sumed the burden of taking care of
| the myriad visitors in the city. The
! success Of that encampment, which
presented to it's visitors not only nov
elites of entertainment, but a generous
hospitality rarely If ever equalIed
where the veterans have been enter
tanned, is a monument to the commit
| tee In whose charge 1t was, much of
| the glory Of which is, as 1t should be,
| accredited to the hero, it's chairman,
who died yesterday afternoon.
Gen. Mason was married at Roches-
ter, N. Y, thirty-one years ago to-
morrow, the pride DelnS MISS Frances
| M. Kingsbury. sister of D. L. Kings
bury, the assistant secretary of the
State Historical society. Mrs. Mason
survives him. as do four children, three
daughters Miss Kathro, Mrs. Lieut.
Moore, of the Third regiment, his old
command, and Frances NJ, and one
son, Charles.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 from the House OF
Hope church, with which Gen. MASON
had been identified during the entire