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| MACPHERSON, Mason C. (Dr. )
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MACPHERSON, Mason C. (Dr. ) 2 3 4 5
Mason married Mary L. SHOEMAKER, daughter of Pearson SHOEMAKER and Elizabeth S. PARKER, on 10 Sep 1857 in Ogle County, Illinois.1 (Mary L. SHOEMAKER was born on 6 Apr 1826 in Illinois, died on 14 Jun 1885 in Polo, Ogle County, Illinois and was buried in Jun 1885 in Brick Church [Elkhorn] Cemetery, Hazelhurst, Ogle County, Illinois 7.) |
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Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (Illinois State Archives), Vol C. Surety: 4. Groom: Mason C. McPherson
Bride: Mary L. Shoemaker
Date of Marriage: 9/10/1857
Vol C
License #: 1518
County: Ogle
2 1860 US Census (Buffalo, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists M.C. [Mason] MacPherson (age 29, b. PA), wife Mary [Shoemaker] (age 23, b. IL), and children Clinton (age 2, b. IL) and Alice (age 3 mos, b. IL), living in Buffalo, Illinois. Mason is listed as a "physician." Living next door are Mason's parents and siblings. Mary's parents [Pearson & Elizabeth Shoemaker] are also living in Buffalo at this time.
3 1870 US Census (Eagle Point, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Mason MacPherson (age 39, b. PA), wife Mary (age 33, b. IL) and children Jos. Clinton (age 11, b. IL), Walter (age 8, b. IL), Pierson (age 7, b. IL), Harry (age 6, b. IL) and Mary (age 2, b. IL), living in Eagle Point, Illinois. Mason is listed as an "allopathic physician." Also in the household is Mary Hicheger (age 28, b. Prussia) listed as a "domestic servant." Living nearby is Mary's brother, Jasper Shoemaker and his family.
4 1880 US Census (District 147, Eagle Point, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Mason C. MacPherson (age 49, b. PA), wife Mary L. (age 44, b. IL) and children Charles W. (age 18, b. IL), Pearson S. (age 17, b. IL), Harry (age 16, b. IL), Mary J. (age 11, b. IL), Elmer (age 9, b. IL), Sadie (age 4, b. IL) and Hannah E. (age 1, b. IL), living in Eagle Point, Illinois. Also in the household is Mason's brother, Charles MacPherson (age 28, b. PA) listed as a "laborer," Mary E. Neady (age 18, b. PA) listed as a "servant," and David N. Johnston (age 30, b. PA) listed as a "boarder" and "school teacher." Mason is listed as a "M.D." Mason indicates that his father was born in New Jersey and his mother in Pennsylvania. Living next door is Jerome Holroyd and his family, who is Mary's cousin (son of Emmit Shoemaker).
5 1850 US Census (Orange, Columbia County, Pennsylvania). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Charles N. MacPherson (age 46, b. NJ), wife Hannah (age 34, b. PA) and children Mason (age 17, b. PA), Mary E. (age 11, b. PA), John (age 6, b. PA), Robert (age 4, b. PA), Barclay (age 2, b. PA) and Charles (age 1 mon, b. PA), living in Orange, Pennsylvania. Charles is listed as a "millwright." The large age gap between Mason and Mary hints that Hannah may actually be Charles' second wife.
6
Brick Church Cemetery (Illinois Digital Archives: Cemetery Records Ogle County, Elkhorn Brick Church Cemetery Transcript), p. 6. Surety: 4. Mason McPherson, M.D.
d. 20 Jun 1887
56 y., 7m., 3d
7
Ibid, p. 6. Surety: 4. Mary L. McPherson
d. Jun. 14, 1885
59y., 2m., 8d
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