Husband: Alton Lee Conaway
Also known as: Alton M. Conaway 1
Born: Sep-19-1879 in Tyler Co, WV 2
Died: Nov- 4-1965 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Resided: 1942 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 1
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1915 in Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 4
Census: 1880, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Occupation: oil & gas worker 2
Occupation: 1940 telephone lineman 5
Occupation: 1930 farmer 6
Occupation: 1920 laborer 7
Mother: Ida Conaway (1859 - 1942)
Wife: Carrie Pratt 8,9 Married: Nov- 1-1915 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 4
Born: Jun-21-1883 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 10 Died: Dec-28-1943 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 10 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 10 Cause of death: suicide by gunshot 10 Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4 Father: Henry Harrison Pratt (1853 - 1927) Mother: Sarah Caroline Underwood (1862 - 1936) Other spouse 1
M Child 1: Roy H. Conaway
Born: Mar-23-1917 in Tyler Co, WV 11,12,7
Died: Oct- 2-1941 near Flagstaff, Coconino Co, AZ 13,11
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 14
Cause of death: airplane crash 13
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV (see note 1)
Census: 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Military: Lt, 32nd Bomber Sqdn, US Air Corps 11
F Child 2: Ida May Conaway Census name: May Conaway Born: May-14-1919 15 Died: Oct- -1997 15 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 14 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16 Census: 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
F Child 3: Nellie Grace Conaway Born: Dec-31-1920 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4,17,15 Died: Jun- 9-2009 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 18,15 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,19 Resided: 1945 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4 Census: 1930, 1940 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: owner/proprietor of Triangle Restaurant in West Union Husband: Cecil Albert Conner b. May-27-1917 d. Apr-23-1987 Birth name: Cecil Cupp Married: Sep- 9-1945 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Husband: Olin Burl Fleming b. May- 6-1916 d. Nov-15-1988 Also known as: Burl Fleming 20,21,22 Married: Jun-11-1960 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Obituary of mother. (2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Gaylene Kerr Banister, citing "Hardesty's Early West Virginia History." (4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (5) 1940 Census, Tyler County, WV. (6) 1930 Census, Tyler County, WV. (7) 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV. (8) Marriage record of daughter. (9) Obituary of daughter. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Headstone. (12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Obituary of paternal grandmother. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Social Security Death Index. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Obituary. (18) Obituary - Nursing home. (19) Obituary of husband. (20) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (21) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (22) Death record of wife. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Although enumerated as a member of his parents' household, a notation indicated that he was absent.