Biographical sketch, Judge John S. Conway, Volume II, pp. 340-342. Born 9/5/1841 in Edinburgh, Scotland. "In 1900, entirely without his solicitation, he received the Democratic nomination for the state legislature and after serving for one term declined to accept a second nomination."
A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company C, 6th Regiment, Texas Infantry. John Conway, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. John S. Conway, Sr., death date 6/11/1924, probate 9/5/1924 in Gonzales County. Texas, Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974.
Ancestry.com .
Census of 1900 - John S. Conway, Gonzales, Gonzales County, born September 1843 in Scotland, lawyer, spouse Jannie E., sons John S. Jr. and Vernon C. Conway, mother-in-law Mrs. Annie Trotter, sister-in-law Miss Anna Trotter.
FamilySearch .
John S. Conway, birth date 9/5/1842, death date 6/10/1924, burial in Gonzales Masonic Cemetery, Gonzales, Gonzales County. Includes newspaper photo and reprint of obituary from Gonzales Inquirer, June 1924.
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Obituary, John S. Conway, "Judge John Conway Prominent Mason Dies in Gonzales," 6/12/1924, p. 4. Death date Tuesday, 6/10/1924.
Houston Chronicle .