Some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Converse, jr., of Thompson parish, Killingly, Conn.; Major James Convers, of Woburn, Mass.; HonHeman Allen, MC., of Milton and Burlington, Vermont; Captain Jonathan Bixby, srof Killingly, Conn . d at Mt. Sterling, Wis. Mrs. Hamiah (Converse)Tower has for majiy years resided at Suttou, Neb. Children:Edna Gertrude Tower, b. 18 Aug. Veke Charlotte Tower, b. 2 Nov. Marie Tower, b. 20 Aug. 1891. 413. SAMUEL AMBROSE CONVERSE iWiUard\244), Amasa; Robert;John; John; Maj. James; Licid. James; Deacon Edward^), born in ]\Iarlborough,N. IL,
Some of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Converse, jr., of Thompson parish, Killingly, Conn.; Major James Convers, of Woburn, Mass.; HonHeman Allen, MC., of Milton and Burlington, Vermont; Captain Jonathan Bixby, srof Killingly, Conn . d at Mt. Sterling, Wis. Mrs. Hamiah (Converse)Tower has for majiy years resided at Suttou, Neb. Children:Edna Gertrude Tower, b. 18 Aug. Veke Charlotte Tower, b. 2 Nov. Marie Tower, b. 20 Aug. 1891. 413. SAMUEL AMBROSE CONVERSE iWiUard\244), Amasa; Robert;John; John; Maj. James; Licid. James; Deacon Edward^), born in ]\Iarlborough,N. IL, 3 January 1843; received a common-school education, and, ui additionthereto, devoted several winters to study and readmg at home. In the winterof 1800 and 1801, he taught the first winter school ever kept in the Bohemiansettlement in the western part of Sunmer Township, \\innesheik Co., la. T)ieschool house was a vacant stone dwelling house, of one large room. The onlyfloor was the eartli, packed liard and smooth. The floor overhead was made of (012) Zbc Converse jfamil\) ci;! flat, s])lit rails, covered smoothly witli clay dug from a bank near by. Duringthe next fom- years, he taught three terms of district school At Freeport, T\in-.
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