Background
Mason, Alfred Bishop was born on February 23, 1851 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Honorary R. B. (mayor of Chicago, 1870-1872) and Harriet Lavinia (Hopkins) M.
Mason, Alfred Bishop was born on February 23, 1851 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Honorary R. B. (mayor of Chicago, 1870-1872) and Harriet Lavinia (Hopkins) M.
Descendant from Captain Levi Mason, Revolutionary Army, and Stephen Hopkins, a signer of Declaration of Independence. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1871 (Skull and Bones, Phi Beta Kappa), Master of Arts, 1874.
2d, Mary Knight Wood, April 7, 1914. Editorial writer, Chicago Tribune, 1872. Admitted to bar, 1875.
Vice president Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railroad, 1883-1889, American Cotton Oil Corporation, 1892.
President Vera Cruz & Pacific Railroad, Mexico, 1898-1902, Cauca Railroad, Colombia, South America, 1905-1907.
Married Mary Elizabeth Murdoch, 1872 (died 1912).