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Marion Asa Conaway

Marion Asa Conaway

Male 1886 - 1960  (73 years)

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  • Name Marion Asa Conaway 
    Born 2 Nov 1886 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Oct 1960 
    Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Crockett, TX 75835, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14  Conaway
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2012 

    Father Thomas Knox Conaway,   b. Jul 1856, Houston County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1920, Houston County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Eliza Washington Hallmark,   b. Sep 1856, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1943, Houston County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Iva Woolems,   b. 21 Apr 1894, Montgomery, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1991  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1913 
    Children 
     1. Doris Conaway,   b. 31 Mar 1914,   d. 14 Jul 1993, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Emory K Conaway,   b. 3 Apr 1916,   d. 25 Dec 1975  (Age 59 years)
     3. Marie Conaway,   b. 5 Sep 1918,   d. 2 Apr 1990  (Age 71 years)
     4. Clara Eliza Conaway,   b. 28 Sep 1920, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1920, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Paul Elijah Conaway,   b. 5 Nov 1921,   d. 12 Feb 1977  (Age 55 years)
     6. Charles Pruitt (C.P.) Conaway,   b. 24 Apr 1924, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 2013, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     7. Betty Jo Conaway,   b. 6 Dec 1926, Houston County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 2012, Houston County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     8. Thomas Clifford Conaway,   b. 14 Aug 1929, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 2004, Houston, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     9. Marjorie Vivian Conaway,   b. 22 May 1932, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1932, Crockett, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Crockett, TX 75835, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Iva, Asa and (Steve/Wayne?) Conaway
    Iva, Asa and (Steve/Wayne?) Conaway
    At the farm
    Asa Conaway's WW I Draft Registration Card
    Asa Conaway's WW I Draft Registration Card
    dated June 1917
    Asa Conaway
    Asa Conaway
    Asa Conaway
    Asa Conaway
    Asa on a bicycle he rode from Crockett each Saturday to cut hair at a local barber (notice Bull Durham bag hanging from pocket - a status symbol). He would sometimes cut neighbors hair on the front porch for free.
    Asa Conaway
    Asa Conaway
    About the time he was married to Clara (ca. 1913)
    Asa + Clara Conaway
    Asa + Clara Conaway
    Asa + Clara Conaway
    Asa + Clara Conaway
    At Arbor in early 1920s
    Asa + Iva Conaway
    Asa + Iva Conaway
    Asa holding Marie
    Emory standing in front of Asa
    Doris standing in front of Iva
    Lynn Walker to the left
    Asa, Edgar, Oscar Douglas + Lowerys
    Asa, Edgar, Oscar Douglas + Lowerys
    Top: Asa, Sam Lowery, Oscar Douglas, ?
    Bottom: Edgar Conaway, _____ Lowery
    Group photo, ca. 1926
    Group photo, ca. 1926
    Standing, L to R:

    Silas Douglas, Gus Thomas, Lynn Walker, John Walker (behind Lynn), 'Little' Dozier Smith, Douglas Lowry (behind Dozier), Robert Conaway, Henri Lowry, Willie Walker, Jeanne Douglas, Nora Douglas, Asa Conaway, (behind Nora) Oscar Douglas, Iva Conaway holding CP Conaway, Nina B Smith being held by Nanette Smith, Corrie Thomas, Dozier Smith

    Sitting, L to R:

    Sue Smith held by Sam Lowry, Myrtle Smith, Odessa Conaway, Marie Conaway, Doris Conaway, Eula Walker, Gilbert Thomas, Paul Conaway, Jack Walker, Emory Conaway
    Family Photo (year?)
    Family Photo (year?)
    Relation to Asa

    Top row:
    Asa Conaway, Edgar Conaway (brother), Walter Sullivan (friend), Douglas Lowry (cousin), Sam Lowry (cousin)

    Second row from top:
    Mrs Silas Douglas (third wife), Silas Douglas, George Berry Conaway (oldest brother), Carrie Conaway (George's wife), Mattie Conaway (oldest sister), Bob Lowry's daughter, Henri Lowry (cousin), Mr + Mrs Robinson (friends) and their son

    Front row:
    Beryl Douglas (Silas' son), Maud Douglas (daughter of Silas' second wife), Nanette Conaway (sister), Knox Conaway (father), Eliza Hallmark Conaway (mother), Bob Lowry (uncle, married to Eliza's sister), Nanny Lowry (Eliza's sister)

    Front:
    Dela Douglas (Silas' daughter with third wife), Corrie Conaway (sister)


    Documents
    Asa + Iva's Marriage License (PDF)
    Asa + Iva's Marriage License (PDF)
    dated August 16, 1913

    Headstones
    Asa Conaway headstone
    Asa Conaway headstone
    Pleasant Grove Cemetery