ROGER WILLIAMS BUTTERFIELD was born April 23, 1844, in the village of Elbridge, Onondaga County, N. Y. His father, the REV. ISAAC BUTTERFIELD, was a Baptist minister, a polished speaker, logical in his deductions, and a good sermonizer. His reputation as a gospel minister was already extensive, and the demand for his ministration among the people of that denomination was ever calling him to new and more extended fields of labor, which accounts for the many removals of the family during the minority of the subject of this sketch. When Roger was two years old the family removed to Oswego, N. Y., and resided there until 1855; then removed to Watertown, and two years later to Davenport, Iowa. At the age of fifteen Roger entered upon a preparatory course for college. Griswold College, at Davenport, was a denominational school, supported by the Protestant Episcopal Church, and here, and later at Adrian College, Michigan, he prepared himself for Princeton College, N. J., which he entered as a junior "half advanced," Feb. 1, 1865. He was a close student, hard working, and advanced so rapidly that he graduated with honor in 1866. He was at an early age baptized in, and has since always been an earnest and active member of the Baptist Church. Upon leaving college he disappointed the fond wishes of his father, who had hoped that, like himself, his son Roger would follow the ministry. He chose, however, the profession of the law, and entered that department at the University of Michigan immediately after he had graduated from Princeton. During vacations he studied in the law office of Moore & Griffin at Detroit. He graduated at the Law School in the senior class of 1868. Having determined to make Michigan his home, he proceeded to Grand Rapids in the summer of 1868, and entered the law office of J. W. Champlin as a clerk. Mr. Champlin was not slow in recognizing the superior ability of his young clerk, and on January 1, 1869, offered him a partnership. They continued in partnership until 1876; in the meantime, in 1873, taking into the firm the Hon. J. C. FitzGerald, then late from Marshall. In March, 1876, Mr. Butterfield withdrew from the firm and practiced alone until, in 1878, the law firm of Butterfield & Withey was formed. This firm dissolved in 1880, and Mr. Butterfield continued the practice of the law alone until, in 1887, the present firm of Butterfield & Keeney was formed. Mr. Butterfield is a man of marked traits of character. His efforts upon all questions, whether of business, of politics, or of religion, are first directed toward forming correct conclusions, and these he reaches by thorough investigation, in a manner satisfactory to himself. He is outspoken and fearless in support of his convictions. His investigation of every subject is careful, painstaking and conscientious. He will not permit himself to be deceived by his sympathies or wishes to make the worse appear the better reason, or by the glamour which false logic too often throws over the subject of investigation. He is an energetic student of history and of law. His reading has been varied and extensive. He is thoroughly acquainted with English literature upon both sides of the Atlantic, and his mind is stored with the erudition of authors of recognized ability and high standing. His private library is one of the largest collections of miscellaneous literature to be found in the State, covering every branch of belles-lettres. As the body absorbs the food we feed upon, and thus obtains added vigor and strength, so the mind is sustained, developed and improved by absorbing the ideas of the best authors and thinkers who have committed the results of their brain-work to paper, and placed it within reach of the reading public. Mr. Butterfield purchases books to read, not to occupy shelf-room for show. It is doubtless true of him that, aside from the affectionate regard he has for his family, he derives the keenest enjoyment of life perusing the writings of the authors whose works line the shelves of his library. He pursues miscellaneous reading as a rest from the more exacting duties of his profession. To the successful practitioner in the law, these duties are ever present and inexorable. To become and hold the position of a successful lawyer, one must be ever a student, alert and active. He must give to its attainment his best energies and most careful consideration. It is a race in which the laggards are left behind. The genius whom nature has gifted with abilities for display in the former, and who is satisfied with his natural gifts, but is too lazy to apply himself to the acquirement of legal principles, and the application of them to the transactions of life, remains at the foot of the ladder, while the plodder with less brilliancy of address, less gifts of oratory, but with a determination to climb, passes on and upward to the higher rungs, to success and fame. Mr. Butterfield is a successful practitioner, a good counselor, and his integrity is unquestioned and unquestionable. He has attained his suc cess by hard study and close attention to the interests entrusted to his care. He enters into the cause of his client with zeal, and pursues it with ardor. He is a fluent speaker, somewhat vehement and excitable in manner, but never loses grasp upon the firm points of his own side of the case, nor loses sight of the salient points of his adversary. His strong human sympathies bring him in touch with his fellow men, and make him an efficient and convincing advocate before a jury. He is sociable and strong in his feelings of attachment; a firm friend to those whom he has chosen as such; and to serve them no sacrifice within his power is too great. Bacon, in speaking of friendship, says: "A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love." Mr. Butterfield enjoys the companionship of his numerous friends, in whose society his conversation is no "tinkling cymbal." In May, 1876, he married LEONORA I. DRAKE, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The union has been a happy one, and the family now comprises one girl and three boys. He is a lover of learning and an ardent admirer of the University of Michigan. His well known reputation acquired for him the nomination and election to the office of Regent of the University at the Spring election of 1887. He brings to the discharge of the duties of that office the same painstaking regard for its best interests that he employs in his private affairs. In politics Mr. Butterfield is a Republican. The practice of the law does not engross his entire time and attention. He is identified with the welfare and prosperity of the city which he has chosen for a home, and is connected with some of the largest manufacturing interests carried on in the city and its suburbs. In conclusion it may be said that Mr. Butterfield is yet only at the meridian of life, with a future before him full of hope, and rich with the promises of usefulness and success. These lines have been written by one who has had the pleasure of a long and intimate acquaintance with the subject of this sketch, and who speaks from personal knowledge of the character and worth of the man. ~~JOHN W. CHAMPLIN.
Baxter, Albert, HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN, Munsell & Company, Publishers, New York and Grand Rapids, 1891, Pgs. 755-756
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Biography: Roger W. Butterfield
Roger W. Butterfield, who has been a practicing attorney in Grand Rapids for nearly half a century, was born April 23, 1844, a son of Rev. Isaac and Sarah A. Butterfield, his father having been a minister of the Baptist faith for over fifty years. From his boyhood home at Elbridge, Onondaga county, New York, Mr. Butterfield was taken to Davenport, la., where he attended Griswold College, and subsequently was a student at Adrian (Mich.) College. In 1865 he entered Princeton University, New Jersey, being graduated in June, 1866, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1869 received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. In the meantime he had entered the law department of the University of Michigan, being given his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1868, in which year he commenced practice at Grand Rapids. He became a partner of Willard F. Keeney, Jan. 1, 1887, and this association still continues, the firm having been engaged in some of the most important litigation ever brought before the courts of the state. In the same year Mr. Butterfield was elected one of the regents of the University of Michigan. Occupying an eminent place in his profession, Mr. Butterfield is also well known in business circles, where he has given of his ability in the building up of some important enterprises. He is president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, the Clallam Lumber Company, the Florida Cypress Lumber Company, the Drew Timber Company and the Buffalo River Lumber Company, vice-president of the Imperial Furniture Company, and a director of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank. He belongs to the Peninsular and other clubs of Grand Rapids and to various fraternal orders. In May, 1876, he was married to Miss Leonora I., daughter of Moses Drake, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and of this union there were born four children: Mary B., Isaac L., Roger Champlin and Archibald D. A native of Grand Rapids, Roger Champlin Butterfield possesses in marked degree the persistent energy which animates the sons of this thriving Michigan city. The popularity and prominence which he enjoys are not of the superficial or ephemeral order, but the result of more than fifteen years of social and professional establishment at Grand Rapids, where he is now a member of the firm of Butterfield & Keeney. If there be in fact anything like the influence claimed within the theory of hereditary mental tendencies, its logical result would have led Mr. Butterfield to select the law as his life profession, and his success in this direction conclusively proves that in him personal characteristics, temperament, mental qualities and literary training have combined to make the study and practice of law a congenial pursuit. A lawyer, Roger C. Butterfield is a son of a distinguished member of the profession, and thus comes quite naturally by his preference and capacity for that career. He was born May 30, 1879, attended high school at Grand Rapids, the Powell School, a private institution, and the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Upsilon Psi fraternity, and graduated in law in 1903. He was admitted to the bar in June of that year and at once began practice with Butterfield & Keeney, being admitted to membership in the firm Jan. 1, 1906. Mr. Butterfield is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Michigan State Bar Association, and his social connections include membership in the Peninsular, Kent County and O-Wash-ta-nong clubs. He has connected himself variously with the life and activities of Grand Rapids, having been president of the Schubert club for six years and secretary of that organization for a like period, a director thereof for some time, and a member of the Falstaff club. He is also a member of and active worker in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and belongs to the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce, of which he was a director for one term. His offices are in the Michigan Trust Building.
-Grand Rapids and Kent County, Vol. 2 - Michigan History and Account of Their Progress from First Settlement to the Present Time (1918)
Contributor: Robby Peters (49706234)
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Baxter, Albert, HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN, Munsell & Company, Publishers, New York and Grand Rapids, 1891, Pgs. 755-756
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Biography: Roger W. Butterfield
Roger W. Butterfield, who has been a practicing attorney in Grand Rapids for nearly half a century, was born April 23, 1844, a son of Rev. Isaac and Sarah A. Butterfield, his father having been a minister of the Baptist faith for over fifty years. From his boyhood home at Elbridge, Onondaga county, New York, Mr. Butterfield was taken to Davenport, la., where he attended Griswold College, and subsequently was a student at Adrian (Mich.) College. In 1865 he entered Princeton University, New Jersey, being graduated in June, 1866, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1869 received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. In the meantime he had entered the law department of the University of Michigan, being given his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1868, in which year he commenced practice at Grand Rapids. He became a partner of Willard F. Keeney, Jan. 1, 1887, and this association still continues, the firm having been engaged in some of the most important litigation ever brought before the courts of the state. In the same year Mr. Butterfield was elected one of the regents of the University of Michigan. Occupying an eminent place in his profession, Mr. Butterfield is also well known in business circles, where he has given of his ability in the building up of some important enterprises. He is president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, the Clallam Lumber Company, the Florida Cypress Lumber Company, the Drew Timber Company and the Buffalo River Lumber Company, vice-president of the Imperial Furniture Company, and a director of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank. He belongs to the Peninsular and other clubs of Grand Rapids and to various fraternal orders. In May, 1876, he was married to Miss Leonora I., daughter of Moses Drake, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and of this union there were born four children: Mary B., Isaac L., Roger Champlin and Archibald D. A native of Grand Rapids, Roger Champlin Butterfield possesses in marked degree the persistent energy which animates the sons of this thriving Michigan city. The popularity and prominence which he enjoys are not of the superficial or ephemeral order, but the result of more than fifteen years of social and professional establishment at Grand Rapids, where he is now a member of the firm of Butterfield & Keeney. If there be in fact anything like the influence claimed within the theory of hereditary mental tendencies, its logical result would have led Mr. Butterfield to select the law as his life profession, and his success in this direction conclusively proves that in him personal characteristics, temperament, mental qualities and literary training have combined to make the study and practice of law a congenial pursuit. A lawyer, Roger C. Butterfield is a son of a distinguished member of the profession, and thus comes quite naturally by his preference and capacity for that career. He was born May 30, 1879, attended high school at Grand Rapids, the Powell School, a private institution, and the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Upsilon Psi fraternity, and graduated in law in 1903. He was admitted to the bar in June of that year and at once began practice with Butterfield & Keeney, being admitted to membership in the firm Jan. 1, 1906. Mr. Butterfield is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Michigan State Bar Association, and his social connections include membership in the Peninsular, Kent County and O-Wash-ta-nong clubs. He has connected himself variously with the life and activities of Grand Rapids, having been president of the Schubert club for six years and secretary of that organization for a like period, a director thereof for some time, and a member of the Falstaff club. He is also a member of and active worker in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and belongs to the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce, of which he was a director for one term. His offices are in the Michigan Trust Building.
-Grand Rapids and Kent County, Vol. 2 - Michigan History and Account of Their Progress from First Settlement to the Present Time (1918)
Contributor: Robby Peters (49706234)
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ROGER WILLIAMS BUTTERFIELD was born April 23, 1844, in the village of Elbridge, Onondaga County, N. Y. His father, the REV. ISAAC BUTTERFIELD, was a Baptist minister, a polished speaker, logical in his deductions, and a good sermonizer. His reputation as a gospel minister was already extensive, and the demand for his ministration among the people of that denomination was ever calling him to new and more extended fields of labor, which accounts for the many removals of the family during the minority of the subject of this sketch. When Roger was two years old the family removed to Oswego, N. Y., and resided there until 1855; then removed to Watertown, and two years later to Davenport, Iowa. At the age of fifteen Roger entered upon a preparatory course for college. Griswold College, at Davenport, was a denominational school, supported by the Protestant Episcopal Church, and here, and later at Adrian College, Michigan, he prepared himself for Princeton College, N. J., which he entered as a junior "half advanced," Feb. 1, 1865. He was a close student, hard working, and advanced so rapidly that he graduated with honor in 1866. He was at an early age baptized in, and has since always been an earnest and active member of the Baptist Church. Upon leaving college he disappointed the fond wishes of his father, who had hoped that, like himself, his son Roger would follow the ministry. He chose, however, the profession of the law, and entered that department at the University of Michigan immediately after he had graduated from Princeton. During vacations he studied in the law office of Moore & Griffin at Detroit. He graduated at the Law School in the senior class of 1868. Having determined to make Michigan his home, he proceeded to Grand Rapids in the summer of 1868, and entered the law office of J. W. Champlin as a clerk. Mr. Champlin was not slow in recognizing the superior ability of his young clerk, and on January 1, 1869, offered him a partnership. They continued in partnership until 1876; in the meantime, in 1873, taking into the firm the Hon. J. C. FitzGerald, then late from Marshall. In March, 1876, Mr. Butterfield withdrew from the firm and practiced alone until, in 1878, the law firm of Butterfield & Withey was formed. This firm dissolved in 1880, and Mr. Butterfield continued the practice of the law alone until, in 1887, the present firm of Butterfield & Keeney was formed. Mr. Butterfield is a man of marked traits of character. His efforts upon all questions, whether of business, of politics, or of religion, are first directed toward forming correct conclusions, and these he reaches by thorough investigation, in a manner satisfactory to himself. He is outspoken and fearless in support of his convictions. His investigation of every subject is careful, painstaking and conscientious. He will not permit himself to be deceived by his sympathies or wishes to make the worse appear the better reason, or by the glamour which false logic too often throws over the subject of investigation. He is an energetic student of history and of law. His reading has been varied and extensive. He is thoroughly acquainted with English literature upon both sides of the Atlantic, and his mind is stored with the erudition of authors of recognized ability and high standing. His private library is one of the largest collections of miscellaneous literature to be found in the State, covering every branch of belles-lettres. As the body absorbs the food we feed upon, and thus obtains added vigor and strength, so the mind is sustained, developed and improved by absorbing the ideas of the best authors and thinkers who have committed the results of their brain-work to paper, and placed it within reach of the reading public. Mr. Butterfield purchases books to read, not to occupy shelf-room for show. It is doubtless true of him that, aside from the affectionate regard he has for his family, he derives the keenest enjoyment of life perusing the writings of the authors whose works line the shelves of his library. He pursues miscellaneous reading as a rest from the more exacting duties of his profession. To the successful practitioner in the law, these duties are ever present and inexorable. To become and hold the position of a successful lawyer, one must be ever a student, alert and active. He must give to its attainment his best energies and most careful consideration. It is a race in which the laggards are left behind. The genius whom nature has gifted with abilities for display in the former, and who is satisfied with his natural gifts, but is too lazy to apply himself to the acquirement of legal principles, and the application of them to the transactions of life, remains at the foot of the ladder, while the plodder with less brilliancy of address, less gifts of oratory, but with a determination to climb, passes on and upward to the higher rungs, to success and fame. Mr. Butterfield is a successful practitioner, a good counselor, and his integrity is unquestioned and unquestionable. He has attained his suc cess by hard study and close attention to the interests entrusted to his care. He enters into the cause of his client with zeal, and pursues it with ardor. He is a fluent speaker, somewhat vehement and excitable in manner, but never loses grasp upon the firm points of his own side of the case, nor loses sight of the salient points of his adversary. His strong human sympathies bring him in touch with his fellow men, and make him an efficient and convincing advocate before a jury. He is sociable and strong in his feelings of attachment; a firm friend to those whom he has chosen as such; and to serve them no sacrifice within his power is too great. Bacon, in speaking of friendship, says: "A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love." Mr. Butterfield enjoys the companionship of his numerous friends, in whose society his conversation is no "tinkling cymbal." In May, 1876, he married LEONORA I. DRAKE, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The union has been a happy one, and the family now comprises one girl and three boys. He is a lover of learning and an ardent admirer of the University of Michigan. His well known reputation acquired for him the nomination and election to the office of Regent of the University at the Spring election of 1887. He brings to the discharge of the duties of that office the same painstaking regard for its best interests that he employs in his private affairs. In politics Mr. Butterfield is a Republican. The practice of the law does not engross his entire time and attention. He is identified with the welfare and prosperity of the city which he has chosen for a home, and is connected with some of the largest manufacturing interests carried on in the city and its suburbs. In conclusion it may be said that Mr. Butterfield is yet only at the meridian of life, with a future before him full of hope, and rich with the promises of usefulness and success. These lines have been written by one who has had the pleasure of a long and intimate acquaintance with the subject of this sketch, and who speaks from personal knowledge of the character and worth of the man. ~~JOHN W. CHAMPLIN.
Baxter, Albert, HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN, Munsell & Company, Publishers, New York and Grand Rapids, 1891, Pgs. 755-756
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Biography: Roger W. Butterfield
Roger W. Butterfield, who has been a practicing attorney in Grand Rapids for nearly half a century, was born April 23, 1844, a son of Rev. Isaac and Sarah A. Butterfield, his father having been a minister of the Baptist faith for over fifty years. From his boyhood home at Elbridge, Onondaga county, New York, Mr. Butterfield was taken to Davenport, la., where he attended Griswold College, and subsequently was a student at Adrian (Mich.) College. In 1865 he entered Princeton University, New Jersey, being graduated in June, 1866, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1869 received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. In the meantime he had entered the law department of the University of Michigan, being given his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1868, in which year he commenced practice at Grand Rapids. He became a partner of Willard F. Keeney, Jan. 1, 1887, and this association still continues, the firm having been engaged in some of the most important litigation ever brought before the courts of the state. In the same year Mr. Butterfield was elected one of the regents of the University of Michigan. Occupying an eminent place in his profession, Mr. Butterfield is also well known in business circles, where he has given of his ability in the building up of some important enterprises. He is president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, the Clallam Lumber Company, the Florida Cypress Lumber Company, the Drew Timber Company and the Buffalo River Lumber Company, vice-president of the Imperial Furniture Company, and a director of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank. He belongs to the Peninsular and other clubs of Grand Rapids and to various fraternal orders. In May, 1876, he was married to Miss Leonora I., daughter of Moses Drake, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and of this union there were born four children: Mary B., Isaac L., Roger Champlin and Archibald D. A native of Grand Rapids, Roger Champlin Butterfield possesses in marked degree the persistent energy which animates the sons of this thriving Michigan city. The popularity and prominence which he enjoys are not of the superficial or ephemeral order, but the result of more than fifteen years of social and professional establishment at Grand Rapids, where he is now a member of the firm of Butterfield & Keeney. If there be in fact anything like the influence claimed within the theory of hereditary mental tendencies, its logical result would have led Mr. Butterfield to select the law as his life profession, and his success in this direction conclusively proves that in him personal characteristics, temperament, mental qualities and literary training have combined to make the study and practice of law a congenial pursuit. A lawyer, Roger C. Butterfield is a son of a distinguished member of the profession, and thus comes quite naturally by his preference and capacity for that career. He was born May 30, 1879, attended high school at Grand Rapids, the Powell School, a private institution, and the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Upsilon Psi fraternity, and graduated in law in 1903. He was admitted to the bar in June of that year and at once began practice with Butterfield & Keeney, being admitted to membership in the firm Jan. 1, 1906. Mr. Butterfield is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Michigan State Bar Association, and his social connections include membership in the Peninsular, Kent County and O-Wash-ta-nong clubs. He has connected himself variously with the life and activities of Grand Rapids, having been president of the Schubert club for six years and secretary of that organization for a like period, a director thereof for some time, and a member of the Falstaff club. He is also a member of and active worker in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and belongs to the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce, of which he was a director for one term. His offices are in the Michigan Trust Building.
-Grand Rapids and Kent County, Vol. 2 - Michigan History and Account of Their Progress from First Settlement to the Present Time (1918)
Contributor: Robby Peters (49706234)
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Baxter, Albert, HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN, Munsell & Company, Publishers, New York and Grand Rapids, 1891, Pgs. 755-756
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Biography: Roger W. Butterfield
Roger W. Butterfield, who has been a practicing attorney in Grand Rapids for nearly half a century, was born April 23, 1844, a son of Rev. Isaac and Sarah A. Butterfield, his father having been a minister of the Baptist faith for over fifty years. From his boyhood home at Elbridge, Onondaga county, New York, Mr. Butterfield was taken to Davenport, la., where he attended Griswold College, and subsequently was a student at Adrian (Mich.) College. In 1865 he entered Princeton University, New Jersey, being graduated in June, 1866, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1869 received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. In the meantime he had entered the law department of the University of Michigan, being given his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1868, in which year he commenced practice at Grand Rapids. He became a partner of Willard F. Keeney, Jan. 1, 1887, and this association still continues, the firm having been engaged in some of the most important litigation ever brought before the courts of the state. In the same year Mr. Butterfield was elected one of the regents of the University of Michigan. Occupying an eminent place in his profession, Mr. Butterfield is also well known in business circles, where he has given of his ability in the building up of some important enterprises. He is president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, the Clallam Lumber Company, the Florida Cypress Lumber Company, the Drew Timber Company and the Buffalo River Lumber Company, vice-president of the Imperial Furniture Company, and a director of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank. He belongs to the Peninsular and other clubs of Grand Rapids and to various fraternal orders. In May, 1876, he was married to Miss Leonora I., daughter of Moses Drake, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and of this union there were born four children: Mary B., Isaac L., Roger Champlin and Archibald D. A native of Grand Rapids, Roger Champlin Butterfield possesses in marked degree the persistent energy which animates the sons of this thriving Michigan city. The popularity and prominence which he enjoys are not of the superficial or ephemeral order, but the result of more than fifteen years of social and professional establishment at Grand Rapids, where he is now a member of the firm of Butterfield & Keeney. If there be in fact anything like the influence claimed within the theory of hereditary mental tendencies, its logical result would have led Mr. Butterfield to select the law as his life profession, and his success in this direction conclusively proves that in him personal characteristics, temperament, mental qualities and literary training have combined to make the study and practice of law a congenial pursuit. A lawyer, Roger C. Butterfield is a son of a distinguished member of the profession, and thus comes quite naturally by his preference and capacity for that career. He was born May 30, 1879, attended high school at Grand Rapids, the Powell School, a private institution, and the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Upsilon Psi fraternity, and graduated in law in 1903. He was admitted to the bar in June of that year and at once began practice with Butterfield & Keeney, being admitted to membership in the firm Jan. 1, 1906. Mr. Butterfield is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Michigan State Bar Association, and his social connections include membership in the Peninsular, Kent County and O-Wash-ta-nong clubs. He has connected himself variously with the life and activities of Grand Rapids, having been president of the Schubert club for six years and secretary of that organization for a like period, a director thereof for some time, and a member of the Falstaff club. He is also a member of and active worker in the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and belongs to the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce, of which he was a director for one term. His offices are in the Michigan Trust Building.
-Grand Rapids and Kent County, Vol. 2 - Michigan History and Account of Their Progress from First Settlement to the Present Time (1918)
Contributor: Robby Peters (49706234)
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