Born in Mingo, Champaign County, Ohio, USA
Daughter of Thomas McDonald
and Sarah A. (Lannon) McDonald
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Jennings Conaway
— married
23 Aug 1915 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret Josephine (Conaway) Moser and Edmond Francis Conaway
Died
at age 37
in Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2017
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Biography
Mary was born 2 May 1884 in Mingo, Champaign County, Ohio.[1] She was the daughter of Thomas McDonald and Sarah A. Lannon.
She married William Jennings Conaway on 23 August 1915 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Wilbert M. Burke.[2]
Mary died on 27 December 1921 in Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia,[3] and she is buried in the McMechen Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Mary's death certificate provides her date and place of birth and the names of her parents. The informant was her husband, William Conaway. The month, year, and state of her birth are confirmed in the 1900 census, when she lived in her mother's household in Marshall County, West Virginia. West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 8922 (1921), Mary Anna Conaway, 27 December 1921, Marshall County; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1473321&Type=Death : accessed March 2017). 1900 U.S. Census, Marshall County, West Virginia, population schedule, Benwood 4th Ward, enumeration district 76, stamped page 195, sheet 17B, dwelling 276, family 318, Sarah McDonald household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004123459_00395/62618847?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/72000351957/facts/citation/680264203026/edit/record#?imageId=004123459_00395 : accessed March 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1765.
- ↑ Ohio County Marriage Register 55: 519, William Conway and Mary McDonald, 23 August 1915; digital image, West Virginia Archives & History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12448051&Type=Marriage : accessed March 2017).
- ↑ West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 8922 (1921), Mary Anna Conaway, 27 December 1921, Marshall County; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1473321&Type=Death : accessed March 2017).
- ↑ Esther Eustaquio, "M Conaway," Memorial no. 135332082, posted 2 September 2014; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135332082 : accessed March 2017).
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Rejected matches › Mary (McKane) Conway (1886-1923) › Mary McDonald (abt.1885-) › Mary McDonald (abt.1886-) › Anna F. McDonald (1886-) › Ann Macdonald (1882-)
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