Conway, Charles

CONWAY

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 01:11:55

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.651

CONWAY, CHARLES, farmer, White Oak Township, Sec. 5; P. O. Indianola; born in Coshocton county, Ohio, April 19, 1825, lived there until 1853, and then emigrated to Logan county, Illinois, and after a few months residence there, removed first to Pekin, Tazewell county, and afterward to Warren county, Illinois, and lived there several years, and after a residence of three years in Madison county, came to this county in 1868 and settled on the farm he now occupies; owns an improved farm of 169 acres; his buildings occupy a fine elevation, and Mr. Conway is a thorough farmer, doing whatever he undertakes to do well: is a man of sterling integrity and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has business relations; married Miss Martha Jones, March 19, 1850; she was a native of Knox county, Ohio, and died in 1860; the following year he married Miss Mary L. Butler, of Warren, county Illinois; their family consists of six children: Adolphus N., Charles F., William A., Giles H., Flora L., and Warren F.; one son, Erastus, died in March, 1854.