David H. Mason

David Haven Mason (March 17, 1818 – May 29, 1873) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Newton, Massachusetts, who served on the Massachusetts Board of Education, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and later as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1870 until his death in 1873.

Early life Mason was born on March 17, 1818, in Sullivan, New Hampshire, to John and Mary (Haven) Mason. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1841 and studied at law in Lancaster, New Hampshire, Boston, Massachusetts, and Harvard Law School.

Legal career Mason was admitted to the Suffolk County bar in 1843 and began practicing in Boston.

Personal life Mason married Sarah Wilson White on June 16, 1845. Edward Haven Mason (1849–1917), an attorney and philatelist Elizabeth Amelia White Mason (1853–1864) Harry White Mason (1857–1929), an attorney Frank A. Mason (1862–1940), an attorney and the first full-time football coach at Harvard University. Mabel White (Mason) Mowton (1867–1931)

He was a distant relative of Rufus Osgood Mason, who also grew up in Sullivan, New Hampshire.