Background
Donworth, Charles Tenney was born on February 15, 1892 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of George and Emma Laura (Tenney) Donworth.
Donworth, Charles Tenney was born on February 15, 1892 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of George and Emma Laura (Tenney) Donworth.
Graduate Phillips Andover Academy, 1910. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, University Washington, 1916.
; children—Charles Carey, Mary Evelyn (Mistress Lincoln Wayland Craighead). Married second, Dorothy Lee Griffin, December 28, 1945. Admitted to Washington State bar, 1916, practiced in Seattle, 1916-1949, member firm Donworth, Donworth & Smith, 1942-1949.
Assistant Corporate Counsel Seattle, 1920-1923.
Judge Supreme Court of the Washington, 1949-1967, pro tem judge, intermittently, 1968-1971, chief justice, 1956-1957.
Served as First lieutenant, infantry United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American, Seattle (president 1934) bar associations, American Judicature Society, Phi Delta Phi, Order of Coif. Club: Rainier (Seattle).
Married Evelyn Carey, February 5, 1918 (deceased. Married second, Dorothy Lee Griffin, December 28, 1945. Children: Charles Carey, Mary Evelyn (Mistress Lincoln Wayland Craighead).