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Henry Mason has a jazz trumpeter.

Family

Mason's sister, May Ingraham (née Mary Naomi Mason; 1901–1982), married to Rufus Harcourt Ingraham, Sr. (1900–1967), was founder and president of the Bahamian Women's Suffrage Movement established in 1950 that led to changing Bahamian law in 1961 to allow women the vote, beginning 1962. In 2012, on the 50th Anniversary of the – 50th Anniversary of the Granting of Universal Suffrage to Women in the Bahamas – the Bahamas Post Office issued commemorative panes of six postage stamps, each bearing a portrait of an influential woman exponent of female suffrage. Ingraham is one of the six.

Silas Green Band

(from the 1940 Pittsburgh Courier ad)

1. Eddie Washington (né Edward W. Washington), director
2. A.D. King, sousaphone and piano
3. William H. Harris, trumpet
4. Oliver W. Mason, trumpet
5. William Bryant, baritone
6. George Gillian, trumpet and sax
7. Robert Gant, wonderphone and violin
8. T.H. Jones, trombone
9. Julius Fields, trombone
10. B.M. Edwards, trombone
11. Charles Rue, bass drum
12. T. Trasvantz, clarinet and sax
13. Leon Prayther, trombone
14. William Borwn, sousaphone
15. Oliver Terrell, clarinet and sax
16. John Blatch, drum and vibraphone

Silas Green Band

(from the 1940 US Census)

1. Emmanuel Crosley, director
2. Theodore H. Jones (né Theodore Harold Jones; 1903–1955), trombone
3. Theodore Tresvant (né Theodore Joel Tresvant; 1907–1990), clarinet and sax
4. Oliver W. Mason, trumpet
5. Johnnie McJones
6. Roy Bowling (aka Boling) (born 17 March 1900 Humboldt, Tennessee)
7. Eddie Washington (né Edward W. Washington)

Oliver W. Mason in the 1940 US Census

1940 US Census, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

The following persons are members of a show troupe – living mostly on a train of railroad cars – Savannah is headquarters – the troupe lives here more than six months of the year and have no other place of residence.

Silas Green Band

1. David Armstrong, Male, married, 36, Mississippi, car porter
2. Johnnie McJones, Male, single, 32, Georgia, musician
3. Harry Tinsley Male 35 West Virginia, car porter
4. Hortense W. Collier, 4 years of college, Female, married, 33, Florida, dancer
5. John Smith, 3 years of college, Male, married, 31, Georgia, performer
6. John Brown Male 30 Georgia
7. Thedore H Jones, Male, single, 36, Virginia
8. Theadore Tresvant, 3 years of high school, Male, 32, Georgia, musician
9. Willie Spencer Male 27 Georgia, dancer
10. James W Harris Male 31 Pennsylvania
11. Charles Morton, 2 years of college, male, married, 35, Georgia, manager
12. William H Mills, 2 years of college, male, 52, Alabama, actor
13. Leon L. Brown, male, married, 38, Louisiana, actor
14. Roscoe Smith Male 32 Georgia
15. Walter Wade Male 28 Virginia
16. Jack Harris Male 31 Ohio
17. Oliver W. Mason, 8 years of primary school, male, married, 40, Bahamas, musician
18. James Moore Male 45 Kansas
19. Eliza Williams Male 35 Georgia
20. Charles Collier Male 58 Georgia
21. Cherrie Griffin Female 33 Michigan
22. John Blatch, male, married, 30, Florida, musician
23. Annie M Ellis Female 31 Alabama
24. Myrtle C. Polk Female 24 Tennessee
25. Elise Browning Female 29 Florida
26. Sarah Benette Female 16 Georgia
27. Vera McLaughlyn Female 19 South Carolina
28. Godlee W Morton Female 25 Florida
29. Margaret Cole Female 18 Tennessee
30. Pauline G Bowling Female 17 Michigan
31. Charles Morton Male 4 Florida
32. Mertha Mason Female 29 Georgia
33. William H Brown Male 47 Illinois
34. Robert Young Male 51 Tennessee
35. George A Scott Male 19 South Carolina
36. Sam Batchelor Male 44 Georgia
37. David Morgan Male 49 North Carolina
38. Gilbert Campbell Male 36 Alabama
39. Harry Gilmore Male 20 Georgia
40. Acie Williams Male 27 Virginia
41. Willie Rhodes Male 36 Alabama
42. Moses Smith Male 31 Georgia
43. Samuel Poole Male 21 Mississippi
44. Louis Newsome Male 29 Georgia
45. Emmanuel Crosley male, 59, Kentucky
46. Clifford Edwards Male 35 Georgia
47. Charles Rue Male 58 Connecticut
48. Johnny Hudgins 39 Maryland
49. Bruce M Edwards Male 59 Mississippi
50. Vera W Gaines Female 22 Florida
51. Charlie Lyles Male 24 West Virginia
52. Ray Bowling Male 39 Tennessee
53. Cornell Goodwin Male 29 South Carolina

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54. Margaret Cole Rural, Mississippi Female 18 Single Negro 1922 Tennessee Lodger A 25 005460974
55. Pauline G Bowling Wichita, Kansas Female 17 Married Negro 1923 Michigan Lodger A 25 005460974
56. Charles Morton Jr , , Male 4 Single Negro 1936 Florida Lodger A 25 005460974
57. Mertha Mason Eastman, Dodge, Georgia Female 29 Married Negro 1911 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
58. William H Brown Same Place Male 47 Married Negro 1893 Illinois Lodger A 25 005460974
59. Robert Young Brunswick, Glenn, Georgia Male 51 Single Negro 1889 Tennessee Lodger A 25 005460974
60. George A Scott Charleston, South Carolina Male 19 Single Negro 1921 South Carolina Lodger A 25 005460974
61. Sam Batchelor Quitman, Brooks, Georgia Male 44 Single Negro 1896 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
62. David Morgan Same Place Male 49 Single Negro 1891 North Carolina Lodger A 25 005460974
63. Gilbert Campbell Same Place Male 36 Married Negro 1904 Alabama Lodger A 25 005460974
64. Harry Gilmore Same Place Male 20 Single Negro 1920 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
65. Acie Williams Same Place Male 27 Single Negro 1913 Virginia Lodger A 25 005460974
66. Willie Rhodes Same Place Male 36 Married Negro 1904 Alabama Lodger A 25 005460974
67. Moses Smith Same Place Male 31 Married Negro 1909 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
68. Samuel Poole Radford, Montgomery, Virginia Male 21 Married Negro 1919 Mississippi Lodger A 25 005460974
69. Louis Newsome Same Place Male 29 Single Negro 1911 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
70. Emmanuel Crosley, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Male, 59, Married, Negro, 1881, Kentucky, Lodger, A, 25, 005460974, director
71. Clifford Edwards Same Place Male 35 Single Negro 1905 Georgia Lodger A 25 005460974
72. Charles Rue Brunswick, Glenn, Georgia Male 58 Single Negro 1882 Connecticut Lodger A 25 005460974
73. Johnny Hudgins Baltimore, Maryland Male 39 Married Negro 1901 Maryland Lodger A 25 005460974
74. Bruce M Edwards Brunswick, Glenn, Georgia Male 59 Married Negro 1881 Mississippi Lodger A 25 005460974
75. Vera W Gaines Same Place Female 22 Married Negro 1918 Florida Lodger A 25 005460974
76. Charlie Lyles Same Place Male 24 Single Negro 1916 West Virginia Lodger A 25 005460974
77. Ray Bowling, two years of college, Same, Place, Male, 39, Married, Negro, 1901, Tennessee, Lodger, A, 25, 005460974, musician
78. Cornell Goodwin Same Place Male 29 Married Negro 1911 South Carolina Lodger A 25 005460974
79. Edward W. Washington, 4 years of college, New York, Manhattan, New York, Male, 24, married, Negro, 1916, South Carolina, Lodger, A, 25, musician

See also

• Sullivan, Bartholomew (August 4, 1985). "Singing Blues Was Joy For Belle Glade Man". The Palm Beach Post (newspaper). Vol. Vol. 52, no. no. 31. p. C2. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help) Re: Gonzales Michaels (1916–1993)

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• "1940 United States census" (database with images). Georgia → Chatham County → Savannah, Tract 7 → 25–8 Militia District 1 (Tract 7 – part), image 49 of 56; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States (1940). NARA digital publication T627. Records of the U.S. Census Bureau, 1790–2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012. Searching "Oliver W. Mason" (born in The Bahamas, age 40). via – FamilySearch

(link to p. 1; link to p. 2). Retrieved January 22, 2021.

Enumeration District 25–8
Sheet 24–B
Household ID: 11
Line Number: 53
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Digital Folder Number: 5460974

Image Number: 310

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• 1940 United States Census (May 20, 1940). "Mason, Oliver W.". Age: abt. 40 → place of birth: Bahamas → residence: Georgia → Chatham County → Savannah, Tract 7 → 25–8 Militia Districts 13–17 → Enumeration district 25-8 → sheet 24-B → household ID 11 → online image-page no. 48 (of 56) → line 69. Records of the U.S. Census Bureau, 1790–2007, record group 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via FamilySearch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) NARA publication no. T627; digital folder no. 5460974; microfilm image no. 310

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• Peterson, Bernard L., Jr. (2001). "Williams (Prof.) Eph. (for Ephraim) (d. 1921)". Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816–1960. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 310–311. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) OCLC 1126462332 (all editions). LCCN 99--88056. ISBN 0-3132-9534-4.