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 . rse jfainil\) Ellen(Munson) Converse, born the2Sth of September 1849, at Laeredale, nearChristiana, Norway, came with her parents to America at the age of six lived with her parents near Vermillion, S. D., from 1861 to 1865 when theuprising of (he Sioux Indians drove most of the settlers from their homes. remained on his claim, vnitil
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 . rse jfainil\) Ellen(Munson) Converse, born the2Sth of September 1849, at Laeredale, nearChristiana, Norway, came with her parents to America at the age of six lived with her parents near Vermillion, S. D., from 1861 to 1865 when theuprising of (he Sioux Indians drove most of the settlers from their homes. remained on his claim, vnitil, learning that a familyof eight persons, onlyseven miles distant, had all ])(>en massacred, he decided to flee for safety. \\ithan ox team and wagon their only means of conveyance, they took what littlehousehold goods (hey had, and in the night, started for Sioux City, fifty milesdistant. Six of the cliildrcn were in tliis flight. The hardships and anxietiesof such a journey need not lie rccduntcd. Ilic fnniily made their way hack, andsettled near Saude,inChickasaw Comity,Iowa. 1 lere the parents of ,Melkior and Martha Munson,died, he in 189;!,and she in 1899. Ikith were buriedin the Lutheran Church CcTucterv nt
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