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manufacturers in the south. He was the founder of Converse college of Spartansburg, S.C. He was a descendant of Captain Pain Converse, an officer in the American army during the revolutionary war. Converse, Charles Crozat, lawyer, musical composer, author, was born in 1832 in Warren, Mass. He studied law and music in Leipzig,

Conroy, Michael F., congressman. In 190911 he was a representative from New York to the sixty-first congress as a democrat. Conry, Joseph A.,

lawyer, congressman,

He is a successful lawyer has been president of the Boston common council; and chairman of the Boston board of aldermen. In 1901-03 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fifty-seventh congress. Constable, Albert, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a presidential elector in 1832; and in 1845-47 he was a representative to the twenty-ninth congress, and elected judge of the circuit court of Maryland in 1851. He died in September, 1855, in Camden, N.J. Contee, Benjamin, soldier, clergyman, congressman, was born in 1755 in Maryland. He became a clergyman of the protestant episcopal church. In 1776 he was an oflBcer in the third Maryland battalion. In 1787-88

he was a representative from Maryland to the continental congress and in 1789-91 he was a representative to the first congress in which body he voted in 1790 for establishing the seat of government on the Potomac. Subsequently he became the presiding judge of the Charles county testamentary court. He died Nov. 3, 1815, in Charles county, Md. Converse, Amasa, clergyman, journalist, was born in 1795 in Virginia. He founded the Christian Observer. When the civil war began he removed his paper to Richmond, Va.; and after the war to Louisville, Ky., where it continued to be the organ and exponent of the southern presbyterian church. He died Dec. 9, 1872, in Louisville. Converse, C, educator, lawyer,. public official, was born near Iowa City, Iowa. In 1884 he graduated from the law department of the Iowa state university. For several years he was professor and superintendent of the high school of Mariposa, Cal.; and for three years was a member of the board of education of Mariposa county. He has attained success in the practice of law; for three years was president of the board of education of Avoeo, Iowa; and for four terms was city attorney of that city. In 1894 he was u, member of the examining board ot graduate classes of the Iowa state university. In 1901 he was Iowa's commissioner to the South Carolina interstate and West Indian exposition. Converse, Dexter Edgar, manufacturer, founder. He was one of the largest cotton

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1861 graduated from the Albany law school with the degree of LL. B. and subsequently received the honorary degree of LL.D. from

was born on Sept. 12, 1868, in Brookline, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of Massachusetts. of Boston, Mass.;

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Rutherford college. He has composed symphonic, church and other music; and his American overture for full orchestra was played at the World's Columbian exposition by Theodore Thomas' or-

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and since in York by Anton Seidl's orchestra. He assisted in preparing chestra,

the Standard dictionary. He is the author of Sayings of Sages; and various other works. Converse, Edward, pioneer, founder, was

born in England. In 1630 he came to Massachusetts in the ship Lion with Winthrop; settled in Charleston; and established the first ferry to Boston. He was one of the founders of Woburn; established the first church there; and was made deacon. In 1660 he was deputy to the general court. He died Aug. 10, 1663, in Woburn, Mass.

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Converse, Frederick Shepherd, musician, composer, was born Jan. 5, 1871, in Newton, Mass. Since 1905 he has been assistant professor of music at Harvard college. He is the composer of Festival of Pan; Night and

Day; Three Love Songs; Silent Noon; The Mystic Trumpeter; and other songs. Converse, George Albert, naval officer, was born May 13, 1844, in Norwich, Vt. In 1865 he entered the united States navy; and in 1899 attained the rank of rear-admiral. Since 1904 he has been chief of the bureau of navigation.

Converse, George L., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 4, 1827, in Georgesville, Ohio. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1860-63; state senator in 1864-65; again in the lower house of the legislature in 1873-76, serving as speaker in 1873-74. In 1879-85 he was a representative from Ohio to the fortysixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. He died March 30, 1897, in Columbus, Ohio.

Converse, Mrs. Harriet Maxwell, author, was born in 1846 in Elmira, N.Y. She was the author of Sheaves, a collection of verses; The Religious Festivals of the Iroquois Indians; and Mythology and Folkpoet,