James Basil Conaway (1818 - 1881)

Born 4 Aug 1818 in Lowden, Monongalia County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Baughman) Conaway — married 15 Mar 1835 in Perry County, Ohio, USA

Husband of Adaline Lee (George) Conaway — married 24 Apr 1853 in Perry County, Ohio, USA

Husband of Susan Catherine (Alexander) Conaway — married 12 Mar 1868 in Muskingum County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1881 at age 62 in Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio, USA

Biography

James was born 4 August 1818 in Monongalia County, Virginia.^[1] He was the son of Basil Conaway and Mary Crosby.

He married first Mary Baughman on 15 March 1835 in Perry County, Ohio, in a ceremony performed by Wm. H. Karr.^[2]

He married second Adeline Lee Georges on 24 April 1853 in Perry County in a ceremony performed by Thomas Iliff, J.P.^[3]

He married third Susan Catherine Alexander on 12 March 1868 in Muskingum County, Ohio, in a ceremony performed by Wm. Turner, M.G.^[4]

James died on 23 July 1881 in Harrison Township, Perry County,^[5] and he is buried in Deavertown, Morgan County, in the Black Oak Cemetery.^[6]

In the 1850 census James (age 33) was in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States.^[7]

In the 1860 census James (age 42) was in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States.^[8]

In the 1870 census James (age 52) was in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States.^[9]

He died 21 July 1881 of consumption in Harrison, Perry, Ohio. It shows his occupation was farming. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ The full date of James's birth is calculated from the age at death carved on his grave stone. It is consistent with his age in the 1850 census. Robert "Rob" Weller, "James Basil Conaway," Memorial no. 5954769, posted 13 November 2001; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5954769&ref=acom : accessed March 2017). 1850 U.S. Census, Perry County, Ohio, population schedule, Harrison Township Division No. 119, stamped page 440, dwelling 1750, family 1752, James Conaway household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8054/4204498_00621/14386041?backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Ffamily-tree%2Fperson%2Ftree%2F37835005%2Fperson%2F46584203764%2Ffacts%2Fcitation%2F323807614801%2Fedit%2Frecord&bm=true#?imageid=4204498_00620&imageid=4204498_00620&imageId=4204498_00621 : accessed March 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 719.
2. ↑ Perry County Marriage Register 1: 162, James Conaway and Mary Baughman, 15 March 1835; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-S59S-2V?mode=g&i=148&cc=1614804 : accessed March 2017).
3. ↑ Perry County Marriage Register 3: 299, no. 235, James Conaway and Adaline George, 24 April 1853; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-S59Q-TL?mode=g&i=189&cc=1614804 : accessed March 2017).
4. ↑ Muskingum County Marriage Register 5: 511, James Conaway and Miss Susan C. Alexander, 12 March 1868; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ9Z-1P?mode=g&i=292&cc=1614804 : accessed March 2017).
5. ↑ Perry County Death Register 1: 8, no. 82, James Conaway, 21 July 1881; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q2-HSHG?mode=g&i=37&cc=2128172 : accessed March 2017). This death register is a modern typed transcription of the original data. It disagrees with the date carved on James's grave stone (21 July versus 23 July). The stone appears to be from the time that James died, so it is given more credence. Robert "Rob" Weller, "James Basil Conaway," Memorial no. 5954769, posted 13 November 2001; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5954769&ref=acom : accessed March 2017).
6. ↑ Robert "Rob" Weller, "James Basil Conaway," Memorial no. 5954769, posted 13 November 2001; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5954769&ref=acom : accessed March 2017).
7. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   Citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch (accessed 30 March 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00621
   James Conaway (33) in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States.
8. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   Citing Page: 76; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1022; FHL microfilm: 805022; Record number: 2561;
   FamilySearch (accessed 30 March 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00080
   James Conoway (42) in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States. Born in Virginia.
9. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   Citing Page: 16; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 31; FHL microfilm: 000552754; Record number: 2877;
   FamilySearch (accessed 30 March 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00076
   James Conaway (52) head of household in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States.
10. ↑ Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6ZX-6YH : 14 December 2020), Jas. Conaway, 21 Jul 1881; citing Death, Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States, source ID vol 1 p 200, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 910,677.