Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Alexander Macomb Mason (1841<unk>1897), wanda aka fi sani da Mason Bey, ya kasance jami'in sojan ruwa na Amurka, mai karbar kudi, mai bincike da diflomasiyya. Shi ne jikan Janar Alexander Macomb kuma jikan jikan George Mason. An haife shi a Washington, DC, ga dangin da ke da jami'ai masu sana'a da yawa a cikin Sojojin Amurka da Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, Mason ya yi aiki a matsayin matashi a cikin jirgin ruwa na USS Niagara lokacin da wannan jirgin ya sanya kebul na farko na transatlantic a cikin 1858. Mason sannan ya yi karatu na tsawon shekaru uku a Kwalejin Kwalejin Amurka kafin ya yi murabus a watan Afrilu 1861 don shiga Rundunar Sojan Amurka a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka. Ayyukansa na yakin ya hada da shiga cikin yakin Hampton Roads, yakin Drewy's Bluff
, da kuma toshewar Charleston. A cikin 1863 da 1864 ya yi tafiya a Ingila da Faransa, yana aiki a takaice a matsayin sakataren sirri ga kawunsa James Murray Mason. An kama Mason a yakin Sailor's Creek a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1865, an daure Mason da farko a gidan kurkuku na Old Capitol a Washington, DC sannan kuma a tsibirin Johnson kusa da Sandusky, Ohio.