Asa Converse

Male9 January 1814–30 April 1898

Brief Life History of Asa

When Asa Converse was born on 9 January 1814, in Bridport, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Lyman Squire Converse, was 31 and his mother, Anna Rand, was 29. He married Thankful McCloud on 5 November 1835. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Plain City, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 30 April 1898, in Marysville, Union, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Plain City, Madison, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Converse
1814–1898
Thankful McCloud
1814–1887
Marriage: 5 November 1835
Maschal Converse
1836–1837
Candace Ann Converse
1839–1920
Albert Newton Converse
1841–1908
Lucy Jane Converse
1845–1916
Elias Converse
1848–1852
Charles Asa Converse
1851–1855

Sources (7)

  • Acy Converse, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Asa Converse, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Asa Converse in entry for Candace Ann Marelock, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 November 1835
  • Children (6)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 5

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

    Age 20

    The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 22

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Old French convers literally ‘converted’, used to denote someone converted from secular to religious life in adult age, or, earlier, a lay member of a convent. The Cistercian and Augustinian conversi were men living according to a rule less strict than that of the monks or canons, engaged chiefly in manual work, with their own living quarters and their own part of the church. They were numerous among the Cistercians in the 12th and 13th centuries, often outnumbering the monks and were, by rule, illiterate. These lay brothers were employed on the monastic manors and granges, where they were liable to fall into the sin of owning private property. They acquired a reputation for violence and misbehaviour (at Neath, in 1269, they locked the abbot in his bedroom and stole his horses) and they were gradually replaced by more manageable paid servants.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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