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William H. Butterworth

Lawyer

Centurion, 1894–1921

Full Name William Henry Butterworth

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William Henry Butterworth practiced law in this city for half a century, but had gradually withdrawn from practice even before his retirement in 1919.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