WILLIAM MASON, deceased, was born in Virginia, near Elizabethtown, Aug. 13, 1815, being a son of Joseph and Sarah (Wilson) Mason, natives of Maryland. William came to Greene county in 1828, and located near Rockbridge, where he bought a farm of 160 acres, and lived there 20 years. He then sold it and moved to Macoupin county, where he bought 120 acres of land near Carlinville, and after remaining on that six years, he sold out and bought 80 acres of land in Jersey County. This he sold after a year's time, and removed to Greene county, locating on section 18, in Kane township, where he bought 84 acres of land. Here he spent the remaining days of his life. He was married, Dec. 30, 1850, to Abigail (Whitlock) Ritchey, daughter of Capt. James and Rhoda Whitlock. By this union they had three children, all of whom are dead. Mr. Mason died May 30, 1870, leaving a widow and three children, to mourn the loss of a kind and faithful husband and father; and the Baptist church to lose a true and liberal member. Mrs. Mason has one child living, by her first husband - Ilura, married to John Wright, residing in Kane township. She owns 84 acres of land, and manages the farm herself. She is a member of the Baptist Church.