Dr. William Bonapart Mason was born in Greensville County Virginia. He was the son of Edmunds and Frances Anne Young Mason. His grandfather was Captain James Mason of the 15th Virginia Lines of the Revolutionary War. He was educated as a doctor and moved to Jackson County, Alabama, where he started a plantation called Sandhill Mountain, and where he began his medical practice. He had one of the largest medical libraries in Alabama. He trained young medical students in his home. He fought in the War with Mexico. and was imprisoned and served as a physician during the Civil War. After his 1st and 2nd wives died, he lived , for a time, with his daughter Nellie Morris Mason Marshall, M.D. . He continued his medical practice until he died, well past the age of 90. He was on call to deliver a baby on a stormy night. His horse spooked, threw him and broke his neck. See"History of Jackson County" (Alabama) and "The Family" by Hazel Reeder Jones.
Dr. William Bonapart Mason was born in Greensville County Virginia. He was the son of Edmunds and Frances Anne Young Mason. His grandfather was Captain James Mason of the 15th Virginia Lines of the Revolutionary War. He was educated as a doctor and moved to Jackson County, Alabama, where he started a plantation called Sandhill Mountain, and where he began his medical practice. He had one of the largest medical libraries in Alabama. He trained young medical students in his home. He fought in the War with Mexico. and was imprisoned and served as a physician during the Civil War. After his 1st and 2nd wives died, he lived , for a time, with his daughter Nellie Morris Mason Marshall, M.D. . He continued his medical practice until he died, well past the age of 90. He was on call to deliver a baby on a stormy night. His horse spooked, threw him and broke his neck. See"History of Jackson County" (Alabama) and "The Family" by Hazel Reeder Jones.
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