Louis Eber Conaway (1881 - 1963)

Born 24 Jun 1881 in McLuney, Perry County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Linnie May (Mumford) Conaway — married 30 Jul 1904 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA

Died 25 Feb 1963 at age 81 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA

Biography

Louie was born 24 June 1881 in McLuney, Perry County, Ohio.^[1] He was the son of Charles Lincoln Conaway and Malinda Ellen Pettit.

He married Linnie May Mumford on 30 July 1904 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.^[2]

Louie died on 25 February 1963 in Zanesville, Muskingum County,^[3] and he is buried in the county in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Roseville.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Louie provided his full date of birth on this World War I draft card. The month and year are confirmed in the 1900 census, when he lived in his parents' household in Perry County. He identified his specific place of birth on his daughter Geraldine's birth record. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," Louie Eber Conaway, serial no. 2303, order no. A1982, 12 September 1918, Perry County, Ohio, Draft Board; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1DZ-SWDL?mode=g&i=1121&cc=1968530 : accessed March 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509. 1900 U.S. Census, Perry County, Ohio, population schedule, Harrison Township, Crooksville Village, enumeration district 61, stamped page 76, sheet 8B, dwelling 189, family 191, Charles Conaway household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/004117779_00156/41315231?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/72001546841/facts/citation/323807690668/edit/record#?imageId=004117779_00156 : accessed March 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1313. "Ohio, County Births, 1841–2003," Geraldine Effie Conaway, 30 October 1905, Perry County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRS6-7V1 : accessed March 2017); citing Perry County Delayed Birth record no. B-2208.
2. ↑ The date and place of Louie and Linnie's marriage appear in an on-line tree on Ancestry.com, though no source is cited. The date is consistent with their entry in the 1910 census, which states that they had been married for five years, placing it circa 1904–05. 1910 U.S. Census, Perry County, Ohio, population schedule, Harrison Township, Crooksville Village, enumeration district 127, stamped page 104, sheet 11B, dwelling 215, family 238, Lou Conaway household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/4449735_00729/22386652?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/72001577414/facts/citation/680271356320/edit/record#?imageId=4449735_00729 : accessed March 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T624, roll 1222.
3. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908–1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007," Louie E Conaway, 25 February 1963, Muskingum County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKLC-W7K : accessed March 2017). "United States Social Security Death Index," Louie Conaway, February 1963, state issued Ohio; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2KY-HWL : accessed March 2017).
4. ↑ Robert "Rob" Weller, "Louie Conaway," Memorial no. 9560841, posted 6 October 2004; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9560841&ref=acom : accessed March 2017).