[Ghengis]

‘Mason was a longtime friend of his wife’s family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name. They married in 2006.’
(chuckle)
That surname is infamous in Ohio history to say the least.

1. We had the "Copperhead" Democrat from Dayton. He was convicted of sedition and shipped to Tennessee during the Civil War. He later fatally shot himself, trying to prove how a man had fatally shot himself.

2. There was also the Lucasville Prison CO who was tragically murdered during the prison riot / takeover of 1993.

[Badeye]

The Copperhead from the Civil War era.