Member of the famous Mason family of Virginia. She gained fame as a nurse of Confederate soldiers, as well as ministering to Union soldiers at the infamous Libby Prison, during the Civil War. She was commissioned by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to organize hospital camps during Civil War. She was an intimate friend of Mrs. Robert E. Lee.
In 1867 she published "The Southern Poems of the War -- Collected and Arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason." In 1871 she edited and published "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782." In 1872 she published "Popular Life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee."
During her last years she conducted a school in Paris, France. It is unclear how she came to be buried in the Carroll/Harper plot at New Cathedral Cemetery.
She had at least 10 brothers and sisters -- one brother was Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) (SEE Find-a-Grave Memorial # 6234829), who at age 23 was elected governor of Michigan (the youngest state governor in U.S. history). Her father was John Thomson Mason (1787-1850), a lawyer, U.S. marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory (1830-31), and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.
In 1867 she published "The Southern Poems of the War -- Collected and Arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason." In 1871 she edited and published "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782." In 1872 she published "Popular Life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee."
During her last years she conducted a school in Paris, France. It is unclear how she came to be buried in the Carroll/Harper plot at New Cathedral Cemetery.
She had at least 10 brothers and sisters -- one brother was Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) (SEE Find-a-Grave Memorial # 6234829), who at age 23 was elected governor of Michigan (the youngest state governor in U.S. history). Her father was John Thomson Mason (1787-1850), a lawyer, U.S. marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory (1830-31), and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.
Member of the famous Mason family of Virginia. She gained fame as a nurse of Confederate soldiers, as well as ministering to Union soldiers at the infamous Libby Prison, during the Civil War. She was commissioned by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to organize hospital camps during Civil War. She was an intimate friend of Mrs. Robert E. Lee.
In 1867 she published "The Southern Poems of the War -- Collected and Arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason." In 1871 she edited and published "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782." In 1872 she published "Popular Life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee."
During her last years she conducted a school in Paris, France. It is unclear how she came to be buried in the Carroll/Harper plot at New Cathedral Cemetery.
She had at least 10 brothers and sisters -- one brother was Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) (SEE Find-a-Grave Memorial # 6234829), who at age 23 was elected governor of Michigan (the youngest state governor in U.S. history). Her father was John Thomson Mason (1787-1850), a lawyer, U.S. marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory (1830-31), and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.
In 1867 she published "The Southern Poems of the War -- Collected and Arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason." In 1871 she edited and published "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782." In 1872 she published "Popular Life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee."
During her last years she conducted a school in Paris, France. It is unclear how she came to be buried in the Carroll/Harper plot at New Cathedral Cemetery.
She had at least 10 brothers and sisters -- one brother was Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) (SEE Find-a-Grave Memorial # 6234829), who at age 23 was elected governor of Michigan (the youngest state governor in U.S. history). Her father was John Thomson Mason (1787-1850), a lawyer, U.S. marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory (1830-31), and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.
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