Thomas Jefferson Conaway (1822 - 1880)

Born 26 Feb 1822 in Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara Rosanna (Swycaffer) Conaway — married 2 Jan 1851 in Tyler County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1880 at age 58 in Camden County, Missouri, USA

Biography

Thomas was born 26 February 1822 in Virginia.^[1] He has been placed in the family of Eli Conaway and Mary Baker, but this requires more investigation.

He married Barbara Rosanna Swycaffer on 2 January 1851, possibly in Monroe County, Ohio.^[2]

Thomas died on 4 June 1880 in Camden County, Missouri, and he is buried there in the Conway Cemetery.^[3]

Parentage

On-line trees at Ancestry.com assert that Thomas was the son of Eli Conaway and Mary Baker. However, several original sources offer direct evidence that Eli and Mary had another son Thomas, who was born ten years later, during the life time of this Thomas Jefferson Conaway. So far, no evidence from contemporary sources has been discovered that indicates that this Thomas Conaway was indeed the son of Eli and Mary.

He profile remains connected to Eli and Mary for now until his true origins can be discovered.

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas's full date of birth is carved on his grave stone. marge, "Thomas J. Conway," Memorial no. 23015721, posted 21 November 2007; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CONW&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=1201&GRid=23015721& : accessed April 2016).
2. ↑ The date appears in on-line trees at Ancestry.com, but no sources are cited. No record of their marriage has been located in Tyler County, (West) Virginia, where both Thomas and Barbara lived in 1850. Their first child was born 4 November 1851 in Ohio. Marty, "Charles F Conway," Memorial no. 76426335, posted 12 September 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76426335&ref=acom : accessed April 2016). Barbara's parents lived in Monroe County in 1850; however that county's marriage records from before 1867 are lost. 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Ohio, population schedule, Perry Township Dist No. 106, stamped page 528, dwelling 71, family 71, John Swikeffer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4093954_00678/15964787?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/72000579528/facts/citation/323805346216/edit/record#?imageId=4093954_00678 : accessed April 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 712.
3. ↑ Thomas's grave stone includes his full date of death. It is a more contemporary style stone, so it is not clear how log after his death the stone was erected, or if it replaced an older stone. marge, "Thomas J. Conway," Memorial no. 23015721, posted 21 November 2007; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CONW&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=1201&GRid=23015721& : accessed April 2016).