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Eli CONAWAY

Eli CONAWAY

Male 1851 - Bef 1900  (~ 49 years)


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  • Name Eli CONAWAY
    Birth CA 1851  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Medical Condition 1880  [2] 
    asthma 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef Jun 1900  [3] 
    Person ID I95036  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2025

    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)
    Mother Catharine MASON,   b. 1831   d. 25 Nov 1876, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F41082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet CAIN,   b. CA 1846, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1923, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
    Marriage 9 May 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Eli Conaway, 28, farmer, medical condition asthma; wife Harret, 33; son James E, 6; dau Narmain E, 5, medical condition scrofula.
      In the next enumerated household were:
      John W. Conaway, 27, shoemaker, medical condition hemorrhoids; wife Mary A, 23; dau Della A, 4; son Albert, 2.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 18/19 1900:
      James E. Conaway, 25, b. Dec 1874, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Louisa A, 19, b. Jan 1881, married 3 yrs, no children; mother Harriet Conaway, 52, b. May 1848, widowed, mother of 2 children (both still living).

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, town of Pullman), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      James E. Conway, 45, railroader; wife Virdie, 38; dau Clarice V, 16; dau Alta B, 11; dau May H, 8 yr 8 mo; son Curly A, 6 yr 4 mo; dau Ila J, 3 y 5 mo; mother Harriet, 86.
    Children 
    +1. James Esta CONAWAY,   b. Dec 1874, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1961 (Age ~ 86 years)
    +2. Minnie CONAWAY,   b. 10 May 1875, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Apr 1921 (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F41081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    3. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 26 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537925&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Eli Conaway, 21, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Catharine; and Harriett Cain, 26, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank) & Mary. Married May 9 1872 in Ritchie County.