In Memoriam

HIRAM T. CONWAY
Sunday, January 28, 1934

H. T. CONWAY BURIED MONDAY AT DENISON

Funeral services for H. T. Conway. aged 92, who died suddenly late Sunday afternoon, were conducted at Denison cemetery Monday afternoon with Rev. Bert Jones, Pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ella Young, Hugo, and other distant relatives. Coffey Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, January 31, 1934

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MR. CONWAY'S STORY

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BURYING A PAUPER

Many citizens of McCurtain County are unfamiliar with the work and methods used in the burial of those who died without any means of providing for their burial. A case which occurred in our own county this week should not pass by un-noticed.

The writer late Saturday afternoon found an old man, aged 92 years, who had been left near the courthouse. He was sick and was just able to move on crutches. He was taken into the sheriff's office. Arrangements were made to provide him with food, medical attention and clothing, and the sheriff's force endeavered to place him with relatives. Failing in this, he was taken care of in the room adjoining the sheriff's office.

During Sunday night he died, and his body was taken to Coffey Funeral Home to be prepared for burial, as is customary in such cases. The county commissioner's provoded for burial. Sunday night at about 7:30 p. m. the Coffey Funeral Home called upon the writer to accompany them to the Denison cemetery to conduct the last rites over this aged man.

On arriving at the cemetery, the casket was opened, and there by the rays of a automobile headlights, we saw the man nobody wanted, dressed in a splendid navy blue suit lying in a casket that anyone would be proud of.

The burial was conducted in a respectful and reverent manner, and so Hiram T. Conway, aged 92, whom nobody wanted in life, was tenderly laid to rest. The highest kind of praise is due to the sheriff's forces, the county commissioners, through Newt Derryberry, and the Coffey Funeral Home, and Mrs. Marguerite Womack of the F. E. R. A. through whose efforts this man was laid to rest.

REV. BERT G. JONES

Typed exactly As Printed
McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, February 3, 1934

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This was his first wife, had 5 known kids with her, the last in born 1879, Alabama. Wife must have died early 1883 because he married again Apr 1883. Prob needed a wife to help with his young children.

Hiram D. Conway
in the Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920

Name: Hiram D. Conway
Gender: Male
Spouse: Dorcus Childress
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 28 Nov 1867
Marriage Place: Blount
Performed By: Minister of Gospel
Surety/Perf. Name: C. B. Wilhite
OSPage: 135
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Hiram T. Conway
in the Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967

Name: Hiram T. Conway
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1883
Marriage Place: Cullman, Alabama, USA
Spouse: Keziah A. Wilhite
Film Number: 001026703

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Hiram T Conway
in the Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995

Name: Hiram T Conway
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Birth Date: abt 1846
Marriage Date: 1 Jul 1909
Marriage Place: McCurtain, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Caldonia Honeycut
Film Number: 001412722

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H T Conway
in the Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995

Name: H T Conway
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1844
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1918
Marriage Place: McCurtain, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Dosia Neal
Film Number: 001412724

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Hiram T Conway
in the U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865

Name: Hiram T Conway
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_8
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865