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Mary CONAWAY

Mary CONAWAY

Female 1841 - 1916  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Mary CONAWAY
    Birth Jun 1841  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  North Enid, Garfield Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1916  [4] 
    Person ID I61567  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2016

    Father Thomas CONAWAY,   b. 1814, Monongalia Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1886, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F44125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joshua WILSON,   b. 2 Feb 1840, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1901, Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Marriage 18 Nov 1862  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      Joshua Wilson, 29, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $1,000; Mary 28; Rosa, 7.Emery, 4, Olive, 3; Estie (male), 1; Jacob Watson, 29, farm laborer, value of real estate $660, value of personal estate $250.
      (NOTE: Two years later, Jacob Watson married Joshua Wilson's sister Lydia.)

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Joshua Wilson, 39, farmer; wife Mary, 39, cannot read/write; son Emery E E, 14; dau Olive L M, 13; dau Emma D (?), 5; female Lucy L, 4 months, born in January.

      1900 Census, Garfield Co, Oklahoma (North Enid Twp, Town of North Enid), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Joshua Willson, 59, b. Feb 1841 in WVa, farm laborer, married 42 yrs; wife Mary, 58, b. Jun 1841 in WVa, married 42 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living).
      (NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of their daughter daughter Olive Dotson, with her husband and daughter.)
    Children 
     1. Rosabell WILSON,   b. CA 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 15 years)
    >2. Emera Ellsworth WILSON,   b. 2 Oct 1865, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1951 (Age 86 years)
    +3. Olive L. M. WILSON,   b. Mar 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1949 (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Esta WILSON,   b. CA 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 9 years)
    >5. Emma Erega WILSON,   b. 7 Apr 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1954, Baldwin Park, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >6. Lucille L. WILSON,   b. Jan 1880, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F25582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    2. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR, line 41 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537530&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Josiah Wilson, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Benj. L. & Martha, occupation soldier; and Mary Conaway, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Thomas & Catharine. Married Nov 18 1862 in Ritchie County, officiated by James Woods.
      (NOTE: We have found no other reference to the name Josiah being used by Joshua Wilson. The possibility of a clerical error cannot be discounted.)