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             Husband: Thomas Conaway    
         Census name: Thomas Conway 
                Born: 1814                 in Monongalia Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV)  1,2
                Died: Jan-23-1886          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 1
Notes 
                Wife: Catharine Mason   3  
                Born: 1831                  1,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov-25-1876          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Jeremiah Conaway      
                Born: ca 1848               4
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: Jacob Conaway      
                Born: ca 1849               4
              Census: 1850                 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 3: Eli Conaway      
         Census name: Eli Conway 
                Born: ca 1851              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  5
                Died: bef Jun 1900          6
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1872                 in Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Harriet Cain  b. ca 1846  d. Mar-23-1923  
             Married: May- 9-1872          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
           M Child 4: John Wesley Conaway      
       Also known as: John W. Conway 8
                Born: Sep- 1-1852          in Marion Co, (W)VA  1,2,5
                Died: Jan- 2-1892          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1886                 in Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
                Wife: Delphia Alice Cox  b. Jul-25-1864  d. Feb-28-1942  
             Married: Aug-19-1886          in Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 5: Ary Ann Conway      
         Census name: Earry Conway 
                Born: May-27-1854          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  9 (see note 2)
             Resided: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Benjamin L. Richards  b. ca 1850  
             Married: Feb-12-1870          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           M Child 6: Elias Conaway      
                Born: ca 1858               2
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 7: Thomas E. Conaway      
                Born: 1860                  2
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA. 
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Eli Conaway, 21, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co, son 
of Thomas & Catharine; and Harriett Cain, 26, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank) & Mary.  Married May 9 1872 in 
Ritchie County. MR p. 26 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537925&Type=Marriage. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 298. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Benjamin L. Richards, 19, of Ritchie Co, son of Jacob & Ruth; and Ary Conway, 16, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau 
of Thomas.  Married Feb 12 1870. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1828.
Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Harrison County.







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