Arthur Pendleton Mason

Arthur Pendleton Mason
Nickname(s) "Pen"
Born December 11, 1835
Fairfax County, Virginia
Died April 22, 1893 (aged 57)
Morris Park, The Bronx, New York
Place of burial Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861–1865 (Confederate States Army)
Rank Lieutenant colonel (CSA)
Commands held Mississippi 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry
Arkansas 6th Regiment Arkansas Volunteers
Tennessee Army of Tennessee
Battles/wars American Civil War
Other work merchant, businessperson

Arthur "Pen" Pendleton Mason (11 December 1835–22 April 1893)[1][2][3] was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States Army serving during the American Civil War.[4] Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family of Virginia.[3]

Early life and education

Mason was born on 11 December 1835 near Alexandria, Virginia in Fairfax County.[1][5] He was the ninth and youngest child of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–21 December 1838)[6][7] and his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Clapham Price (1802–21 December 1873).

Mason earned his law degree from the University of Virginia.[5] Following law school, Mason was a planter and practiced law in Alexandria and Richmond.[5]

Mason's father died on 21 December 1838 in Alexandria at the age of 53.[6][7][8][9][10][11] Mason inherited his father's Colross estate in Alexandria.[12] His mother transferred ownership of Huntley on 7 November 1859 to Mason and his brother Dr. John "Frank" Francis Mason.[8][11]

American Civil War

During the American Civil War, Mason joined the 2nd Regiment Mississippi Cavalry in either late 1860 or early 1861.[13] On 5 June 1861, Mason transferred to the 6th Regiment of Brigadier General Thomas C. Hindman's brigade of Arkansas Volunteers.[5][13] On 11 December 1861, Mason was ordered to report to General Joseph E. Johnston at Manassas.[5][13] His brother-in-law, Thomas Grimke Rhett, was Johnston's chief of staff at the time.[13] Mason was Johnston's assistant adjutant general during most of the war.[13] Mason served as a member of Johnston's staff until Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862.[4] Mason then served under Robert E. Lee until 1863 when he rejoined Johnston's during the Vicksburg Campaign.[4][5][13] Following Johnston's removal from the command of the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign, Mason joined the staff of John Bell Hood.[4] Mason was appointed colonel in the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry on 2 January 1864, but President Jefferson Davis declined to nominated him and his appointment was later voided.[5] Upon Hood's defeat at Nashville in December 1864, Mason joined Lieutenant General Richard Taylor's staff before rejoining Johnston in North Carolina at the end of the war.[4]

Marriage and children

Mason married Mary Ellen Campbell, daughter of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, John Archibald Campbell.[1][3][5][14] The couple had four children, with only one surviving to adulthood:[1][3]

Later life

Following the war, Mason relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana where he became a merchant.[5]

Mason died on 22 April 1893 in Morris Park, The Bronx, New York at age 57.[1][5] Mason was interred in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Gunston Hall. "Arthur Pendleton Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 arlisherring.com (9 Feb 2008). "Arthur Pendleton Mason". arlisherring.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Duncan, Patricia B. (2008). Genealogical Abstracts from the Mirror, 1891-1899, Loudoun County, Virginia. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-4585-5.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Brown, Campbell; Terry L. Jones (2004). Campbell Brown's Civil War: With Ewell and the Army of Northern Virginia. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-3019-2.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. University of Missouri: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1809-1.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gunston Hall. "Thomson Francis Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Political Graveyard (June 16, 2008). "Mason family of Virginia". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Shirley Scalley. "Thomson Francis Mason 1785-1838". Huntley Meadows Park. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  9. ↑ Fairfax County Park Authority. "Historic Huntley". Fairfax County Park Authority. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  10. ↑ Alexandria Library (May 2005). "Thomson Mason Papers" (PDF). Alexandria Library. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Huntley" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  12. ↑ Becky Bass Bonner and Josephine Lindsay Bass (2005-05-29). "Arthur Pendleton MASON". My Southern Family. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Shirley Scalley. "The Civil War Years". Huntley Meadows Park: A Little History by Shirley Scalley. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  14. ↑ De Leon, Thomas Cooper (1909). Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's. G.W. Dillingham Company. ISBN 0-8071-3019-2.