Born near Le Roy, Illinois, Conaway received his law degree from Iowa Wesleyan University, and entered the private practice of law in Chariton, Iowa, in 1861.
[1] He moved to Wyoming in 1868, first arriving in South Pass, and relocating to Green River the following year.
[1] On June 21, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Conaway to the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court.
Wyoming was admitted to the Union in July of that year, and Conaway was then elected to the newly established Wyoming Supreme Court in September, taking office when the Court was officially sworn in as such in October.
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