Attorney, Sheriff of Columbia County, Maryland.
He was the son of Enoch Conyers and Catherine Parsons Conyers.
On September 26, 1866 as William H. Conyers, he married Anna J. Brown at Ogle, Illinois.
Per the 1910 Census for Clatskanie, Oregon, they were the parents of six children with four living.
The Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity
When his father died he went to live with his paternal grandfather near Quincy, Illinois. At the age of 12 he was compelled by necessity to fight the battles of life unaided and at the age of 17 started in to complete an apprenticeship to a blacksmith. At the breaking out of the Civil War he left to serve the cause of the Union. As a member of Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, he mustered in May 24, 1861 and was sent to guard duty in Northern Missouri and afterwards joined Pope's command in Cairo, Illinois. He participated in the following engagements: New Madrid, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rome, Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Atlanta, Jonesboro and many others of importance, finally accompanying Sherman in his march to the sea. He was captured with five hundred others near Columbia. He spent some time in Libby prison and was paroled April 2, 1865 and went to Annapolis, Maryland, his discharge taking place May 14, 1865. He was a Republican. He is fraternally connected with the Red Men, with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was the son of Enoch Conyers and Catherine Parsons Conyers.
On September 26, 1866 as William H. Conyers, he married Anna J. Brown at Ogle, Illinois.
Per the 1910 Census for Clatskanie, Oregon, they were the parents of six children with four living.
The Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity
When his father died he went to live with his paternal grandfather near Quincy, Illinois. At the age of 12 he was compelled by necessity to fight the battles of life unaided and at the age of 17 started in to complete an apprenticeship to a blacksmith. At the breaking out of the Civil War he left to serve the cause of the Union. As a member of Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, he mustered in May 24, 1861 and was sent to guard duty in Northern Missouri and afterwards joined Pope's command in Cairo, Illinois. He participated in the following engagements: New Madrid, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rome, Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Atlanta, Jonesboro and many others of importance, finally accompanying Sherman in his march to the sea. He was captured with five hundred others near Columbia. He spent some time in Libby prison and was paroled April 2, 1865 and went to Annapolis, Maryland, his discharge taking place May 14, 1865. He was a Republican. He is fraternally connected with the Red Men, with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Attorney, Sheriff of Columbia County, Maryland.
He was the son of Enoch Conyers and Catherine Parsons Conyers.
On September 26, 1866 as William H. Conyers, he married Anna J. Brown at Ogle, Illinois.
Per the 1910 Census for Clatskanie, Oregon, they were the parents of six children with four living.
The Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity
When his father died he went to live with his paternal grandfather near Quincy, Illinois. At the age of 12 he was compelled by necessity to fight the battles of life unaided and at the age of 17 started in to complete an apprenticeship to a blacksmith. At the breaking out of the Civil War he left to serve the cause of the Union. As a member of Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, he mustered in May 24, 1861 and was sent to guard duty in Northern Missouri and afterwards joined Pope's command in Cairo, Illinois. He participated in the following engagements: New Madrid, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rome, Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Atlanta, Jonesboro and many others of importance, finally accompanying Sherman in his march to the sea. He was captured with five hundred others near Columbia. He spent some time in Libby prison and was paroled April 2, 1865 and went to Annapolis, Maryland, his discharge taking place May 14, 1865. He was a Republican. He is fraternally connected with the Red Men, with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was the son of Enoch Conyers and Catherine Parsons Conyers.
On September 26, 1866 as William H. Conyers, he married Anna J. Brown at Ogle, Illinois.
Per the 1910 Census for Clatskanie, Oregon, they were the parents of six children with four living.
The Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity
When his father died he went to live with his paternal grandfather near Quincy, Illinois. At the age of 12 he was compelled by necessity to fight the battles of life unaided and at the age of 17 started in to complete an apprenticeship to a blacksmith. At the breaking out of the Civil War he left to serve the cause of the Union. As a member of Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, he mustered in May 24, 1861 and was sent to guard duty in Northern Missouri and afterwards joined Pope's command in Cairo, Illinois. He participated in the following engagements: New Madrid, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rome, Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Atlanta, Jonesboro and many others of importance, finally accompanying Sherman in his march to the sea. He was captured with five hundred others near Columbia. He spent some time in Libby prison and was paroled April 2, 1865 and went to Annapolis, Maryland, his discharge taking place May 14, 1865. He was a Republican. He is fraternally connected with the Red Men, with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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