Death and Legacy
Conway died from the complications of pneumonia on March 3, 1855. He is buried at the Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, at the site of the old Walnut Hill plantation, near Bradley, Arkansas.
Conway helped establish Lafayette Academy in Greene County, Tennessee.
The city of Conway, Arkansas is named after him.
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