Background
Mason, Emily Virginia was born on October 15, 1815 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of John T. and Eliza B. (Moir) Mason.
Mason, Emily Virginia was born on October 15, 1815 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of John T. and Eliza B. (Moir) Mason.
Sister Stevens Thomson Mason, first governor State of Michigan, 1835-1839). Educated Troy, New York, Female Seminary. Foreign 15 years before war resided in Fairfax Company, Virginia, and when war began she left Alexandria and volunteered in Christian Science hospital service.
Was matron successively of hospitals at Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Richmond, Virginia. After war 15 years in Paris. Was assistant principal of an American school for young ladies.