Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ray Conaway    
                Born: Apr- 7-1887          at Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Feb-  -1975           3
             Resided:                      in Houston, Harris Co, TX  5
             Resided: 1956, 1957           in Joplin, Jasper Co, MO  6
             Resided: 1942                 in St. Louis, MO  2
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1917                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1910                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1942                 employee of O. A. Conaway at Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co, St. Louis  2
          Occupation: 1940                 traveling salesman  4
          Occupation: 1930                 commercial traveler for dry goods  7
          Occupation: 1910, 1920           grocery salesman  8
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Madge Leland Graham     
             Married: Jun-21-1911          in Chicago, Cook Co, IL  9
                Born: Jun-  -1892           10
             Resided: 1956, 1957           in Joplin, Jasper Co, MO  6
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Lewis Thomas Graham   (1848 - 1932) 
              Mother: Almeda Johnson   (1853 - 1936) 
           M Child 1: Ray Conaway, Jr.      
                Born: Jul- 5-1916          in West Virginia  3,11,8
                Died: May- 9-1983          in Harris Co, TX  3
             Resided:                      in Houston, Harris Co, TX  5
              Census: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      radio, television and newspaper reporter  
Notes 

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) City Directory. 
(7) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(8) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(9) Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line], Ancestry.com & Illinois Dept of Public Health, Div 
of Vital Records. 
(10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(11) Doddridge County Republican, Local news item, Thursday, July 6 1916, in its entirety: 
"Hooray for Ray!  The finest boy in the whole American Union; got here only one day too late for the big picnic; weight 
something near 11 pounds.  Mother and babe doing well; Conoway will recover with careful nursing and scientific medical 
attention." 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of John Benton Swiger and his wife Allie Riffee Swiger.







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