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Hi, this is what I have now on Joseph Conway
If anyone knows anything else please contact me at
lisabural@yahoo.com
He was son of Miles Withers Conway Sr.of Mason co Ky
and wife Susanna Berry
Joseph Conway married Laura Unknown
Birth 1790 Mason or Bourbon co Ky
Occupation; July 5, 1833 (Age: 43)
Farnhamsburg,Rock Island county, Illinois
Description: Joseph Conway and W. Thompson as clerks
Occupationt 1834 (Age: 44)
Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Description: Joseph Conway made postmaster
Death 8 Nov 1848 (Age: 58)
On a steamboat trip to New Orleans . He fell had fallen from the hurricane deck and fractured his skull and broken his neck.
Burial 1848
Helena , Andrews county, Mo
Description: He was about fifty years old. His remains were placed in the hands of Dr. William Brown at Yazoo Pass, 12 miles below Helena, for burial.
Facts
Page: Y:330
Text: p.332 Joseph Conway of Evansville, Madison Co, IL gave POA to his brother Miles of Mason Co, KY in the matter of their inheritance from Miles W. Conway deceased ... [whose heirs are listed as:] John Conway, Joseph Conway, Miles Conway, Jacob Drake and Rebecca his wife, Thomas Steers and Mary his wife, Thomas Hord and Sally his wife, Armstead C. Bragg and Elizabeth his wife, and Ann M. Conway ...
Bio
Early History - Farnhamsburg And Stephenson, Illinois
The City of Rock Island was preceded by the Town of Farnhamsburg, the first settlement on this side of the river within the present City limits. Here the first house was built by Colonel Davenport and Russell Farnham, partners in the Indian trade, in 1826. It stood near the landing from old Fort Armstrong, about a block south of the southern approach to the present railroad bridge over Sylvan Water, and on an elevated lime stone knoll. The county road from the east ran in front of it, and turned from the Moline road to the west of the Lemuel Andrews residence-now Honorable Ben T. Cable's residence-and down along where is now the Burlington and Milwaukee Railroad tracks, until it reached- Twenty-fourth Street, where it met old Illinois Street, now Second Avenue. The house was a noted place in the early history of Rock Island County. Here the County Government was formed, the first elections held, and the first post office established; it was the seat of the Circuit and County Courts from 1833 to 1835. In the latter year, this original seat of justice of the county was superseded by the Town of Stephenson, and a village laid out in what is now the lower part of the City of Rock Island. It was laid out by the commissioners authorized by the Legislature to establish the seat of justice for Rock Island County, and contained the old county grounds, with a portion of the county buildings. There are still standing many of the earlier buildings erected by the pioneers and here were inaugurated many of the first institutions of Rock Island. Stephenson was the cradle of Rock Island, the nursery of much of that intellectual and social life which has since expanded into the larger and intenser life of the city.
The founder of the first newspaper here, in 1839, thus speaks of the old Town of Stephen-son, as it appeared to him in 1840:
"The inhabitants of the town and its environs could not be surpassed, if equalled, by any city in the west, for men of intelligence-courteous and kind in everything. Our judiciary consisted of Judge Stone, who was very soon superseded by Judge Brown; our bar consisted of Joseph Knox, Joseph B. Wells, J. Wilson Drury, and H. G. Reynolds; the clerk of the court was an old bachelor, Joseph Conway, brother of Miles Conway, who, with a Mr. Cooper, composed the magistracy of the village; while our medical department was represented by Doctor Gregg alone, a man eminent in his profession.
"There were three stores in the place, kept by John Meller, Lemuel Andrews and a Mr. Kauffman. Two more came afterwards, viz: Mr. Bond and Mr. Moore. There was one tinning establishment, Lee & Chamberlin's; one saddler shop, J. M. Frizzell's; one cabinet maker's and one gunsmith's shop; three taverns, Mr. Bently's on the river bank; Buffum's, back of the Court House Square; and the Rock Island House on Main Street, kept by VanCourt & Brothers. This was the leading hotel at that day. There was one restaurant, and one other, called a saloon for the want of a more appropriate name. One minister of the gospel (Presbyterian), Reverent Mr. Stewart, preached in a little schoolhouse back of Doctor Gregg's residence on Main Street-our only church, lyceum and town hall. * * * The Powars family, Guarnseys and old Mr. Vandruff, who lived on the island in Rock River, and kept a ferry at the Rapids, and something for the inner man, were among the first settlers of Rock Island. There were but few places of any note above Quincy, Illinois. Where Keokuk now stands there was a trading post kept by a half-breed, who sold liquor to the Sac and Fox Indians, and engaged in towing barges over the rapids with horses, to Fort Montrose. At the east side of the Mississippi, at the head of the rapids, at a place then called Commerce, was situated a stone warehouse, where passing steamers discharged freight for the surrounding country. The Mormons had a short time previously been driven out of Missouri, and they encamped on the west bank of the river, awaiting transportation to the Illinois side to build the City of Nauvoo, and their wagons and equipages presented the appearance of an army encamped. The town of Burlington, Iowa, had but few houses. * * * Bloomington, now Muscatine, contained about six houses, and had the appearance of being a very sickly place, if I could judge from the looks of the citizens who came aboard the steamer.";
This had reference to the Summer of 1838, when the writer, Mr. C. McGrew, came up the river. In all the distance described, from Quincy to the lead mines at Galena, Stephen-son was then the most noted steamboat landing. Here for many years, travelers from the "Sangamon Country" and Fort Clark, reached the river on their way to Galena, and the mineral regions north.
City of Rock Island
Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908
The Davenport Gazette , November 9, 1848, reported the death of Joseph Conway during a steamboat trip to New Orleans. He had fallen from the hurricane deck and fractured his skull and broken his neck. He was said to be travelling for his health and had boarded at Bennett's Landing, 120 miles below St. Louis. He was about fifty years old. His remains were placed in the hands of Dr. William Brown at Yazoo Pass, 12 miles below Helena, for burial.
The Davenport Gazette , November 9, 1848, reported the death of Joseph Conway during a steamboat trip to New Orleans. He had fallen from the hurricane deck and fractured his skull and broken his neck. He was said to be travelling for his health and had boarded at Bennett's Landing, 120 miles below St. Louis. He was about fifty years old. His remains were placed in the hands of Dr. William Brown at Yazoo Pass, 12 miles below Helena, for burial.
In Illinois he had lived in St. Clair County, where he had served as Clerk of Court, before coming to Rock Island.
He served a term in the legislature. (I believe this to have been prior to residence in Rock Island.)
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In this county he and his brother Miles W. Conway built the first cabin in Stephenson. (Rock Island was first named Stephenson.) This was accomplished by 1835. They held posts such as County Clerk and County Recorder continuously from arrival.
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On January 23, 1845, a notice of sale for various parcels and lots of land belonging to the J. Conway estate appeared in the Upper Mississippian and Rock Island Republican.
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On November 20, 1845, the same newspaper published the news that Miles W. Conway, Jr. was dead. He had become a member of the Campbellite church in 1843 and was a member of the Bible Society.
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Miles W. Conway, Sr. was a member of a corporation organized in 1837 to construct an important internal improvement project related to a town located 3 miles south of Stephenson called Rock Island City.
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In the spring of 1828, settlements were made near Port Byron by John and Thomas Kinney, Archibald Allen and George Harlan. Other early settlers, near Rock Island and Rapids City, were J.W. Spencer, J.W. Barriels, Benjamin F. Pike and Conrad Leak; and among the pioneers were Wells and Michael Bartlett, Joel Thompson, the Simms brothers and George Davenport. The country was full of Indians, this being the headquarters of Black Hawk and the initial point of the Black Hawk War.
By 1829 settlers were increased in number and county organization was effected in 1833, Rock Island (then called Stephenson) being made the county-seat. Joseph Conway was the first County Clerk, and Joel Wells, Sr., the first Treasurer. The first court was held at the residence of John W. Barriels, in Farnhamsburg.
The county is irregular in shape, and the soil and scenery greatly varied. Coal is abundant, the water-power inexhaustible, and the county's mining and manufacturing interests are very extensive. Several lines of railway cross the county, affording admirable transportation facilities to both eastern and western markets. Rock Island and Moline are the two principal cities in the county, though there are several other important points. Coal Valley is the center of large mining interests, and Milan is also a manufacturing center. Port Byron is one of the oldest towns in the county, and has considerable lime and lumber interests, while Watertown is the seat of the Western Hospital for the Insane. Population of the county in 1880 was 38,302; in 1890, 41,917; in 1900, 55,249
Rock Island County was established on February 9, 1831, with organization completed in 1833.
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