Background
CROWNOVER, Arthur was born on November 16, 1874 in Alto, Franklin Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of William and Laura (Montgomery) Crownover.
CROWNOVER, Arthur was born on November 16, 1874 in Alto, Franklin Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of William and Laura (Montgomery) Crownover.
University of the South. Sewanee. Tennessee. Bachelor of Laws 1895.
Practiced law, Winchester, Tennessee, 1895-1923. First Company Attorney, Franklin Company, Tennessee, 1900-1904. Lecturer, Medical Jurisprudence, University of the South, 1900-1904.
Appointed on Tennessee State Highway Commission, by Governor. T. C. Rye, 1914; elected first Chairman of State Highway Commission. 1914-1918; Managed Governor.
Austin Peay’s State campaign for Governor., 1922. Appointed Judge, Court of Civil Appeals, 1923, by Governor. Austin Peay; elected Judge, Court of Appeals, Tennessee.
Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations Clubs: Scottish Rite, Masons. Knights of Pythias.; Freolac (Literary), Civitan Episcopalian.
Spouse Emma Sima, April 25, 1906, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.