 1825 - 1912 (87 years)
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| Name |
Mason (Mace) Ezzel |
| Birth |
22 Apr 1825 |
Livingston County, Kentucky  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
21 Nov 1912 |
Greenfield, Weakley County, Tennessee |
| Notes |
- Notes for MASON "MACE" EZZELL:
[Westbrook.FTW]
--See picture of him and his wife.
Loose newspaper clipping found in Civil War diary of Lt. James C. Harrell:
--Oldest Mason in Tennessee Passes to the Great Beyond at the age of 93 years.
Sixty-six years a Mason. Lived ninety years of his life in Weakley Co. Came of French stock. A Confederate Soldier.
--Special dispatch to the Democrat Greenfield, Tenn, Nov 21, 1912
Mason Ezzell, one of the oldest citizens of Weakley Co, died at his residence here this morning at 4 o'clock, in the ninety-fourth year of his age. He had been a resident of this county for ninety years and for nearly fourty years had resided in Greenfield. He enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest Mason in Tennessee.
--Mason Ezzell's grandfather was a Frenchman, and came to this country from France with Lafayette during the Revolutionary War, his name being also Mason Ezzell. He settled in South Carolina, where four sons were born. Mason Ezzell and his son Harrison, (father of the subject of this sketch), moved to Livingston Co Ky, where Mason Ezzell was born, on April 22,1819. In 1822, the father,Harrison and Mason removed to Weakley Co and settled in the 12th Civil District, near McKenzie. Since 1854, he had lived in the 9th Civil District, and in 1873, moved to Greenfield. He had lived in Weakley Co ninety years. At the breaking out of the war, he inlisted in Capt. Joe Thompson's Company of the Fifty-second Tenn Infantry, Col. Ben Lee, and was mustered out as Second Lieutenant.
Mr. Ezzell had been married twice. July 27,1854, he was married to Miss Sophia Mosley. Harry Ezzell of Jackson, TN., now fifty-four years of age, being the result of that union. He was again married, on Dec. 27,1863, to Miss Mary J. Dolahite, four children being born to them, Mrs Mattie Shannon of Lebanon, James B. Ezzell of Newsom, Robert A. Ezzell of Greenfield and Clyde Ezzell of Newsom.
Mr. Ezzell during his life was a farmer and a real estate dealer and had always enjoyed good health. He had in the past to some extent dabbled in politics, and had always been a staunch Democrat. He voted for James K. Polk for President the first time he voted for president, and on Nov. 5 voted for Woodrow Wilson. Mason Ezzell's Masonic record is doubtless without a parallel in Tenn, if not in the US. The fact that he had been a member of the fraternity for over 66, and in all that time belonged to only two lodges, and they in the same county, seems almost incredible, yet such is the case.
Mr. Ezzell was initiated in the Caledonia Lodge, No. 96, at McKenzie, March 13,1844, passed Aug. 7,1844, and raised Nov. 6,1844. Allen Bowden being Worshipful Master of the the Lodge. He later demitted from Caledonia Lodge and affliated with Washington Lodge. During all these years he had been a Mason, he was a regular attendant of the lodge meetings until about three years ago, when his advanced age and failing eyesight prevented him from visiting with his brethren. For about twenty years he was treasurer of Washington Lodge, and only gave it up about 5 years ago.
More About MASON "MACE" EZZELL:
Burial: Weakley County, TN Highland Cemetery
Notes for SOPHIA L. MOSELEY:
Sophia (family tale) died in childbirth in 1863.
My files are a collection from many sources and many are not documented by me. Most relate to Weakley Co., TN in some way. Included are many Confederate and Union Veterans of the Civil War. Everything I have on each entry is included in these files except those shown as living.
More About SOPHIA L. MOSELEY:
Burial: Highland Cemetery Greenfield, Weakley County, TN
Notes for MARY JANE DOLLAHITE:
[Westbrook.FTW]
Letter: Greenfield, Tenn, December 18, 1899
I am very glad you are writing up the Fowler family, for I know very little about my mother's relatives. I have heard her say with evident pride that she never knew one of the Fowler names to be dissipated, or to do anything to bring reproach on the name. My mother had five brothers and they were all moral in every respect. This pride of hers in her own family is quite pardonable, I think, when we see dissipation running mad riot in so many good families. Honesty and morality are homely virtues, therefore wear well. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
I have been trying to gain some information of Uncle Bullard Fowler's descendants for the record, but so far I have failed. There are two grandsons of Bullard and Bathsheba Crudup Fowler in business here in Greenfield, but they are unable to tell me much. They request me to wait until they can write to Dr. Joseph Fowler's son for full data. They remember that their grandmother was left a widow with eight children (note - there were 9), six girls and two (3) boys.
Godfrey Fowler, a son a Bullard, married in Alabama and reared a family in that state. Josiah Fowler, the other son, lived and died in Carroll Co, Tn, leaving a son and a daughter. The son, Joseph Godfrey, is living at the old Fowler homestead; is married and has several children. There is not a surviving child of Bullard Fowler and there are a few grandchildren in this state. I do not know where the other descendants are, if living.
I have my grandfather's (William Fowler) old family bible, with all the births, marriages, and deaths of himself, wife and all of his twelve children, if you should wish any of these dates, please let me know.
Wishing you success in your labor of love, sincerely, your relative, Mary J. Ezzell
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| Person ID |
I14434 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Family 1 |
Sophia L. Moseley, b. 1831 d. 1863 (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Jul 1854 |
Weakley County, Tennessee |
| Children |
| | 1. William Ezzel, b. 1855 d. 1858 (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Harrison Ezzel, b. 1859 d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F06879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Family 2 |
Mary Jane Dollahite, b. 24 Jun 1838, Tennessee d. 12 May 1918 (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Dec 1863 |
Weakley County, Tennessee |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha (Mattie) Ezzel, b. 4 Mar 1865, Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee d. 8 Mar 1917, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Lula Ezzel, b. 1867, Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee d. 1869, Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. James Battle Ezzel, b. 1 Aug 1869, Weakley County, Tennessee d. 1940, Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Robert Andrew Ezzel, b. 19 Sep 1870, Greenfield, Weakley County, Tennessee d. 3 Feb 1957, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Clyde Ezzel, b. 7 Apr 1876 d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F06880 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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