User:Arejones/Charles Pinckney Jones

Born in Monterey, Pendleton County, Virginia on September 17, 1845, died in Monterey Virginia on February 22nd, 1914. He attended the University of Virginia Law School and estabilished a law practice in Monterey, Virginia. Mr. Jones was elected to the Virginia House of Delgates in 1883. In 1885 he was elected to the Virginia State Senate, serving the counties of Highland, Bath and Alleghany unit 1897. From 1898 to 1906, he was a member of the Board of Visitors and in the same year elected by the board to be the Rector of the University. He was the last Rectore to serve the University of Virginia before they adopted the presidential system for the school.

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from the [Report of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association] Pages 60-63 August, 1914