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ROCKING CHAIR STILL IN FAMILY AFTER SIX GENERATIONS----This is a photo of the Rocking chair that was made by William Bond Mason, one of the 1st 48 settlers of Marietta, Ohio. The rocking chair in now in the possession Carla Mason Gilbert's brother. Both are directly descended from William Bond Mason. Their lineage is Adelphia Coburn Mason, Elijah Joseph Mason, Dick Bradford Mason, Sr. and Dick Bradford Mason Jr. being their father. William Bond Mason arrived in Marietta with General Rufus Putnam on April 7, 1788. He died on on Sept. 13, 1813. He owned and probably built, one of the two story houses which composed the west or southwest side of Campus Martius, as shown in both views. There he and his family dwelt until 1796 when he removed his farm which was in Adams Township, ten or twelve miles up the Muskingum. You can find other pieces of his carpentry work in the Rufus Putnam home at the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, Ohio. ----- Photo owned by Carla Mason Gilbert.
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