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Selina Cordelia Mason 1832–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 JUL 1832

Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Death Date: 19 NOV 1917

Death Location: Switzer Baptist Church Cemetery, Roebuck, South Carolina

Father: Posey Mason

Mother: Catherine Freeman

Spouse(s): Silas Lanford

Children(s): Walter Lanford, Mason Lanford, Eugenia Lanford, Elliott Lanford, Herbert Lanford, Augustus Lanford, Beulah Lanford, Lee Lanford, Louisa Lanford, Lillie Lanford, Theodora Lanford, Margaret Lanford, Alvin Lanford, John Lanford

The story of Selina Cordelia Mason began in 1832 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In 1900, Selina Cordelia Mason resided in Justice Precinct 7, Comanche, Texas, USA. Selina Cordelia Mason married Silas Greenleaf Lanford, and had children including Alvin W Lanford, Augustus Monroe Lanford, Beulah Jane Lanford, Elliott Henry Lanford, Eugenia Victoria Lanford, Herbert Daniel Lanford, John Posey M Lanford, Lee Osborne Lanford, Lillie Ellen Lanford, Louisa Elizabeth Lanford, Margaret Lanford, Mason Alvin Lanford, Theodora Catheryn Lanford, Walter Calvin Lanford. Selina Cordelia Mason passed away in 1917 in Switzer Baptist Church Cemetery, Roebuck, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Selina Cordelia Mason began in 1832 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  • In 1900, Selina Cordelia Mason resided in Justice Precinct 7, Comanche, Texas, USA.
  • Selina Cordelia Mason married Silas Greenleaf Lanford, and had children including Alvin W Lanford, Augustus Monroe Lanford, Beulah Jane Lanford, Elliott Henry Lanford, Eugenia Victoria Lanford, Herbert Daniel Lanford, John Posey M Lanford, Lee Osborne Lanford, Lillie Ellen Lanford, Louisa Elizabeth Lanford, Margaret Lanford, Mason Alvin Lanford, Theodora Catheryn Lanford, Walter Calvin Lanford.
  • Selina Cordelia Mason passed away in 1917 in Switzer Baptist Church Cemetery, Roebuck, South Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

Posey Mason
1806–1852
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
PM
Catherine Freeman
1810–1881
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
CF

Spouses(s)

Silas Lanford
1823–1890
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
SL

Children(s)

Walter Lanford
1855–1922
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
WL
Mason Lanford
1873–1945
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
ML
Eugenia Lanford
1857–1892
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
EL
Elliott Lanford
1871–1947
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
EL
Herbert Lanford
1875–1957
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
HL
Augustus Lanford
1849–1932
Birth Location: Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
AL
Beulah Lanford
1866–1948
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
BL
Lee Lanford
1864–1935
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
LL
Louisa Lanford
1870–1952
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
LL
Lillie Lanford
1868–1946
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
LL
Theodora Lanford
1859–1863
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
TL
Margaret Lanford
1860–1860
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
ML
Alvin Lanford
1861–
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
AL
John Lanford
1853–1854
Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
JL

Selina Mason's Ancestors

Self
Selina Mason
1832–1917
Birth Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Parents
Posey Mason
1806–1852
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Catherine (E.) Freeman
1810–1881
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Grandparents
Broderick Mason
1764–1835
Stafford County, Virginia
Jane Posey
1765–1836
Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Henry Freeman
–1810
Sarah Edwards
1774–1830
Great-Grandparents
James Mason
1740–1779
Mary Broderick
1745–1800
John Posey
1734–1803
Ann Ford
1735–1803
John Edwards
1750–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Mason
1692–1745
Christopher Broderick
1725–1745
Sarah Hammett
1727–1788
Thomas Ford
1704–1776
Jane Milstead
1720–

Selina Mason's Descendants

1.
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Selina (Cordelia) Mason (21 JUL 1832–19 NOV 1917) m. Silas (Greenleaf) Lanford (10 JUN 1823–29 JUL 1890)
  1. 1. Walter (Calvin) Lanford 1855–1922 m. Minnie (Anna) Switzer 1865–1963
    1. 1. Melinda (Elma) Lanford 1891– m. Robert (Madison) Deveny 1888–1939
      1. 1. Chester ("Check") Deveny 1914–1992
      2. 2. Robert (Lanford "Lank") Deveny 1915–1992
    2. 2. John (Posey) Lanford 1883–1907
    3. 3. Silas (Ernest) Lanford 1885–1922 m. Mary (Octavene) Lee 1885–1965
      1. 1. Mariana (Lee) Lanford 1914–2008 m. Jesse (Benjamin) Thomas 1911–1991
      2. 2. William (Ernest) Lanford 1916–1999 m. Iva (Rae) Morse 1923–2020
      3. 3. Edwin (Howard) Lanford 1917–1995
    4. 4. Walter (Calvin Lanford) Jr 1894–1931
    5. 5. Samuel (Christian) Lanford 1887–1960 m. Ina (Lou) Driver 1892–
      1. 1. Earl Lanford 1911–1984
    6. 6. Lawrence (Lee) Lanford 1889–1975 m. Byrd Lee 1889–1976
      1. 1. Tessie (Octavene "Sis") Lanford 1912– m. Tom (Paul) Winn 1909–
      2. 2. Herbert (Rex) Lanford 1915–1981
      3. 3. Robert (Calvin) Lanford 1918–2006 m. Nan (Elizabeth) Mickle 1921–2018
      4. 4. Finch (Scott) Lanford 1920–2001
    7. 7. Herbert (Henry) Lanford 1896–1972 m. Maude (Lee) Gilbert 1901–
      1. 1. Hebert (Gene) Lanford 1923–1987 m. Doris Decora 1925–2005
      2. 2. Howard (C) Lanford 1924–
    8. 8. Pearl Lanford 1905–
  2. 2. Mason (Alvin) Lanford 1873–1945 m. Rosa (Lee) Burnette 1873–1959
    1. 1. Lamar Lanford 1908–1976
    2. 2. Walter (Gates) Lanford 1903–1993 m. Rosalee Rampley 1904–1986
      1. 1. Walter (Gates Lanford) Jr. 1926–
    3. 3. Selena (L.) Lanford 1899–1994 m. R. (Paul) Cooley 1901–
      1. 1. J. (Katherine) Cooley 1926–
    4. 4. Boyce Lanford 1912–1916
  3. 3. Eugenia (Victoria) Lanford 1857–1892 m. Pinkney Gentry 1848–1936
    1. 1. Posey Gentry 1891–1970
  4. 4. Elliott (Henry) Lanford 1871–1947 m. Alice (Josephine) Wilson 1878–1958
    1. 1. William (Marshall) Lanford 1900–1975 m. Sarah (Esther) Albertson 1905–1994
      1. 1. Doris (Kathryn) Lanford 1927–2016 m. John (Robert Brock) Sr 1927–2014 m. Willie (Paul) McCullough 1929–2002
      2. 2. Millicent (Opal) Lanford 1928–2015
        1. 1. Randall (Larry) Lanford 1947–2018
      3. 3. Wilma (Ann) Lanford 1931–2003 m. Joe (Thomas) Mize 1929–2001
      4. 4. Muris (LuEllen) Lanford 1933–2004 m. James (Ray) Cannon 1933–2016
    2. 2. Annie (Bruce) Lanford 1905–2005 m. William (Wylie) Cole 1898–1974
      1. 1. William (Harry) Cole 1929–2016 m. Sybil Dorsey 1931–1992
    3. 3. Carol (Lynn) Lanford 1902–1985 m. Henry (Ray) Whitmire 1904–1965
    4. 4. Harold (Greene) Lanford 1912–2010 m. Mattie (Ernestine) Stewart 1917–2020
    5. 5. Lou (Ethel) Lanford 1907–1999 m. Jake\\ 1911–1983
    6. 6. James (Elliot) Lanford 1909–1976 m. Nell Brown 1911–1989
      1. 1. Henry (Ryan) Lanford 1934–1976
      2. 2. James (Edward) Lanford 1938–2008
      3. 3. Leon (Mason) Lanford 1942–1996
    7. 7. Lillie (Paunee) Lanford 1916–1997 m. Arthur (Carmine Phillips) Jr. 1917–1973
      1. 1. Alice (Jo) Phillips 1941–2010
    8. 8. Alice (Arene) Lanford 1914–1986 m. John (Tyra) Ferguson 1907–1988
      1. 1. Pansy (Arene) Ferguson 1936–2001
      2. 2. John (Dewey) Ferguson 1940–2006
      3. 3. Geneva Ferguson 1937–1937
    9. 9. Alma (Ruth) Lanford 1920–1980 m. Gary (C.) Butler 1926–1993
      1. 1. Derrolyn (Lanford) Butler 1951–2019 m. Stanley (R.) Murrell 1949–2002
  5. 5. Herbert (Daniel) Lanford 1875–1957 m. Eustacia Gates 1878–1972
    1. 1. Eva Lanford 1902–1968
    2. 2. Ray (Herbert) Lanford 1915–
    3. 3. Maude (Virginia) Lanford 1906–2000 m. Robert (Omega) Lowry 1904–1966
      1. 1. Robert (Travis) Lowry 1941–2016
      2. 2. Infants (of Bob) Lowry 1934–1934
    4. 4. Bernice Lanford 1904–
  6. 6. Augustus (Monroe) Lanford 1849–1932 m. Mary (Jane) Thomas 1848–1876 m. Sarah (Jane) Medlin 1855–1922
    1. 1. Tott Lanford 1887–1903 m. James (Harvey) Campbell 1884–1936
      1. 1. Claude Campbell 1906–1975 m. D. (Lucille) Unk 1909–
      2. 2. Floyd Campbell 1909– m. Ruth Roberts 1910–
      3. 3. Harvey Campbell 1918– m. Sarah (Inez) Lee 1920–2001
      4. 4. Frances Campbell 1925–
      5. 5. Alene Campbell 1912–
      6. 6. Marie Campbell 1903–
    2. 2. Eustasia (Jane) Lanford 1878–1942 m. Daniel (P.) Lanford 1882–1952
      1. 1. Cornelia Lanford 1913–2008
      2. 2. Cecil (B.) Lanford 1919–1984
      3. 3. Lawrence Lanford 1903–1979
      4. 4. Beatrice Lanford 1905–
      5. 5. Bertha (Mae) Godfrey 1907–1992
      6. 6. Pansy (V.) Hodges 1912–1939
    3. 3. Odessa ("Dot") Lanford 1900–1929 m. Lewis (Napoleon) Prince 1895–1946
      1. 1. Louise (Maggie) Byars 1919–1988
    4. 4. Allen (Eugene) Lanford 1893–1973 m. Mamie Osborn 1897–1978
      1. 1. Geneva Lanford 1919–2003 m. James (M.) Brewington 1929–2012 m. Cecil (Frank) McCoy 1924–
        1. 1. Jackie (Eugene) Lanford 1936–2013
        2. 2. Cecil (Frank McCoy) Jr 1949–1949
      2. 2. Walter (Thomas) Lanford 1921–1999 m. Carolyn (Loraine) Darnell 1928–2018
        1. 1. Carolyn (Sandra) Lanford 1948–1997
    5. 5. Walter (Fletcher) Lanford 1884–1910
    6. 6. David (Freeman) Lanford 1889–1972 m. Effie (C.) Unk 1889–1987
      1. 1. Rachel (L.) Lanford 1918–
      2. 2. Frances (C.) Lanford 1923–
    7. 7. Augusta (Athella) Lanford 1901–1989 m. Thomas (Edward) Osborne 1885–1966
      1. 1. Sara (Elizabeth) Osborne 1917–1999 m. Lacey (Albert) Whitley 1916–2007
      2. 2. Henry (David) Osborne 1921–2001 m. Eleanor (Edythe) Jamison 1929–1996
    8. 8. James (L.) Thomas 1876–1954 m. Pearl (May) Stevens 1886–1966
      1. 1. Wesley (Smith Thomas) Sr 1909–1982 m. Lois (Vivian) Seay 1910–2002
        1. 1. Mary (Carolyn) Thomas 1933– m. Truman (Murrell) Matthews 1933–2004
        2. 2. Wesley (Smith Thomas) Jr 1935–2011
        3. 3. Lois (Allene) Thomas 1938–2001 m. Bobby (Dean) Lark 1937–1973
        4. 4. Robert (Dean) Thomas 1938–1976
        5. 5. Richard (Eugene) Thomas 1941–2022
        6. 6. Jack Thomas 1946–1998
      2. 2. Emma (M.) Thomas 1914–
      3. 3. James (Lewis Thomas) Jr. 1915–1969
      4. 4. Fred Thomas 1924–
      5. 5. Eura Thomas 1906–
      6. 6. Raymond (Lafayette) Thomas 1901–1962
        1. 1. Charles (Cletus) Stevens 1927–2003 m. Betty (Jean) Vandiver 1931–2001
      7. 7. Elliott Thomas 1899–
      8. 8. Mary (Ruth) Thomas 1912–
    9. 9. Minnie (S) Lanford 1875–1935 m. William Frazier 1866–1964
      1. 1. Billie Schug 1913–1986
      2. 2. Katie (Carrie) Frazier 1900–1991 m. Clarence (Martin) Reese 1894–1963
        1. 1. Thaddeus (Odell) Reese 1917–2000 m. Betty (Elnora) Turner 1919–2007
        2. 2. Cathryn (M.) Reese 1921–1940
        3. 3. Peggy (Lou) Reese 1930–1997 m. Max (Delbert) Countryman 1929–1997
      3. 3. Ena (Belle) Sampier 1910–2001
      4. 4. Henry (F) Frazier 1899–
  7. 7. Beulah (Jane) Lanford 1866–1948 m. Manning (Auston) Wood 1869–1942
    1. 1. Horace (Eugene Wood) Sr. 1894–1966
    2. 2. Edna (E.) Wood 1891– m. Grover (Cleveland Sheppard) Sr. 1884–1940
      1. 1. Grover (Cleveland Sheppard Jr.) MD 1914–1977
    3. 3. Camille Wood 1902–
  8. 8. Lee (Osborne) Lanford 1864–1935 m. Della (R.) Ray 1868–1943
    1. 1. Carl (Mason) Lanford 1914–1966 m. Virginia (Mae) Lynn 1916–2016
      1. 1. Dick (Lee) Lanford 1939–2019
    2. 2. Rosa (Lee) Lanford 1894–1985
    3. 3. Ruth (E.) Lanford 1898–1986
  9. 9. Louisa (Elizabeth) Lanford 1870–1952 m. William (Perry) Poole 1875–1942
    1. 1. Alvin (B.) Poole 1898–1967
    2. 2. Letitia Poole 1900–1955
  10. 10. Lillie (Ellen) Lanford 1868–1946 m. Ellis (Thomas "Uncle Ellie") Gwin 1866–1947
    1. 1. Gena Gwin 1901–1994 m. Jack (Hugh) Rogers 1899–1967
    2. 2. Miles (Herbert) Gwin 1902–1995 m. Mildred Smith 1905–2006
      1. 1. Claire (Ellen) Gwin 1927–2007
      2. 2. Gena (Elizabeth) Gwin 1930–2000 m. Frank (Brewton Flanders) Jr 1927–2012
    3. 3. Jonas (Edward) Gwin 1904–1916
  11. 11. Theodora (Catheryn) Lanford 1859–1863
  12. 12. Margaret Lanford 1860–1860
  13. 13. Alvin (W.) Lanford 1861–
  14. 14. John (Posey M.) Lanford 1853–1854

Selina Mason's Timeline

3 Records

1832
21 JUL 1832
Birth of Selina Cordelia Mason in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
1900
1900
Age 68
Selina Cordelia Mason resided here in Justice Precinct 7, Comanche, Texas, USA
Justice Precinct 7, Comanche, Texas, USA
1917
19 NOV 1917
Age 85
Death of Selina Cordelia Mason in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 JUL 1832
    Event Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Justice Precinct 7, Comanche, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 NOV 1917
    Event Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Switzer Baptist Church Cemetery, Roebuck, South Carolina
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