Lawyer
Centurion, 1895–1928
Born 10 December 1853 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 13 March 1928 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Ridgewood Cemetery
, North Andover, Massachusetts
Proposed by Charles E. Strong, J. Howard Van Amringe, and Arthur Brooks
Elected 2 February 1895 at age forty-one
Proposer of:
Century Memorial
For many years George Forrest Butterworth had been a leading authority, if not the foremost counsel at the New York bar, in matters of real estate law. In addition to winning distinction as almost impeccable in the examination of titles to real estate, he was a high expert on the law of wills and estates and a constant adviser of persons of large property interests respecting their testamentary disposition. Outside of his law practice, Butterworth’s tastes were scholarly. He was a systematic reader of substantial literature, and he was also a man of personal charm and warm friendships, with a humor which found expression in quaint and unexpected comment.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1929 Century Association Yearbook