Background
Mason, Henry Freeman was born on February 17, 1860 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Lemuel B. and Lucy (Cole) Mason.
Mason, Henry Freeman was born on February 17, 1860 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Lemuel B. and Lucy (Cole) Mason.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1881.
Mason died in Topeka on May 4, 1927 as a result of a tonsil infection that developed into mastoid and kidney complications. Shortly after his death the library of the recently constructed Phi Delta Theta house at Washburn University was dedicated in his honor. In 1928 he was posthumously inducted into Washburn"s prestigious Sagamore Honor Society.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Mason worked for a newspaper in Black River Falls, Wisconsin while studying law.
He began the practice of law in Kansas in 1886. From 1889 to 1893 he served as county attorney for Finney County, Kansas.
Later he served in the Kansas State House of Representatives from 1899 to 1902 and was a Justice of the Kansas State Supreme Court from 1903 to 1927.
While at Wisconsin he was a member of the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He was also a member of the faculty at Washburn Law School.
Married Elizabeth Wilkinson, November 26, 1891 (died 1909). Married second, Lucy South. Greene, July 16, 1910.