Georgia Ann was born to Alfred H. Conaway and Winnie Smith Conaway born in Anderson County, Texas. Her parents were both born in Tennessee. She was born 18 August 1854.
Her grandparents, James and Mary Pickett Conniway had moved on to Texas between 1843 and 1850 to Anderson County, Texas. Somewhere in the years after 1850 most of the family changed the spelling of their last name to Conaway from Conniway.
Georgia's parents and her siblings did not move to Anderson County until after 1850. 1850 Census they were in Tennessee. They were seen on the 1860 Anderson County, Texas Census.
All of her siblings were born in Tennessee except prior to her birth.
1. James b. 1843
2. Benjamin b. 1846
3. John R. b. 1849
4. Greenberry b. 1856 Texas
Her father died 2 Dec 1868 in Anderson County, Texas.
Her mother died in 1866 in Anderson County, Texas.
After her mother's death, her father remarried.
His wife was Martha Jane Kennedy Watts (a widow). They were married in March 1867. They had another child.
1. Emma Conaway. (This being my great grandmother, nb) b. 1868.
She married William Penn Hightower on 18 October 1871, Anderson County, Texas. Anderson county Texas Marriage Records-1871
Texas death certificate #70833
Cause of death; Erysipelas of the face.
Contributing factors; Senility and Toxemia
Informant; John Hightower (uncle)
Her grandparents, James and Mary Pickett Conniway had moved on to Texas between 1843 and 1850 to Anderson County, Texas. Somewhere in the years after 1850 most of the family changed the spelling of their last name to Conaway from Conniway.
Georgia's parents and her siblings did not move to Anderson County until after 1850. 1850 Census they were in Tennessee. They were seen on the 1860 Anderson County, Texas Census.
All of her siblings were born in Tennessee except prior to her birth.
1. James b. 1843
2. Benjamin b. 1846
3. John R. b. 1849
4. Greenberry b. 1856 Texas
Her father died 2 Dec 1868 in Anderson County, Texas.
Her mother died in 1866 in Anderson County, Texas.
After her mother's death, her father remarried.
His wife was Martha Jane Kennedy Watts (a widow). They were married in March 1867. They had another child.
1. Emma Conaway. (This being my great grandmother, nb) b. 1868.
She married William Penn Hightower on 18 October 1871, Anderson County, Texas. Anderson county Texas Marriage Records-1871
Texas death certificate #70833
Cause of death; Erysipelas of the face.
Contributing factors; Senility and Toxemia
Informant; John Hightower (uncle)
Georgia Ann was born to Alfred H. Conaway and Winnie Smith Conaway born in Anderson County, Texas. Her parents were both born in Tennessee. She was born 18 August 1854.
Her grandparents, James and Mary Pickett Conniway had moved on to Texas between 1843 and 1850 to Anderson County, Texas. Somewhere in the years after 1850 most of the family changed the spelling of their last name to Conaway from Conniway.
Georgia's parents and her siblings did not move to Anderson County until after 1850. 1850 Census they were in Tennessee. They were seen on the 1860 Anderson County, Texas Census.
All of her siblings were born in Tennessee except prior to her birth.
1. James b. 1843
2. Benjamin b. 1846
3. John R. b. 1849
4. Greenberry b. 1856 Texas
Her father died 2 Dec 1868 in Anderson County, Texas.
Her mother died in 1866 in Anderson County, Texas.
After her mother's death, her father remarried.
His wife was Martha Jane Kennedy Watts (a widow). They were married in March 1867. They had another child.
1. Emma Conaway. (This being my great grandmother, nb) b. 1868.
She married William Penn Hightower on 18 October 1871, Anderson County, Texas. Anderson county Texas Marriage Records-1871
Texas death certificate #70833
Cause of death; Erysipelas of the face.
Contributing factors; Senility and Toxemia
Informant; John Hightower (uncle)
Her grandparents, James and Mary Pickett Conniway had moved on to Texas between 1843 and 1850 to Anderson County, Texas. Somewhere in the years after 1850 most of the family changed the spelling of their last name to Conaway from Conniway.
Georgia's parents and her siblings did not move to Anderson County until after 1850. 1850 Census they were in Tennessee. They were seen on the 1860 Anderson County, Texas Census.
All of her siblings were born in Tennessee except prior to her birth.
1. James b. 1843
2. Benjamin b. 1846
3. John R. b. 1849
4. Greenberry b. 1856 Texas
Her father died 2 Dec 1868 in Anderson County, Texas.
Her mother died in 1866 in Anderson County, Texas.
After her mother's death, her father remarried.
His wife was Martha Jane Kennedy Watts (a widow). They were married in March 1867. They had another child.
1. Emma Conaway. (This being my great grandmother, nb) b. 1868.
She married William Penn Hightower on 18 October 1871, Anderson County, Texas. Anderson county Texas Marriage Records-1871
Texas death certificate #70833
Cause of death; Erysipelas of the face.
Contributing factors; Senility and Toxemia
Informant; John Hightower (uncle)
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