Dr. Larry Cartmell Explains Autopsy Findings in the Isaac Newton Mason Case An important member of the team of scientists and historians who studied the 142-year-old remains of Isaac Newton Mason was Dr. Larry Cartmell, a general pathologist from Ada, Okla., who is...
Of the six metal caskets found in 2002 during the relocation of the Mason Cemetery, only the one believed to be Isaac Newton Mason remained sealed and intact. Although a portion of the tombstone was missing, the body was buried directly beside I.N. Mason’s parents and...
Enlisting in December 1861, Isaac Newton Mason was a private in the 11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, 6th (1st) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Lt. Col. William Wallace Gordon’s 11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion was officially organized on Jan. 8, 1862, composed of six...
A Letter to the Pulaski Citizen from NBC/Discovery Channel Dear Editor, On Saturday, June 28, a funeral ceremony took place in Giles County to honor a man long lost to time and circumstance. Isaac Newton Mason was a Tennessee cavalryman during the Civil War who died...
Photographer Chip Clark Documented the Science Behind the Mason Story When the cast iron coffin believed to contain the remains of Isaac Newton Mason was opened at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in May 2003, a room filled with...
