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PLEASANT P. MASON, attorney at law, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was born March 23, 1860, and is the son of William N. and Martha J. (Hoover) Mason, both born in Rutherford County, Tenn. The father is a well-to-do citizen of the county. Pleasant P. secured a good literary education in the public schools and also by desultory study. At the age of twenty he entered the law department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated in June, 1881. He came to Murfreesboro and in January, 1882, was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession two years with ex-Congressman Sheafe. Since that time he has practiced his profession alone and has met with well-deserved success. November 29, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Richie H. Keeble, who was born in the county. They have one son, Richard K. Mr. Mason is a Democrat in politics and has taken quite an interest in the political affairs of the State and county, being appointed State’s attorney February 1, 1885, and at the same time was chosen attorney for Rutherford County. He is at present a candidate for attorney-general for Davidson and Rutherford Counties, subject to election August 5, 1886. He was nominated by a convention composed of the justices of the peace of Rutherford County, on the 5th day of April, 1886, as Rutherford County’s candidate for this position, defeating his opponent, Edgar P. Smith, a lawyer many years his senior and considered among the most popular men in Rutherford County. He is one of the rising members of the Rutherford County bar, and belongs to the K. of H., and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.