Background
Mason, Charles Walter was born on December 11, 1887 in Stafford, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank and Mary O’Ella (Shankland) Mason.
Mason, Charles Walter was born on December 11, 1887 in Stafford, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank and Mary O’Ella (Shankland) Mason.
Student Grant U., Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1908 to 1909. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, Virginia, 1911.
Admitted to Oklahoma bar, 1911, and began practice at Nowata. City attorney Nowata, 1913-1914. County attorney Nowata County, 1914-1916.
District judge 2d Judicial District of Oklahoma, by appointment of governor, to fill unexpired term, 1919-1922, and elected November 1922, for 4-year term. Appointed justice Supreme Court of Oklahoma, April 1923, to fill unexpired term, and elected to same office, November 1924, for term ending January 1931. Elected vice chief justice, January 12, 1925, chief justice, January 14, 1929.
Vice president Victory National Bank. President Title Abstract Company, (both Nowata, Oklahoma). Enlisted in the United States Army, August 25, 1917.
Commissioned First lieutenant infantry, November 25, 1917. Captain, June 30, 1918. Honorary discharge December 16, 1918.
Colonel Air Corps and inspector general Headquarters Third Army, United States Army, December 1940-April 1943. Inspector general, 6th United States Army, Australia, New Guinea and Southwest Pacific areas, April 1943-December 1944. Office, the Inspector General, Washington, District of Columbia, January 1945-August 1946.
Member Oklahoma State Bar (member of the Board of Governors and 1st vice president 1938-1939), United States 169 Highway Association (president), Veterans Foreign Wars, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Theta Phi, American Legion, Forty and Eight. Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason (Shriner), Knights of Pythias, Elk.
Clubs: Nowata, Rotary.
Spouse Ruth Ethel Cobbs, December 24, 1914, Nowata, Oklahoma.