Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN A. CONWAY
JOHN A. CONWAY.--What progress,
scientifically and commercially, the drug trade in California has effected, is
well demonstrated in the activities and the prosperity of the Oak Park Drug
Company, at Oak Park, Sacramento, whose proprietor is John A. Conway, a native
of the bay city. He was born on June 1,
1875, the son of M. H. and Isabella (Johnston) Conway,
pioneer folks who were joined in matrimony in San
Francisco. They
very cheerfully met the heavy responsibility of living in an earlier era, when
the hard work of state development lay before them; and they did what they
could to make of California a truly Golden State. Mrs. Conway is still living, the center of
many devoted friends.
Trained
in the grammar and secondary schools of San Francisco,
John Conway was apprenticed early to learn the drug business in a practical
way, and afterward he attended college, was graduated and received his
certificate. He came to Oak
Park in 1909, and established this business, in which
he has been so successful. The store was
not adequately equipped for trade when he first took hold of it, for Oak Park
had only a few people in it; but now he carries a full line, attractively
displayed and offered at reasonable rates, and the resident in the Oak Park
neighborhood no longer needs to journey to town for anything in the line of
drugs or accessories.
In
1914 Mr. Conway was married, at Sacramento,
to Miss Rose Cahil, the daughter of a miner, from an
old pioneer family. They both are fond
of the beauties of the natural world in Sacramento
County, and Mr. Conway is an
enthusiast for fishing and hunting. He
belongs to Sunset Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and also to the
Elks. In matters of national political
moment, he prefers the guidance of the Republican party.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 899. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.