David H Mason (1898-1974)
biographical notes
Full name: David Howard Mason
Born at Bateman house in Downers Grove, IL on August 2, 1898.
Son of Robert John Mason & Frances Cora Hurd Mason.
Brother of Norman, Ralph, Horace, James, Jane, and Florence Mason Little.
Married Shirley Wildman in 1948.
Father of Russ (b. 1949) and Don Mason (b. 1951).
1898-1911 (birth - age 12): lived in Downers Grove, IL, first the Bateman house (1898-1900) and then Fairview Farm.
1911-18 (age 13-18): lived in Chicago, IL at 1415 W. Adams Street.
1913-1916 (age 15-18): attended McKinley High School.
1916-1918 (age 18-19): attended Lewis Institute.
1918 (age 19-20): left Lewis Institute to join his brother Jim at Camp Greene, and served in France in 1918 as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces for the final four months of World War One.
1919 (age 20-21): served in France (and Germany?) as a part of the post-war Army of Occupation.
1920-1922 (age 22-24): attended the University of Illinois.
1923-27 (age 25-29): Curtis Lighting (Chicago, IL)
1928-30 (age 30-32): JR Henry - Curtis Lighting rep. (Philadelphia, PA)
1931-32 (age 33-34): RJ Sample Co. (Chicago, IL)
1933-?? (age 35-??): Architectural Lighting Co. (Chicago, IL)
1942-45 (age 44-46): War Production Board (Washington, DC)
1950-58 (age 52-60): lived in Park Ridge, IL with his wife and children.
1958-74 (age 60-75): lived in Barrington, IL with his wife and children.
Born at Bateman house in Downers Grove, IL on August 2, 1898.
Son of Robert John Mason & Frances Cora Hurd Mason.
Brother of Norman, Ralph, Horace, James, Jane, and Florence Mason Little.
Married Shirley Wildman in 1948.
Father of Russ (b. 1949) and Don Mason (b. 1951).
1898-1911 (birth - age 12): lived in Downers Grove, IL, first the Bateman house (1898-1900) and then Fairview Farm.
1911-18 (age 13-18): lived in Chicago, IL at 1415 W. Adams Street.
1913-1916 (age 15-18): attended McKinley High School.
1916-1918 (age 18-19): attended Lewis Institute.
1918 (age 19-20): left Lewis Institute to join his brother Jim at Camp Greene, and served in France in 1918 as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces for the final four months of World War One.
1919 (age 20-21): served in France (and Germany?) as a part of the post-war Army of Occupation.
1920-1922 (age 22-24): attended the University of Illinois.
1923-27 (age 25-29): Curtis Lighting (Chicago, IL)
1928-30 (age 30-32): JR Henry - Curtis Lighting rep. (Philadelphia, PA)
1931-32 (age 33-34): RJ Sample Co. (Chicago, IL)
1933-?? (age 35-??): Architectural Lighting Co. (Chicago, IL)
1942-45 (age 44-46): War Production Board (Washington, DC)
1950-58 (age 52-60): lived in Park Ridge, IL with his wife and children.
1958-74 (age 60-75): lived in Barrington, IL with his wife and children.
autobiography
A class assignment at the Lewis Institute (undated, but probably Fall, 1916).