Ann Elizabeth Conway (Rector)

Biography

Ann 'Nancy' Conway (Rector) was born on December 12, 1770 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Her parents were Frederick Rector and Elizabeth Rector (Connor).

Ann married Runkle. Together they had the following children:

1. Thomas Sheppard Runkle;
2. Mary A Pelham (Runkle).

Ann married Capt. Thomas Conway on April 3, 1790 in Fauquier County, VA, United States. Together they had the following children:

1. Henry Wharton Conway, Ark. Ter. Delegate to Congress;
2. James Sevier Conway, 1st Gov. of Arkansas;
3. Frederick Rector Conway;
4. Dr. John R. Conway;
5. Eliza Shields (Conway);
6. Judge William Conway;
7. Sarah Garritson (Conway);
8. Thomas A. Conway;
9. Elias Nelson Conway, 5th Gov. of Arkansas.

She died on August 9, 1845 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States and was buried in Mt. Holly Cemetery.

Children

• 1. Thomas Sheppard Runkle
• 2. Mary A. Runkle

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Family 2 Captain Thomas Conway, d. Missouri; Married 11 Apr 1792, Greene County, Tennessee

Children

• 1. Dr. John Rector Conway
• 2. William Conway
• 3. Eliza Conway
• 4. Sarah Hundley Conway
• 5. Elias Nelson Conway
• 6. Thomas Asbury Conway
• 7. Henry W. Conway, d. 1827, Arkansas
• 8. James Sevier Conway
• 9. Frederick Rector Conway

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She was a leader at The First Methodist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas.

She deserves much credit for having survived the times, she braved a wild frontier and helped tame it.

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Inscription

"....were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and zealously served God and each of them died in full hope of a happy immortality"

"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"

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