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Joseph Crownover

Also Known As: "Joseph Crownover Sr", "Joseph Crownover", "Joseph B Crownover"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
Death: July 23, 1924 (75)
Odell, Wilbarger, Texas, United States
Place of Burial: Chillicothe, Hardeman County, TX, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Milton Crownover and Hanna Ritter Crownover
Husband of Mary Jane Crownover and Unity Jane Crownover
Father of John Crownover; Matilda Crownover; William Milton Crownover; Charles Crownover; William "Billy" Crownover and 14 others
Brother of Archibald B Crownover; Nancy Crownover; William "Buck" Crownover; Jane Jane Crownover; Mattison "Matt" Crownover and 3 others
Half brother of Martha Patsy Dotson

Occupation: Farmer, Land owner
Managed by: Francis Arthur (Art) Bass, Jr.
Last Updated:

About Joseph Crownover


GEDCOM Note

Moved from Sewanee in about 1887 to Montague County Texas. Farmed there until about 1903, then moved to Claude, Texas with Son John. After the first norther, he told John "son my drawers are too thin for this Weather"! and traveled back toward Montague County, Stopping in Wilbarger County, where he bought 1300 acres with 20,000 silver dollars. He would chew tobacco in the morning while farming, put the plug on the rafter at lunch, and then pick a dry plug to smoke in his pipe in the afternoon. He was


  • Residence: 9th District, Franklin, Tennessee, United States - 1860
  • Residence: District 9, Franklin, Tennessee, United States - 1880
  • Residence: Justice Precinct 7, Wilbarger, Texas, United States - 1910

References

  1. The Vernon Record, July 25, 1924, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vernon-record-joseph-crownov... : accessed December 7, 2023), clip page for Joseph Crownover
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143554137/joseph-crownover
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Joseph Crownover's Timeline

1849
June 27, 1849
Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee
1869
January 3, 1869
Sewanee, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
1871
January 11, 1871
Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States
1871
Tennessee, United States
1873
January 18, 1873
Franklin County, Tennessee
1876
February 17, 1876
Franklin, Tennessee, United States
1879
June 1, 1879
Sewanee, Franklin Co. Tennessee
1880
December 20, 1880
Sewanee, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
1883
May 3, 1883
Age 33
Sewanee, Fraklin, Tunisia