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HESSION, Jess was born on January 18, 1886 in Big Pine, Inyo County, California, United States. Son of Dennis J. and Alice (Smith) Hession.
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Jess HESSION, American Deputy Attorney General. Member: Free and Accepted Masons, CaL; B. P.O.E.; Order Eastern Star; Iv. of P.; Past Matrons and Patrons Association, O. E.S.; D.O.K.K.’s; California State Employees Association; California State Auto Association; Independence Chamber of Commerce; District Attorneys’ Association of California (President).
Education
Elementary School; Business.
Career
Elected Company Clerk, ex-officio Clerk Superior Court, Inyo Company, California, 1915-1918, ino. Elected District Attorney. Inyo Company, California, 1919-1929, inc.
Appointed Deputy Attorney General, California, in charge of Sacramento Office, July 1, since 1929. Prosecuted and convicted the two Watterson Brothers on thirty-six embezzlement charges in connection with the failure of the Inyo County Bank in August, 1927. Prosecuted a number of Owens Valley residents on charges of dynamiting the Los Angeles Aqueduct growing out of the water war between the City of Los Angeles and the ranchers and residents of Owens Valley in Inyo County.
Membership
Member: Free and Accepted Masons, CaL. B. P.O.E.; Order Eastern Star. Iv. of P.; Past Matrons and Patrons Association, O. E.S.
D.O.K.K.’s; California State Employees Association. California State Auto Association. Independence Chamber of Commerce.
District Attorneys’ Association of California (President). Clubs: Sacramento High Twelve.
Connections
Spouse Mabel Eleanor Scovil, December 10, 1914, Independence, California.
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Nationality
American