JAMES MONROE CONAWAY was the son of Patrick Henry Conaway
who was in the Hardware and Tinsmithing business in Rome, Georgia.
At the age of 9 after his father's business had been destroyed by flood,
the family moved by train and covered wagon from Rome to Chattanooga to
Whiteright, Grayson Co., Texas, where Patrick farmed.
JAMES MONROE CONAWAY married SALLIE VALENCIA "LINNIE" BRYANT
in 1902 in Tyler, Texas, where he was farming. They moved to
Chandler, Texas, where they lived until 1910 when they moved to Brandon,
Texas, in Hill County. JAMES was a rural mail carrier, serving Route 1
out of Brandon for 25 years. He retired in 1934 after 31 years of service,
and moved to Hillsboro.
From letters from daughter Alice Ruth Conaway Kendrick
"I talked to a lady this week who owned the house where we used
to live
in Brandon. They bought it from a Loan Company after we left Brandon. Apparently
the people that Daddy sold it to could not pay for it. She said
she wanted a door enlarged--so a carpenter found that the supporting
joists or beams were 8x10 inches. Square nails were used in the building
of the house. The supporting foundation on which the floors were laid were
rail road cross ties. She said the lumber for the house was hauled by
wagon from East Texas--before the rail road was built. Some people
named Giles built the house in 1883."
"I checked out one of the Hill County books from the school library.
The following writeup was in the Brandon section. 'J. M. Conaway and J.
C.
Coates were rural mail carriers out of the Brandon Post Office, J. M.
Conaway for 30 years. He rode a horse at first when delivering the mail.
Her name was 'Dolly.' In the summer he would use 'Dolly' to plow the cemetery.
Later he delivered mail by motor cycle and still later by car.'
Jack and Jill Conaway were listed as members of a good baseball team
from Brandon." (Jill was nick name for WENDELL.)
The State of Texas Marriage Record
County of Smith
To any Regularly Licensed or Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Jewish
Rabbi, Judge of the District or County Court, or any Justice of the
Peace in and for any County--Greeting:
You are hereby authorized to Solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between
Mr. JAMES CONAWAY and Miss LINNIE BRYANT and make due
return to the Clerk of the County Court of said County, within sixty days
thereafter, certifying your action under this License.
Witness my official signature and seal of office, at office in Tyler, the
27"
day of Dec 1902 Jno. A. Lott
Clerk County Court, Smith Co.
I, W. C. Stallings hereby certify that on the 28" day of December
1902, I united in Marriage Mr. JAMES CONAWAY and Miss LINNIE BRYANT
the parties above named.
Witness my hand, this 15th day of Jan 1903
W. C. Stallings L. E. M. E.
Church South
Returned and filed for record the 3" day of March 1903, and recorded
the 8" day of April 1903 Jno A. Lott County
Clerk
vol 57 ed 58 sh 5 ln 13 p 101A
80/80
Patrick H. Conaway Head W
M Apr 1849
51 m 24yrs
Ga
Ga Ga
Farmer rent farm #92
Martha E.
wife W
F Oct 1856 43
m 24yrs
Ga
Ga Ga
9 ch 6 ch living
Etta
dau W F
Sep 1877 22
single
Ga
Ga Ga
JAMES M. son
W M
May 1882 18 single
Ga
Ga Ga Farmer
Robert R.
son W
M Aug 1886
13 single
Ga
Ga Ga at
school
Herbert
son W M Sep
1888 11
single
Ga
Ga Ga at
school
ed 174 sheet 92 vol 76 p995B
88/92
JAMES M. CONAWAY Head
M W 27
m 7yrs
Ga
Ga Ga
Rural Route
Farmer owned farm House
LINNIE
wife F
W 26
m 7yrs
Ala
Ala Ala
Bryant
son M
W 6
single
Tex
Ga Ala
Windell
son M
W 5
single
Tex
Ga Ala
vol 95 ed 60 sh 1 ln 22
5/5
CONAWAY, JAMES Head
M W 37
m Ga
US US
mail carrier rural route
LINNIE
wife
F
W 36
m Ala Ala Ala
Bryant
son M
W 16 s
Tex Ga
Ala
Wendell
son
M
W 14 s
Tex Ga Ala
Thaxon
son
M
W 7
s Tex Ga Ala
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