Addison

MASON, Charles W.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 260

Charles W. MASON, of Vergennes [Addison County, Vermont], was born 06 
November 1837 in Potsdam [St. Lawrence County], New York, son of Lawrence S. 
and Sarah (FRENCH) MASON. Educated at the common schools and academy at New 
Haven [Addison County], receiving a thorough preparation for after life. He 
has always devoted his attention to farming, and by industry and skill from 
small beginnings has increased the value of his property to such an extent 
that he has now one of the best farms of Addison County, consisting of over 
four hundred acres of productive land. He is a breeder and dealer in 
thoroughbred Merino sheep, and has raised many of very high value. These 
have been exported to nearly all states of the Union, and he has also shipped 
many to Africa, being one of the first to establish this enterprise. He is 
also a breeder of high-blood horses.

He [Charles W. MASON] enlisted in Company G, Fourteenth Vermont Volunteers, 
when they organized 09 September 1862, and was mustered into service in 
October 1862, holding the position of second lieutenant. Returning to 
Vermont in July 1863, he raised Company E for the Third Vermont Militia 
Regiment, and was commissioned captain by ex-Governor J. Gregory SMITH. He 
was present and took part in the bloody struggle at Gettysburg, and has a war 
record of which one may well be proud.

Republican; has been honored with various town offices; is prominent and 
popular in Addison County. Belongs to the Masonic brotherhood, a member of 
Libanus Lodge No. 47, of Bristol, and the Chapter and Royal Arch Lodge of 
Vergennes. Has been a member of the Congregational church for a quarter of a 
century, and is one of the examining and building committee of the church 
recently erected. Is well-informed on state and foreign matters, and an 
intelligent and pleasant conversationalist. [For additional information on 
the MASON family, see the Addison County, Vermont, biography of his 
sister-in-law, Mrs. Andrew J. MASON.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly