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	Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon - Charles Mason
		MASON, CHARLES (1730-1786), astronomer, was James Bradley's assistant at Greenwich, with a salary of 26 pounds a year, from 1756 to 1760.
		Mason was employed by the Royal Society during six months in 1769 on an astronomical mission at Cavan in Ireland.
		A catalogue of 387 stars, calculated by Mason from Bradley's observations, was annexed to the Nautical Almanac for 1773, and he corrected Mayer [German mathematician] "Lunar Tables', on behalf of the Board of Longitude (Maskelyne as serving head), in 1772, 78, and 80.
	www.hyperarts.com /pynchon/mason-dixon/extra/mason_bio.html (460 words)

	Charles Mason
		MASON, Charles, astronomer, born in England in 1730; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February, 1787.
		This line, known as "Mason and Dixon's line," became famous in the history of the United States as marking the northern limit, with the exception of portions of Delaware and Virginia, of the slave-states.
		Mason and Dixon devoted a month during 1766, at the request of the Royal astronomical society, to determining " the precise measure of a degree of latitude in America in the neighborhood of Pennsylvania," the particulars of which are printed in vol.
	www.famousamericans.net /charlesmason (561 words)

	Charles Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mason's early career was spent at the Royal Greenwich Observatory near London.
		Mason crater on the Moon is named after him, and he is one of the titular characters of Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel Mason and Dixon.
		Mason's biography from the Dictionary of National Biography
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Mason (168 words)

	Mason biography
		Mason then went to Germany in the autumn of 1900 where studied for his doctorate at the University of Göttingen, working under Hilbert's supervision.
		Mason worked with colleagues to produce a prototype which was first tested on a raft in Lake Mendota, then tested on a ship off the east coast of the United States.
		Mason was the director of Natural Sciences Division of the Rockefeller Foundation for one year and then became president of the foundation in 1929 after George E Vincent retired.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Mason.html (1263 words)

	First Jurisdiction of Louisiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Eliza Mason a woman of especially firm faith often pray that her small son, "Charlie," might be converted early in life.
		And, in 1894, Charles Mason was growing in popularity among the "grass roots" people while pastoring the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama.
		Already, Mason's heart was being prepared to receive 'the Gift.' And, the dynamic, Holy Ghost filled preaching of Elder W.J. Seymour was the instrument that the Almighty had chosen to bring Elder Mason to the point of baptism.
	www.firstjurisdictionla.com /mason1.htm (2193 words)

	Capt. Hugh Mason Genealogy
		I am most grateful to the Masons and Mason descendants who so quickly and interestedly replied to my queries, and particularly to those who not only sent their own data but gave me much valuable information on other lines, and countless regrets for the many letters I sent and which were not accorded a reply.
		Hugh Mason, the progenitor of the family, born in England, in 1606, stands out as a most picturesque personality in the scanty records of the day, even among the strong and vigorous characters who were his associates in the colonies.
		Mason and his wife are buried in the Arlington Street cemetery in Watertown, and now (1934) the stones marking their graves are in perfect condition and The Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars has placed a marker at his grave.
	kinnexions.com /kinnexions/mason/masonh.htm (7864 words)

	Charles Gilbert Mason, First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps
		Charles A. Mason, of 413 Locust st. His wife, Lynelle and 22-month-old daughter, Lois live at 210 Locust Street.
		A telegram from the Defense Department said Mason was killed when his craft was hit by hostile fire while entering a battle zone to rescue wounded.
		First Lieutenant Charles G. (Bud) Mason E.E. '64, a Marine co-pilot, was killed on February 24, 1967, when his helicopter was shot down on an emergency medical mission in Vietnam.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cgmason.htm (270 words)

	Biography of Charles Mason Remey
		Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) was an eminent and controversial American Baha’I with a distinguished life of service to the Baha’i Faith.
		Born in Burlington, Iowa, on May 15, 1874, Mason was the eldest son of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey and Mary Josephine Mason Remey, the daughter of Charles Mason, the first Chief Justice of Iowa.
		Mason Remey's activities, beginning in 1960, when he "proclaimed" himself the second Guardian, were a profound source of embarrassment to his fellow-Hands who, in addition to all their other heavy, heartbreaking responsibilities, now found themselves obliged to progressively remonstrate with, admonish, warn, expose and finally excommunicate him.
	www.charlesmasonremey.net (4948 words)

	Dr. Charles Norman Mason (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mason said he also is “excited about having the opportunity to be in residence with other scholars who are tops in their fields.”
		Mason and other Rome Prize finalists were flown to New York City to be interviewed in a very confidential process.
		Mason joined the BSC faculty in 1982 after receiving his doctorate at the University of Illinois.
	www.bsc.edu /academics/arts/features/mason.htm (794 words)

	CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, Inc.
		Elder Charles Harrison Mason, who later became the founder and organizer of the Church of God in Christ, was born September 8,1866, on the Prior Farm near Memphis, Tennessee.
		At the close of the meeting, it was necessary to organize the people for the purpose of establishing a church with a stronger appeal and greater encouragement for all Christians and believers, a church which would emphasize the doctrine of entire sanctification through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
		Elder C.H. Mason was appointed as overseer of Tennessee, and Elder J.A. Jeter was overseer of Arkansas.
	www.cogic.org /history.htm (1952 words)

	Mason, Charles F.
		Charles F. Mason, real estate broker, associated with the C. Stone Realty company, No. 8 Robinson avenue, was shot and killed at 6 o'clock Wednesday night at his home, 329 West Ninth street, by a pistol held in his own hand.
		Mason left the room, after producing a pistol she kept hidden and a few seconds thereafter the sound of a shoot in the front room caused Mrs.
		Mason and a number of the neighbors to rush to the room, where the deceased was found lying on the floor dead with a pistol wound in the right side.
	www.rootsweb.com /~okoklaho/obit/mason-charles.htm (257 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mason
		Brother of Thomson Mason; uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); granduncle of Armistead Thomson Mason; grandfather of James Murray Mason; great-granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
		Mason, Samson (1793-1869) — of Clark County, Ohio.
		Great-grandnephew of George Mason; great-grandson of Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; son of John Thomson Mason.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/mason.html (1392 words)

	Mason Family Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Charles Hare MASON was born on 16 Mar 1904 in San Antonio, Tx..
		Charles Hare MASON and Evelyn Lee LOVETT were married on 31 Dec 1936 in West Point, NY..
		Charles Hare MASON and Frances Carver DERBY were married on 17 Nov 1928 in Dryden, NY..
	look.net /gunstonhall/masonweb/b4273.html (145 words)

	Charles Field Mason, Brigadier General, United States Army
		Charles Field Mason (Wiley, Wiley Roy, Lucy Wiley Roy, Sarah Fowke, Elizabeth Dinwiddie, Simpha Rosa Ann Field Mason, George, George) was born in Richmond, Virginia.
		Ethel Quinton10 Mason was born August 13, 1889
		Charles Hare Mason was born March 16, 1904
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cfmason.htm (211 words)

	mason
		This was the first of many supernatural experiences Charles Mason had during a life that some say rivals the lives of Christian heroes like John Wesley in its range of piety, social reform, mysticism, and evangelistic scope.
		According to bishop and board member Charles Blake, this commitment to urban America is perhaps the chief reason the denomination has experienced such rapid and sustained growth in recent years.
		Once Mason was arrested by federal agents and thrown into a Lexington, Mississippi, jail on charges of "violation of the Sedition Act." Holt eventually gathered the money to bail out Mason, who continued to fellowship with whites, while condemning segregation and the widespread burning of fl soldiers' uniforms upon their return home from overseas.
	netministries.org /ministries/cm03133/mason.html (2109 words)

	A Brief History of the Mason-Dixon Surveys
		Mason was Bradley’s assistant at the observatory, an Anglican widower with two sons.
		In 1761 Mason and Dixon had sailed together for Sumatra, but only made it to the Cape of Good Hope, to record a transit of Venus across the sun to support the Royal Society’s calculations of distance by parallax between the Earth and sun.
		Their major tasks in America would be to re-survey the tangent line northward from the middle point of the transpeninsular line to the twelve-mile arc, and survey the east-west boundary five degrees westward along a line lying fifteen miles south of the southernmost part of Philadelphia.
	www.udel.edu /johnmack/frec480/mason_dixon_survey.html (4517 words)

	Womens Department - Church Of God In Christ
		But this particular location greatly displeased Charles Mason because he deplored the ungodly ways of the people who lived there.
		Although he had been dangerously near death, Charles Mason felt the inner assurance that GOD had completely healed him.
		Mason told the Baptist members that he had been on his way to hell, but had turned again to do God's will.
	www.cogicwomensdepartment.com /masonbio.htm (2210 words)

	Captain Hugh Mason Genealogy
		Mason was long in trade at Berlin Falls, N. H., and subsequently at Bethel Hill, Maine, also interested in timber lands, lumbering and town affairs.
		Mason was a farmer, also a dealer in cattle and sheep and interested in timber lands and lumbering.
		He was a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 97, being the first Mason in Bethel, an acting officer and also on a committee to open a lodge at Bethel Hill, which was done June 14, 1860.
	kinnexions.com /kinnexions/mason/rr01/rr01_257.htm (568 words)

	C. D. Mason Genealogy
		Charles Drum Mason and Nancy Coats Mason migrated from Hardin Co. OH where he had farmed in Marion or Goshen Twp to Iowa in 1865.
		Charles Mason was born Nov. 20, 1834, in Fairfield county, Ohio, and continued to reside in that state until 1865, when he went to Iowa.
		Dora Bonnie Mason -- born January 01, 1892--Arcadia, Oklahoma ---married George Washington Dial on December 24, 1912 -- in parents house Arcadia, Oklahoma -- Dora died September 25, 1996 Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma is buried Memorial Park Cemetery Edmond, Oklahoma she was almost 105 years of age when she died.
	members.aol.com /masontree/cdmason.htm (1776 words)

	Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
		Mason’s determination to get an education was a crucial turning point after his divorce.
		Mason had both hermeneutical and cultural suspicions of the methods, philosophy, and curriculum set forth at the college.
		Mason, Jones, and their colleagues were vehemently opposed and eventually expelled from Baptist churches via the National Baptist Convention.
	members.tripod.com /pentecostalcathedral-ivil/id5.html (5419 words)

	Charles E. Mason & Mary Marissa Files/Eleanor Sheddon
		Charles Edward Mason was born in Monroe, Maine on December 1, 1853, the son of Broadstreet Mason and Betsy Libby.
		Charles was also a member of the executive committee of the state Y.M.C.A. during this time.
		Charles had done wonders with his children and his church, but now that there was a maternal presence in the house, things settled down.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/themasons/charlese1853.html (722 words)

	Charles Kuralt, from North Carolina to CBS, On the Road
		Charles was a producer as well as a correspondent and had covered every angle of the story to perfection, and editor Tommy Micklas worked magic with the film.
		Charles was well known for his travels on the road in America.
		I was lucky enough to travel with Charles on several farflung stories and to see how his ability to cut through and distill made glasnost and the attempted Chinese revolution immediately accessible to millions of Americans.
	www.rememberingcharleskuralt.com /tribute/mason.html (1313 words)

	Charles Mason
		Charles Mason (1730 - 1787) was an English astronomer.
		Mason's early career was spent at the Greenwich Observatory[?] near London.
		The two had previously travelled around the Cape of Good Hope, where they observed the transit of the planet Venus
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Charles_Mason.html (57 words)

	Amazon.com: Mason & Dixon: Books: Thomas Pynchon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It follows the lifelong partnership and adventures of the English surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (of Mason-Dixon Line fame) as they travel the world mapping and measuring through an uncharted pre-Revolutionary America of Native Americans, white settlers, taverns, and bawdy establishments of ill-repute.
		But Mason and Dixon is a lot of work, if for no other reason than the effort it takes dealing with the mid-18th century prose style.
		Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon are minor historical figures who identified a line of latitude that became the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
	www.amazon.com /Mason-Dixon-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/0805037586 (2732 words)

	Mason Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Charles was Assistant Chaplain at King's College, Taunton, Somerset in 1881.
		From 1906 to 1908, Charles was Honorary Canon of Lucknow Cathedral.
		In 1913 and 1914, Charles was Chaplain to St. Catharine's Home, Ventnor, I.O.W., and he was Curate of Binsted with Kingsley from 1916 to 1919.
	home.earthlink.net /~chrisgosnell/geneal/mason1.html (507 words)

	C.P. Mason
		I found this photo from 1944 of Admiral C.P. Mason in a scrapbook that recently came into my possesion by pure chance.
		The establishment of a special service squadron, for the purpose of developing long-distance scouting planes, was approved by the Chief of Naval Operations.
		Mason is Naval Aviator No. 52 of the first 250 in the Designated List of Naval Aviators.
	www.earlyaviators.com /emason.htm (415 words)

	THE FAMILY (CHARLES MANSON)
		Charles Milles Manson (born 1934-NOV-11) is a person with an unusual ability to dominate others.
		Charles Manson and three of his followers (Krenwinkel, Atkins, Van Houten) were charged with the Tate/LaBianca murders.
		Manson spent much of the time with his back to the judge; his actions were repeated by his co-defendants and other followers.
	www.religioustolerance.org /dc_charl.htm (1866 words)

	Graduation \| MasonCountyNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ashley is the granddaughter of Eddie and Howard Sanders of Mason, Jo Eckert of Mason, and Charles Trimble of Georgia.
		During his time at Mason High School, he participated in the FFA for a short period of time and did some community service for the school.
		Logan Telander is the son of Mark and Kim Mitchell of Mason.
	www.masoncountynews.com /grad_story4.asp (1030 words)

	Charles Mason (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Charles Mason is the answer to the question most frequently asked of the Special Collections and Archives staff at USMA.
		If I do not mistake, Charles Manson looks high and others have their eyes turned for him at the same upward angle.
		Charles Mason received 1995 1/2 out of a possible 2000 marks in his four years at West Point, losing half a point in French and four in Drawing.
	www.dean.usma.edu /math/people/rickey/dms/00541-Mason.htm (156 words)

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