Conaway, C. D.

CONAWAY, ARNOLD, MCCLINTOCK, BUSBY

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/18/2012 at 13:17:02

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

CONAWAY, C.D. - Bear Creek Twp - pg 827. Physician, Brooklyn. The subject of this notice was born near Cadiz, Ohio, September 25, 1836. His parents were Charles and Frances Arnold Conaway. The Conaways were from Ireland and among the pioneers of Maryland. The Arnolds were among the first settlers of Pennsylvania. They were descendants of the Cullums, of Maryland. The subject of this notice spent his early life in farming and attending the common schools in the vicinity of his native town. In 1856 he entered the McNeely Normal School, at Hopedale, Ohio, and studied for three years, after which he was engaged in farming in Richland county, Ohio, until 1864, and teaching school during the winter season. He then attended the Hayesville College, of Hayesville, Ohio, for one year and a half, and then came to Iowa, locating in Brooklyn. In 1868 he took a course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati. After his return to Brooklyn he formed a partnership with his brother John. Dr. Conaway has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Margaret McClintock, of Ohio, by whom he had three children, only one of whom is living: John. Deceased: William and Enoch. His first wife died June 24, 1865. His second wife was Miss Julia Ann Busby, of Carroll county, Ohio, whom he married August 20, 1868, and by whom he has had two children: Earl D. Hone (born April 4, 1871; deceased) and Jennie Independence (born July 4, 1876). Dr. Conaway is a Chapter Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Methodist Church, and has been a steward in the same for a number of years. Mrs. Conaway is a class leader in the church. They are among its liberal patrons and supporters.