Background
Butler, Charles Henry was born on June 18, 1859 in New York, United States. Son of William Allen and Mary R. (Marshall) Butler.
Butler, Charles Henry was born on June 18, 1859 in New York, United States. Son of William Allen and Mary R. (Marshall) Butler.
G.s. Benjamin F. B. (attorney general of the United States) and of Captain Chas. H. Marshall, of the Black Ball Clipper Ship Lincolnshire. Educated Princeton University, non graduate class of 1881, honorary Master of Arts, 1912.
Ethan Flagg, November 21, 1882 (died 1928). Children—Ethan Flagg, Marcia Flagg (deceased), Charles Marshall, Henry Franklin. In the practice of law 20 years in New New York
Became legal expert Anglo-American Canadian Commission, 1898.
Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, 1902-1916, and edited Volumes 187-242 of the United States Reports. Law practice at Washington, District of Columbia, with John A. Kratz, 1916-1933.
In practice with his son, Henry F., since 1933.
In 1898 he was a member of the Fairbanks-Herschell Commission that unsuccessfully attempted to resolve the Alaska Boundary Dispute, and in 1907 was a delegate to The Hague peace conference.
Married Marcia, daughter; children: Ethan Flagg, Marcia Flagg (deceased), Charles Marshall, Henry Franklin.