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Henry Mason has a jazz trumpeter.

Family
Mason's sister, May Ingraham ( 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)

 Eddie Washington ( Edward W. Washington), director  A.D. King, sousaphone and piano  William H. Harris, trumpet  Oliver W. Mason, trumpet  William Bryant, baritone  George Gillian, trumpet and sax  Robert Gant, wonderphone and violin  T.H. Jones, trombone  Julius Fields, trombone  B.M. Edwards, trombone  Charles Rue, bass drum  T. Trasvantz, clarinet and sax  Leon Prayther, trombone  William Borwn, sousaphone  Oliver Terrell, clarinet and sax  John Blatch, drum and vibraphone</ol>

Silas Green Band

 * (from the 1940 US Census)

<li> Emmanuel Crosley, director <li> Theodore H. Jones ( Theodore Harold Jones; 1903–1955), trombone <li> Theodore Tresvant ( Theodore Joel Tresvant; 1907–1990), clarinet and sax <li> Oliver W. Mason, trumpet <li> Johnnie McJones <li> Roy Bowling ( Boling) (born 17 March 1900 Humboldt, Tennessee) <li> Eddie Washington ( Edward W. Washington)</ol>

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

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

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

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(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
 * "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


 * NARA publication no. T627; digital folder no. 5460974; microfilm image no. 310

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