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They hurriedly took their small stock of valuables and went to the nearest stockade, there to remain until the Indians left. Often when they went back, they found their former homes burned to ashes.

That they were happy and contented there is not a doubt. They had little money, but the forests were filled with choicest game, and the husband spent all his spare time in providing plenty of meat. They each raised some corn for winter's use. They made trips to Pittsburgh each year, taking with them a load of furs to exchange for salt and other necessaries.

SECOND GENERATION.

The Family of Isaac and Parthena (Hall) Mason.

By Major E. B. Mason., a Grandson.

The MASON family, of our line, had been entirely lost, and, when I begun to get up the records, no one knew anything of them. It was known that they had gone to Tennessee, and had a numerous following there; so I wrote to Nashville, to where they had first emigrated, and sent letters of inquiry all over that section of the State. One of the letters reached Major E. B. Mason, who kindly consented to get up the record for me. To him I am indebted for all that appears of the Mason family. His great age, no doubt, has kept him from giving me a fuller account; but this much may lead to some other member of the family giving the full record, should another edition of this work be begun. My desire was that this part of the record should be very complete, but I could not get any further items. Should I get any addresses of any members of the family, I shall keep them in readiness for anyone who may desire to continue the work I have begun. This family were all for the South during the civil war, carried along, no doubt, by the sentiment of the section to which they belonged. Following is the sketch written by Major Mason:

Isaac Mason was descended from an English family who settled in Delaware in 1720. He had one brother who settled in Virginia; they were left orphans while young. He was connected