CONWAY, William P.
Date of death: 23 Nov 1900 – Hendricks Township, Shelby County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 30, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 22, page 1 column 3
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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Shelby Jeff.—William Conway died at his home in Marietta at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, aged 77 years, 1 month and 10 days. He was born in Henderson county, Ky., coming to Indiana when a young man. He bore his part in clearing away the forests and improving the farms. He has resided within the same neighborhood for 60 years and was well and favorably known by the people of that locality. He leaves his aged widow, two sons and four daughters, namely: Milford, John, Mrs. Sarah Brant, Mrs. Emily Scott, Mrs. Jane Richey and niece Eliza Hommel; also a number of grandchildren. The funeral will be from the Second Mt. Pleasant church at 11 a.m. Sunday the 25th, conducted by Rev. S. S. Stanton of the M.P. church, of which denomination the deceased was 50 years a member. The cortege will leave the residence at 9 a.m. Sunday, in charge of Edwards & Hageman.
Link to William P. Conway’s grave
Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Marietta, Hendricks Township, Shelby County, Certificate and Record of Death, Health Officer’s Record Number 16, page 285 records that William Conway died at about 5 o’clock p. m. on 23 Nov 1900 in Hendricks Township from old age, aged seventy-seven years, one month and ten day, born in Kentucky. He was male, white, married and a laborer. His father’s name was Benjamin Conway, and his mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Foster, both born in Kentucky. The informant was Milford Conway. William was buried in Johnson County on 25 Nov 1900, Edwards & Hageman, undertaker.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson