. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . , 1836. Hereceived such ed-ucation as could beobtained in the com-mon schools of thatday, and in PierceAcademy in Middle-boro. Upon the com-pletion of his school-ing, he studied lawin the office of Ed-ward L. S h er m a n,at Plymouth, andwas admitted to thebar in i860, begin-ning practice in thattown. His legalpractice was inter-rupted in 1862, ; heentered the Thirty-eighth MassachusettsRegiment as secondlieutenant, was pro-moted to the rank offirst lieuten
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . , 1836. Hereceived such ed-ucation as could beobtained in the com-mon schools of thatday, and in PierceAcademy in Middle-boro. Upon the com-pletion of his school-ing, he studied lawin the office of Ed-ward L. S h er m a n,at Plymouth, andwas admitted to thebar in i860, begin-ning practice in thattown. His legalpractice was inter-rupted in 1862, ; heentered the Thirty-eighth MassachusettsRegiment as secondlieutenant, was pro-moted to the rank offirst lieutenant, andsubsequently com-missioned captainand assistant quarter-master. Returning to Plymouth at the expiration of histerm of service, in 1865, he resumed the practice of hisprofession. He served as chairman of the PlymouthBoard of Selectmen from 1866 to 1874, and was a mem-ber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in1873 and 1874, easily taking rank as an influential andmost useful member, and serving on some of the moreimportant committees. In 1874 he opened a law officein Boston with Charles H. Drew, and later in the same. ALBERT MASON. year formed a partnership with Arthur Lord. Subse-quently Benjamin R. Curtis, late judge of the MunicipalCourt in Boston, was admitted to the firm, which hadoffices both in Plymouth and in Boston. In July, 1874,Mr. Mason removed his residence to Brookline, wherehe still lives. In December, 1874, he was appointed onthe State Board of Harbor Commissioners, and he con-tinued on the succeeding boards, with various changesof title, till his selection by Governor Long, in February, 1862, as an associatejustice of the Supe-rior Court. Fromthat time until hispromotion to thechief justiceship byGovernor Brackett,in September, 1890,he filled a place onthe bench with everincreasing influenceand fame, whichhave been augmentedby the manner inwhich he has per-formed the duties ofhis higher office. Anearnest lover of work,he spares no painsto be tho
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