She was born in Quincy, Illinois to parents,Reida & Vaughn,who were stanch Christians.Lena became a Christian a very young age,attending the Douglass High School of Hannibal Missouri.She also attended Professor Knott's School in Chicago.Lena married George Mason in 1883,had six children with only one daughter surviving to adulthood.Lena entered the ministry at age of 23.During her first three years of ministry she preached to whites exclusively.
Later Lena was a member of the Colored Conference preaching in nearly every state in the nation.She was praised for her speaking ability and was also a poet and song writer.Her most well known poem is called "A Negro in it."This was written in response to the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901.
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