page_title: John Y. Mason
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: John Y. Mason / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: John Y. Mason's Home historical marker on Southampton Parkway (U.S. Route 58) near intersection with Adams Grove Road (Route 615) in Adams Grove, Virginia.
context_page_description: John Young Mason was a United States Representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Minister to France and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
context_section_description: Mason married Mary Ann Fort, the daughter of a prominent land-owner, in 1821 and became a planter himself, as well as continuing as a lawyer. He owned Fortsville located near Grizzard, Sussex County, Virginia.
  Mason died on October 3, 1859, in Paris, France. His remains were conveyed to the United States and interred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
caption: John Y. Mason's Home historical marker
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