E. R. MASON

MASON, LOSIE

Posted By: Volunteer - Marion John Rice
Date: 1/16/2002 at 12:33:59

MASON, E. R. - Clerk of the United States Circuit Court, Des Moines. Is a native of Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, New York, and was born on the 18th day of December, 1846, and lived in his native place until eleven years of age, and then came with his parents to Van Buren county, Iowa. He came to this county in 1869, and in 1870 was appointed Deputy Clerk of the United States Circuit Court, and continued in this position until January 1,1876, when he was appointed Clerk of the same court. Mr. Mason is also a senior member of the firm of Mason & Co., mention of which is made in another part of this work. Mr. Mason is one of those fortunate individuals who almost invariably succeed in what they undertake, and to no one man in Central Iowa are the citizens more indebted for the impetus to the raising of fine horses than the subject of this sketch, and his horses, Alamo and Primo have a State-wide reputation. He is a man of quick perception, clear judgment, and a high sense of honor, and in the positions of trust to which he has been called to fill he has discharged his duties with scrupulous care and fidelity. He was married May 31, 1870, to Miss Alice Losie, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in 1853. They have one daughter, Etta R.

"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall,
Williams & Co. 1880.