Does anyone know who the parents of this person could be. John A Mason born June 14 1814 in Swanton Franklin County Vermont he moved to Sangamon co Illinois MASON, JOHN A., born June 14, 1814, in Swanton, Franklin county, Vt. When quite young he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and there joined his brother (not sure who this could have been) and came from there to Springfield, Ill., arriving May 20, 1837. He learne dthe business of a chair maker in Springfield, and from that worked in the manufacture of cabinet furniture. He retired from business in 1869 in 1880 census he was living in the household of one Jonathan PUTNAM.