William B. Conway (January 14, 1805 – December 29, 1852) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1847 to 1849."About the Conways", Daily Arkansas Gazette (March 25, 1874), p. 4.
Born near Greeneville, Tennessee, Conway was the brother of Elias Nelson Conway, 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 at the age of 47, and was buried next to his mother in Mount Holly Cemetery.
See also List of Arkansas adjutants general
References
External links
William Conway at The Political Graveyard