U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Conaway, Walter Bolton (1878-1924) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 412 WALTER BOLTON CONAWAY, born March 4, 1878, son of Dr. J. B. Conaway and Elizabeth Amos and grandson of John Conaway of Marion County, whose father came direct from Ireland. He was raised at Bristol, W. Va., his father being a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and a practitioner since 1860, he began the study of dentistry under Dr. M. T. Hall of Parkersburg, after which apprenticeship he took a course in the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, graduating therefrom April 30, 1902. He immediately came to Buckhannon and associated himself with Dr. L. H. Lindsey whose assistant he has been since August 12, 1902. He married Stella V. Holden, daughter of M. J. Holden, a merchant of Bristol, December 25, 1902. Child: Lillian Irene, born October 1903. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #9642 FULL-NAME: Dr. Walter Bolton Conaway BIRTH-DATE: May 4, 1878 BIRTH-PLACE: Cherry Camp, now Bristol, Harrison Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 13, 1924 at age 46y-3m-9d DEATH-PLACE: 503 S. Fifth St., Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Dentist FATHER: Dr. J. B. Conaway (born in Marion Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: Elizabeth Amos (born in Marion Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma INFORMANT: Glenn F. Williams (of Clarksburg, W.Va.) BURIAL: Elk View Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------