Background
Butler, Fred Mason was born on May 28, 1854 in Jamaica, Vermont, United States. Son of Aaron Mason and Emeline (Muzzy) Butler.
Butler, Fred Mason was born on May 28, 1854 in Jamaica, Vermont, United States. Son of Aaron Mason and Emeline (Muzzy) Butler.
Educated Leland and Gray Seminary, Townsbend, Vermont.
Admitted to Vermont bar, 1877. Member Butler & Maloney many years. Judge City Court, Rutland, 1889-1895.
Member State Senate, 1908.
Judge Superior Court, 1909-1923 (chief of Superior judges, 1922). Elected by legislature justice Supreme Court of Vermont, 1923, to succeed Justice Willard West. Miles (resigned), reëlected, 1925, retired, 1926.
The two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind" and to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Member Butler & Maloney many years. Member State Senate, 1908.
Married Lillian H. Holton, November 24, 1875. Children: Anza L. (Mistress Wallace West. Nichols), Helen M. (Mistress John A. Barney), Florence M. (Mistress Leon East. Ellsworth).