William B. Conway (January 14, 1805 – December 29, 1852) was a justice of the
Arkansas Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction o ...
from 1847 to 1849.
["About the Conways", ''Daily Arkansas Gazette'' (March 25, 1874), p. 4.]
Born near
Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville is a town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 15,479. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, and it is the second oldest town i ...
, Conway was the brother of
Elias Nelson Conway
Elias Nelson Conway (May 17, 1812 – February 28, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fifth governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860.
Early life
Conway was born in Greeneville, Tennessee. Born into a political family, ...
, who became Governor of Arkansas.
Conway was given no middle name at birth, but adopted one later in life:
Conway became an Arkansas circuit judge in 1830,
and in 1847 was appointed to succeed Judge
Edward Cross on the state supreme court.
[G.B. Rose, "The Supreme Court of Arkansas", in '' The Green Bag'', Volume 4 (1892), p. 425.] Cross was described as "a good man, but of small learning and capacity".
Conway died in
Little Rock, Arkansas
( The "Little Rock")
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at the age of 47, and was buried next to his mother in
Mount Holly Cemetery
Mount Holly Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in the Quapaw Quarter area of downtown Little Rock in the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the burial place for numerous Arkansans of note. It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
.
See also
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List of Arkansas adjutants general
References
External links
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William Conwayat
The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations o ...
Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court
1805 births
1852 deaths
19th-century American judges
Adjutants General of Arkansas
American militia officers
Burials at Mount Holly Cemetery
People from Greeneville, Tennessee
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