Amos Conaway (abt. 1796 - 1852)

Born about 1796 in Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Hughes) Conaway — married 25 Oct 1824 in McConnellsville, Morgan County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1852 at about age 56 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA

Biography

Amos was born circa 1796 in Ohio, probably in the area that became Fairfield County.^[1] He was the son of Jeremiah Conaway and Jane Dew.

He married Maria Hughes on 24 October 1824 in McConnellsville, Morgan County, Ohio, in a ceremony performed by George Russell, M.G.^[2]

Amos died in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, on 27 December 1852, and he was buried there in Wesleyan Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ According to his death record, Amos was fifty-one when he died in 1852. The 1850 census implies that he was born circa 1796, and the 1830 and 1840 schedules indicate that he was born in the decade of the 1790s. Amos's father Jeremiah had already settled in Ohio when he was among the men who petitioned Congress on 20 February 1801 for pre-emption rights to land they had already settled and improved between the "Waters of Muskingum, and Sciota River." Jeremiah was taxed in Fairfield County as early as 1806. "Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910," Amos Conway, 27 December 1852; database, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/Detail.aspx?id=117136&type=Death : accessed March 2016). 1850 U.S. Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, 6th Ward St. Louis City, stamped page 360, dwelling 680, household 803, Amos Connelly household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4200578_00093?pid=4141932&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26dbid%3d8054%26h%3d4141932%26ssrc%3dpt%26tid%3d37835005%26pid%3d46584209221%26usePUB%3dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=37835005&personid=46584209221&hintid=&usePUB=true#?imageId=4200578_00093 : accessed March 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 418. 1830 U.S. Census, Morgan County, Ohio, Deavertown, p. 76, line 16, Amos Conaway household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8058/4411363_00160/349026?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/46584209221/facts/citation/323801710043/edit/record#?imageId=4411363_00160 : accessed March 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M19, roll 137. 1840 U.S. Census, Morgan County, Ohio, Town of McConnellsville, p. 192, line 22, Amos Conaway household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8057/4093844_00388/2694138?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/46584209221/facts/citation/323801709853/edit/record#?imageId=4093844_00388 : accessed March 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M704, roll 417. "U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660–1820," Jeremiah Conaway, Territory North West of Ohio River, Petition to Congress, 20 February 1801; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2234&h=63202&ssrc=pt&tid=37835005&pid=28135025218&usePUB=true : accessed March 2016). "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790–1890," Jeremiah Conaway, Fairfield County, tax list; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3567&h=24419810&ssrc=pt&tid=37835005&pid=28135025218&usePUB=true : accessed March 2016).
2. ↑ Morgan County Marriages Book A: 68, Amos Conaway and Maria Hughs, 24 October 1824; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-S53H-4K?mode=g&i=90&wc=Q3FJ-ZNT%3A121346001%2C121509101%3Fcc%3D1614804&cc=1614804 : accessed March 2016).
3. ↑ "Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910," Amos Conway, 27 December 1852; database, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/Detail.aspx?id=117136&type=Death : accessed March 2016).