Phineas H. Mason, farmer, P. O. Sterling Run, was born April 1, 1836, on what is now Gibson township, Cameron Co., Penn., on the farm he now occupies, and is a son of William and Eliza (Coleman) Mason. His paternal grandparents were Joseph and Margaret (Grugan) Mason, who settled in Gibson township in 1811. His maternal grandfather was Hugh Coleman, who settled in Gibson township in an early day, clearing and improving the farm on which he lived and died. The father of Phineas was a farmer by occupation, and cleared a part of the homestead on which he resided until his death in 1854, at the age of forty-nine years. His children numbered nine: Amberson, Nancy (Mrs. James White), Phineas H., Jieuletta (Mrs. Jacob English), Ann E. (Mrs. William Crebs), Coleman, Amelia (Mrs. Ross Meeker), Anson and Alexander. Phineas H. Mason has always resided on the old homestead where he was born and reared, a part of which he cleared and made all present improvements in buildings. He married, August 9, 1860, Ellen, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy (Jordan) Brooks, of Grove township, and has one son, Anson Mason, who married Metta Carnill, of Gibson township, by whom he has four children: Wright, Annie, Harvey and Zoe. Mr. Mason is a representative farmer and citizen, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.

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