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    Mary Josephine Remey (Mason)

    Birth: 4-12-1845

    Death: 3-1-1938

    Nickname: Molly

Biography

Daughter of Washington, D.C. patent lawyer, Charles Mason, Mary was born in Iowa, but spent much of her young adult life in Washington, D.C. Her father was a conservative Democrat and she later described herself and her mother as "southern sympathizers." In D.C., she attended school and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Married Admiral George Collier Remey in 1873. Fanny Seward may reference her in her 1862-1863 diary as "Miss Mason - of the celebrated neck - she is not very pretty otherwise, and wears her dresses too low."

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Biography: 
Daughter of Washington, D.C. patent lawyer, Charles Mason, Mary was born in Iowa, but spent much of her young adult life in Washington, D.C. Her father was a conservative Democrat and she later described herself and her mother as "southern sympathizers." In D.C., she attended school and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Married Admiral George Collier Remey in 1873. Fanny Seward may reference her in her 1862-1863 diary as "Miss Mason - of the celebrated neck - she is not very pretty otherwise, and wears her dresses too low."
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
The Annals of Iowa
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
H.H. Wubben
Article Title: 
Molly Mason: Nearly Everybody's Darling, Part I : The Civil War Era
Year: 
1977
Volume: 
43
Issue: 
8
Start Page: 
593
End Page: 
614
Citation Notes: 
Available: https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11321&context=annals-of-iowa
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
The Annals of Iowa
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
H.H. Wubben
Article Title: 
Molly Mason: Nearly Everybody's Darling, Part I : The Civil War Era
Year: 
1977
Volume: 
43
Issue: 
8
Start Page: 
593
End Page: 
614
Citation Notes: 
Available: https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11321&context=annals-of-iowa
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
Ancestry.com
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
Website Viewing Date: 
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 11:00
Website Last Modified Date: 
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 11:00
Citation Notes: 
Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.