Jul-28-2018
Ida Conaway
Born: May- 5-1859 1 (see note 1) Died: Dec-21-1942 1 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2,3 Resided: at Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: Charles Harvey Conaway (1808 - 1895) Mother: Mary Paulson (1817 - 1863)
M Child 1: Alton Lee Conaway Also known as: Alton M. Conaway 4 Born: Sep-19-1879 in Tyler Co, WV 5 Died: Nov- 4-1965 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 6 Resided: 1942 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4 Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1915 in Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 7 Census: 1880, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: oil & gas worker 5 Occupation: 1940 telephone lineman 8 Occupation: 1930 farmer 9 Occupation: 1920 laborer 10 Wife: Carrie Pratt b. Jun-21-1883 d. Dec-28-1943 Married: Nov- 1-1915 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 7
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Obituary. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Obituary of mother. (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Gaylene Kerr Banister, citing "Hardesty's Early West Virginia History." (7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (8) 1940 Census, Tyler County, WV. (9) 1930 Census, Tyler County, WV. (10) 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1850, age 50. But she was age 20 months in the 1860 Census, and the birth date on her headstone is May 5 1859.Name Index