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Charles T. Jesse ^Charles T. Jesse, 81. Arlington attorney and a former mem- 1 ber of the Virginia House of 1 ■ Delegates, died Thursday. IBorn in Caroline County Oc-j tober 19. 1878. he was the son of Joseph V'. .Jesse, who served 1 in the Confederate Jinny, and : he, himself, attended Officers’Training Camp in the first 1 1 World War, from which he was released because of a hearing defect. iMr. Jesse graduated in law , | from the University of Virginia !: in 1909. and immediately there- after entered upon the practice • of law in what is now Arlington i County. He was the founder of | the law firm of Jesse, Phillips,: Kendrick Gearheart.fie held a number of public ; offices, was a Commissioner in Chancery. Treasurer of Arlmg-■ ton County from 1982 to 1989. !; and served in the Virginia House i I of Delegates' from 1920 through . 1927,I While in the House of Dele-‘ pates, he handled the legisla-' tion establishing the name of Arlington County in lieu of its former designation, Alexandria j County. He was a pioneer in ad voeating the county manager . form of government, and han-.died legislation culminating in a i .CumiHu lional A mend men t i n 1927, which perhTiTrert this -change in the form of local gov-,neral Assembly over a mim-ernments. His efforts in the
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Accomac Peninsula Enterprise

Accomac, Virginia, US

Thu, Jan 08, 1903

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