Charles Holland Mason

Charles Holland Mason
Born	August 9, 1822 Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States
Died	June 11, 1894 Vinita, Oklahoma Territory, United States
Occupation	Politician, lawyer
Title	United States Commissioner (Indian Territory)
Term	1890-1894
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Rachel L. Huckeby

Charles Holland Mason (August 9, 1822– June 11, 1894) was an 19th century American politician and lawyer. Mason served as United States Commissioner for the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) from 1890 until his death.

Early life and marriage

Mason was born in Walpole, New Hampshire to Joseph and Harriet (Ormsby) Mason^[1]. Mason received a thorough classical education to fit him for practicing law. Mason attended the Hancock Literary and Scientific Institute. At age twenty-one, he emigrated West, locating first at Louisville, Kentucky where he was employed as tutor in a private family, studying law between school hours with Hamilton Smith. A year later, he was admitted to the bar at Louisville. He came to Perry County, Indiana during the 1840s.

On March 20, 1852, in Cannelton, Mason married Rachel Littell (Huckeby) Wright (1828–1883), the young widow of John G. Wright, the daughter of Joshua B. Huckeby and Rebecca Lang. The couple had no children.

Political career

In 1890, Mason was appointed by president Benjamin Harrison as United States Commissioner for the Indian Territory (before the organization of Oklahoma) with headquarters at Vinita, where he died in June, 1894.

Notes

1. ^ .Hunt 1916, p. 122.

References

• Vinita Indian Chieftain, June 14, 1894. Page 2 column 2. Death of Judge Mason.
• Goodspeed, Weston A. History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana. Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.
• O’Beirne, Harry F., and E. S. O’Beirne. The Indian Territory, Its Chiefs, Legislators and Leading Men (1892).
• Hunt, Thomas James de la. Perry County, A History. Indianapolis, 1916.

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Name	Mason, Charles Holland
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Date of birth	August 9, 1822
Place of birth	Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States
Date of death	June 11, 1894
Place of death	Vinita, Oklahoma Territory, United States