Background
Jones, Charles Alvin was born on August 27, 1887 in Newport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alvin and Mary (Sheats) Jones.
Jones, Charles Alvin was born on August 27, 1887 in Newport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alvin and Mary (Sheats) Jones.
Student Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy, Williams College. Bachelor of Laws, Dickinson School Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, University of Pennsylvania, William College, Villanova University, Temple University.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1910, and became associate with Patterson, Sterrett & Acheson, Pittsburgh. Member Sterrett, Acheson & Jones, 1913-1939. Judge The United States of America Circuit Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit, 1939-1945.
Justice Supreme Court Pennsylvania, 1945-1956, chief justice, since 1956.
Democratic nominee for government of Pennsylvania, 1938.
Served in American Ambulance Service with French Army, 1917. Member American Pennsylvania State, Allegheny County bar associations.
Married Isabelle Arrott. Children: William Arrot, Charles Alvin (killed in action, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, May 30, 1945), Mistress David C. Brittain.