Item 10506 - Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880
- Item 10506 - Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880
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Image Info Converse Purington served in the Maine Legislature in 1880 representing Bowdoinham.
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A Republican, he was born in Litchfield and went to sea as a young man, beginning as a foremast hand, and leaving off as a master mariner.
In 1852 went into trade in Bowdoinham.
