MASON, JOHN A., born June 14, 1814, in Swanton, Franklin county, Vt. When quite young he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and there joined his brother, and came from there to Springfield, Ill., arriving May 20, 1837. He learned the business of a chair maker in Springfield, and from that worked into the manufacture of cabinet furniture. He retired from business in 1869, with ample means and impaired health. He is not yet married, and resides at Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois, but spends much of his time among his old friends in Springfield.