Edward Haven Mason

Biography

Edward Haven Mason (1849–1917) lived through the Civil War and the growth of Newton, Massachusetts; in those formative decades he stood among citizens who quietly tended to the civic and domestic rhythms of a community expanding with industry and intellect.

Though the particulars of his daily work may have faded from record, his burial in Newton Cemetery testifies to a life anchored in the same New England soil that he served, and friends remembered him as a steady presence when storms and progress alike arrived.