Background
Aaron Conrow was born on June 9, 1824, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. His parents moved to Illinois and, in 1840, to Ray County, Missouri.
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Aaron Hackett Conrow
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Career
Conrow was a judge of the first probate court in Ray County during the early 1850s and spent the years 1857-1861 as circuit attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. In 1860, he was elected as a Democrat to the state legislature. A secessionist, he resigned from the state House and enlisted in the Confederate Army when the war began.
He was a colonel in the Missouri State Guards. Conrow was elected by Missouri state troops to serve in the provisional Confederate Congress. The citizens of the Fourth Congressional District elected him to both the first and the second Confederate House of Representatives.
Aaron served on the Finance, War Tax, Currency, Naval Affairs, Ordnance, and Ordnance Stores, and Public Buildings Committees. After the war, he accompanied General M. M. Parsons to Mexico, where he was massacred by Mexican liberalists on August 14, 1865, in Camargo, Mexico.
Achievements
Politics
Conrow was considered a capable and hard-working congressman and was one of the administration's strongest supporters in the House.
Connections
Conrow was married to Mary Ann Quesenberry on May 17, 1848. They had four children.
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Born
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Died
August 15, 1865 (aged 41) -
Resting place
Shotwell Cemetery Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, United States -
Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party
Career
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1857 - 1861