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 . 183S; was graduated from the Univer-sity of Petmsylvania in 1856. He studied law in the office of Hon. Daniel Rob-erts of Burlington, Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in Burlington in practised law hi Burlington, Vt., until he removed, m 1862, to Washington,1). C, where he was a clerk in the Treasury Department. In 1870 he made hisiiomc in Ph
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 . 183S; was graduated from the Univer-sity of Petmsylvania in 1856. He studied law in the office of Hon. Daniel Rob-erts of Burlington, Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in Burlington in practised law hi Burlington, Vt., until he removed, m 1862, to Washington,1). C, where he was a clerk in the Treasury Department. In 1870 he made hisiiomc in Philadelphia, where he was employed in the office of the Baldwin Loco-motive Works until 1882, when liis love for music and his attainments as a mu- ZIbc alien jfamil\? 797 sical artist led him to adopt music as a profession, teaching the violin and violon-cello. He excelled as a violoncellist, and was leader of the West Philadeli)hiaAmateur Orchestra,first violoncellist Pliilharmonic Orchestra,Philadelphia,from1896 to present time (1901), and made a speciahy of solos at small , first, in Washington, D. C, 28 July 1862, Maria Augusta Hepburn,born in Georgetown, D. C, 6 June 1838, tiled in Philadelphia, Pa., 26 January.
Size: 1372px × 1821px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidsomeofancestorsd00conve
