Background
Mitchell, Walter Jenifer was born on March 16, 1871 in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Son of William Hebbard and Emily Ellen (Mitchell) Mitchell.
Mitchell, Walter Jenifer was born on March 16, 1871 in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Son of William Hebbard and Emily Ellen (Mitchell) Mitchell.
Student Charlotte Hall School, 1886-1888. Bachelor of Laws, University Maryland., 1894.
Admitted Maryland. bar, 1894. Editor, public La Plata (Maryland.) Times Crescent, 1897-1934. Member Maryland. State Senate from Charles County, 1918-1934, president, 1931-1933, also president special session, 1933.
Appointed chief judge 7th Judicial Circuit Court Maryland, 1934, and elected to same for term 1935-1950. Also associate judge Maryland. Court Appeals, since 1934.
Trustee Charlotte Hall School.
Member of Southern Maryland Society. Society of the Cincinnati.
Married Florence Campbell Jenifer, January 18, 1899. Children: Mary Emily, Hugh Maxwell, Walter Jenifer, James Craik, Florence Elizabeth.