John Y. Mason's Home
Four miles
west stood the home of John Y. Mason,
statesman. Mason was a member of the
House of Representatives; United States
district judge; twice Secretary of the
Navy; United States Attorney General,
and Minister to France. He took part
in the famous "Ostend Manifesto," 1854.
Mason died in Paris, October 3, 1859.
Marker is on Southhampton Pkwy (U.S. 58) near Adams Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
