Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Alexander Macomb Mason (1841<unk>1897), e mōhiotia ana hoki ko Mason Bey, he hōia kaipuke o Amerika, he hōia, he kairangahau, he kaitōrangapū. Ko ia te mokopuna o General Alexander Macomb me te mokopuna o George Mason. I whanau mai ia i Washington, DC, ki tetahi whanau me te maha o nga rangatira ngaio i te United States Army me te United States Navy, i mahi a Mason hei taiohi i runga i te USS Niagara i te wa i whakatakotoria ai e taua kaipuke te taura whakawhiti-a-Kiwa tuatahi i te tau 1858. I ako a Mason mo nga tau e toru i te United States Naval Academy i mua i tana wehenga i te Paenga-whawha o te tau 1861 ki te whakauru ki te United States Navy i te American Civil War. Ko tana mahi i te wa o te pakanga i uru ki te Pakanga o Hampton Roads, te Pakanga o Drewy's Bluff
, me te poraka o Charleston. I te 1863 me te 1864 i haere ia ki Ingarangi me Parani, i mahi poto hei kaitiaki whaiaro ki tana matua keke a James Murray Mason. I hopukina ia i te Pakanga o Sailor's Creek i te Paenga-whawha 1865, i herea a Mason i te whare herehere o Old Capitol i Washington, DC, katahi ka haere ki te Moutere o Johnson e tata ana ki Sandusky, Ohio.