City: Knoxville
LESTER, Charles W., lawyer; son of William and Lucinda (Tuck) LESTER of Knox Co, Tenn.; their families were among the pioneer settlers of East Tenn., having emigrated from Virginia; they are of Scotch and English descent; their people having come to this country in the early settlement of it; Charles W. LESTER was born July 10, 1869; he remained upon his father’s farm till about 18 years of age, when he left home to enter the Grant Memorial University at Athens, Tenn.; he worked his way through college, being a member of the class of 1902; in early life taught school and read law; admitted to the bar at Athens, Tenn, in 1893; the same year formed a partnership with is college classmate, W. L. Humphrey, Cleveland, Tenn.; while at Cleveland, frequently acted as assistant attorney-general for the Seventeenth judicial district at the same time taking an active part in politics, church and school work; married Cora E. BERGEN, of Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 24, 1903; member of the Knoxville bar and takes more or less interest in literary work.
