Robert Means Mason
1810–1879 (age 69)
merchant
About Robert Means Mason
Robert Means Mason (1810–1879) lived to age 69. They were a merchant. Born in Portsmouth, they died in Savannah. They are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts.
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