Abigail Mason's maiden name was Abigail Howland: she was the daughter of William Howland and his first wife, Lorena Hale Adams. Abigail married Gregory Mason and changed her last name to match his. Together they had one child, also named Abigail (she would later become Abigail Tolliver through marriage). When Abigail Mason's marriage ended she returned home to the Howland Farm to raise her daughter. Sadly, her time with her daughter was cut short. Abigail Mason died of tuberculosis in a Sante Fe sanitarium.