Background
Chinn, Joseph William was born on February 15, 1866 in Tappahannock, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph William and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn.
Chinn, Joseph William was born on February 15, 1866 in Tappahannock, Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph William and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn.
Education high school, academy and by private tutors. Student of University of Virginia Law School 1889-1890.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1890. Practiced at Warsaw, Virginia. Commonwealth attorney for Richmond County, 1891-1915.
Judge 12th Judicial Circuit, Virginia, 1915-1931.
Became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1931. President Northern Neck State Bank, Warsaw, Virginia, since 1908.
Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Club: Westmoreland (Richmond, Virginia).
Married Sarah Fairfax Douglas, of Warsaw, Virginia, December 14, 1899 (died 1932). Children: Elizabeth Landon, Joseph William, Sarah Fairfax, Austin Brockenbrough, Mary Douglas.