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Conoway Scott is a wealthy planter of Ashland Township, whose rise to his present position has been gained entirely through his perseverance and industry. A native of Arkansas, he was born on the plantation where he now resides, July 19, 1867. He is the son of Conoway Scott, who came to Arkansas when a small boy with his parents, about the year 1830. William Scott, his father, settled in Pulaski County, ten miles below Little Rock, and there opened a large plantation, upon which he resided until his death. Conoway Scott, Sr., grew to manhood in this county, and afterward married Miss Eliza Ann Lawson, of North Carolina nativity, though reared and educated in Little Rock. He had opened a large plantation previous to his marriage, which was ready for his bride, and here he passed a happy married life. That plantation is where his family now reside. He opened a place on Arcanum River, a part of it being purchased of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, to which it was donated by the Government. At the time of his death Mr. Scott had one of the finest plantations in the county, improved with exceptional buildings, a cotton gin (steam) and all the evidences of progress and advance that can be seen in all prosperous localities. He was a strong Whig and an anti-slavery man, and of stanch Union principles at the beginning of the war, but after that his sympathies were with the Southern cause. He had at one time several thousand acres of land, but the estate now consists of 2,500 acres, to which the subject of this sketch is the only heir. Mr. Scott’s death occurred in 1866, and his excellent wife, who survives him, has charge of the plantation. She is a lady of remarkable business aptitude, and her management of the estate excites the admiration of all who know her. Conoway, Jr., received an excellent education at the University of Richmond (Ky.), and resides on the home place with his mother. He has good business tact, is industrious and a thorough gentleman.