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John Conaway (1795 - 1868)

John Conaway
Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 10 Mar 1820 in Monongalia County, Virginia, USAmap
Husband of — married 3 Sep 1835 in Harrison County, Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Marion County, West Virginia, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 29 Jan 2015
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Biography

John was born in 1795 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.[1] He was the son of John Conaway and Rachel Willison.

He married Sarah Fleming on 10 March 1820 in a ceremony performed by the Rev. Joshua Hickman in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia.[2]

After Sarah died, John took Hannah Randall as his second wife on 3 September 1835 in Harrison County in a ceremony performed by Joshua Hawkins.[3]

John on 15 October 1868, and he is buried in the Conaway Cemetery in Fairmont, Marion County.[4]

Sources

  1. The date of John's birth is calculated from the precise age at death recorded on his gravestone. Human (maintained by SR0220), “John Spann 'Big John' Conaway Jr.,” Memorial no. 79773398, posted 2 November 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79773398/john-spann-conaway : accessed February 2018). There is no contemporary evidence that John ever had a middle name.
  2. Monongalia County Marriage Register A: 30, John Conaway to Sarah Fleming, 10 March 1820; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11330351&Type=Marriage : accessed February 2015).
  3. Harrison County Marriage Register 3: 90, return, John Conaway to Hannah Randall, 3 September 1835; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=42039&Type=Marriage : accessed February 2015).
  4. Human (maintained by SR0220), “John Spann 'Big John' Conaway Jr.,” Memorial no. 79773398, posted 2 November 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79773398/john-spann-conaway : accessed February 2018). The photograph of the stone shows John's date of death quite clearly.




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