Lawyer
Centurion, 1894–1921
Born 28 March 1842 in Wales, Massachusetts
Died 24 November 1921 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Everett Herrick and James W. Beekman
Elected 3 February 1894 at age fifty-one
Century Memorial
William Henry Butterworth practiced law in this city for half a century, but had gradually withdrawn from practice even before his retirement in 1919. He was clerk of the Vestry of St. Bartholomew’s during many years.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1922 Century Association Yearbook