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Family: Eli CONAWAY / Harriet CAIN (F41081)

m. 9 May 1872


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  • Eli CONAWAYFather | Male
    Eli CONAWAY

    Born  CA 1851  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef Jun 1900   
    Buried     
    Married  9 May 1872  [1]  Ritchie Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas CONAWAY | F41082 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharine MASON | F41082 Group Sheet 

    Harriet CAINMother | Female
    Harriet CAIN

    Born  CA 1846  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Mar 1923  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    James Esta CONAWAYChild 1 | Male
    + James Esta CONAWAY

    Born  Dec 1874  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1961   
    Buried    Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Louisa A. BAYNE | F41083 
    Married  4 Jul 1897  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Virdie GADD | F39649 
    Married  18 Jan 1908  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Narmain E. CONAWAYChild 2 | Female
    Narmain E. CONAWAY

    Born  CA 1875   
    Died     
    Buried     

  • Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Eli Conaway, 28, farmer, medical condition asthma; wife Harret, 33; son James E, 6; dau Narmain E, 5, medical condition scrofula.
      In the next enumerated household were:
      John W. Conaway, 27, shoemaker, medical condition hemorrhoids; wife Mary A, 23; dau Della A, 4; son Albert, 2.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 18/19 1900:
      James E. Conaway, 25, b. Dec 1874, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Louisa A, 19, b. Jan 1881, married 3 yrs, no children; mother Harriet Conaway, 52, b. May 1848, widowed, mother of 2 children (both still living).

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, town of Pullman), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      James E. Conway, 45, railroader; wife Virdie, 38; dau Clarice V, 16; dau Alta B, 11; dau May H, 8 yr 8 mo; son Curly A, 6 yr 4 mo; dau Ila J, 3 y 5 mo; mother Harriet, 86.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 26 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537925&Type=Marriage.
      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.