Lawrence Fleming Conaway (1890 - 1951)

Born 17 Apr 1890 in Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie Virginia (Jobes) Conaway — married 18 Nov 1908 in Littleton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1951 at age 61 in Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Lawrence Fleming Conaway was born 17 April 1890 in Barrackville, West Virginia.^[1] He was the son of Robert Lee Conaway and Elizabeth Allen Whoolery.

He married Nellie Virginia Jobes on 18 November 1908 in Littleton, Wetzel County, in a ceremony performed by W. B. McVey, Minister Church of Christ.^[2]

Lawrence died on 4 November 1951 in Corapolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,^[3] and he was buried in Montour Cemetery in Corapolis.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marion County Birth Register 1: 299, Lawrence Fleming Conaway, 17 April 1890; digital image, West Virginia Archives & History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2855615&Type=Birth : accessed December 2016).
2. ↑ Wetzel County Marriage Register 14: 5, Robert Lawrence Conaway Jr. and Mollie Virginia Jobes, 18 November 1908; digital image, West Virginia Archives & History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11600665&Type=Marriage : accessed November 2016). This is a problematic record, as the names of the bride and groom are incorrect, as well as their ages (Lawrence would have been 18 and Nellie 16, as opposed to 19 and 18). Some of this may be due to the fact that the bride was underage, and family lore indicates that the groom’s parents did not particularly approve of the match.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 213587 (1951), Lawrence Fleming Conaway, 4 November 1951, Allegheny County; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/5164/42410_3421606187_0694-02230/7307284?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/20052661439/facts/citation/680183383249/edit/record : accessed December 2016).
4. ↑ Montour Cemetery, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, personal visit of Jeffrey L. Haines, May 2003. RobMinteer57, "Lawrence Fleming Conaway," Memorial 108730696, posted 18 April 2013; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108730696/lawrence-fleming-conaway : accessed December 2017).