Butte
County
Biographies
JUDGE GEORGE F. JONES
The
name of Jones has long figured prominently in legal circles of Oroville, where
Judge George F. Jones has continually followed his profession since his
admission to the bar, maintaining a course which reflects credit upon an
honored pioneer family that has been closely identified with California’s
development and progress for a period of eight years. Born in California, November 18, 1883, he is
a son of Major A. F. Jones, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. In the acquirement of an education he
attended the public schools of Oroville and pursued his classical studies in
the University of California, completing his course in 1906. He then went east for the purpose of entering
the Yale Law School and was graduated with the class of 1908. Following his admission to the bar in
California he began his legal career in Oroville, taking up an extensive
practice which his father had established, and soon proved his ability to cope
with the intricacies of the law. In 1910
he was elected district attorney for Butte County, an office he creditably
filled for four years, and for a short term he served as judge of the superior
court. Since 1914 he has engaged in
private practice and during the intervening period of sixteen years he has
successfully handled much important litigation.
Deep thought and study are devoted to the preparation of his briefs and
his arguments are marked by clearness, logic and force.
Judge
Jones was married to Miss Maidie L. Gesford in 1910 and they were the parents
of a daughter, Barbara M., who is attending a private school in San
Francisco. For his second wife Judge
Jones chose Miss Lucille B. Brickell, a daughter of Edward Brickell, of
Colorado. During his leisure hours the
Judge plays golf and fishing also affords him relaxation from professional
cares. Fraternally he is identified with
Oroville Lodge, No. 1484, B. P. O. E., and in Masonry he has attained the
Knight Templar degree. In all matters of
citizenship he is loyal and public-spirited and as a legal practitioner he has
ever upheld the high standards of the profession.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 239-240. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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