From the GERMANNA RECORD - Thomas Conway Her husband was appointed by her Brother. General William Rector, to go to Arkansas on a surveying expedition. He settler in Arkansas. His son, Henry Wharton Rector was elected as the first delegate to Congress from the Territory of Arkansas and was killed in a duel. His second . D. James Savier Conway was Governor of Arkansas in1836 and died in 1855. Another son, Elias Nelson Conway was elected Governor or Arkansas in 1852.