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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821.
Pg. 248
EDMUND COGGSWELL CONVERSE was one of successful iron-masters in this great district is Assistant and General Manager E. C. Converse, of the National Tube-works Co. MR. CONVERSE was born Nov. 7, 1849, at No. 5 McLean St., Boston, Mass. His father was JAMES C. CONVERSE, ESQ., now in good health at the age of 82 years, and president of the National Tube-works Co. His mother, who died some years ago, was SARAH ANN PEABODY, of the England branch of the PEABODY family, the original members of which settled in America during the early period in the history of the country. On the CONVERSE side his ancestors came over in the Mayflower with Miles Standish, and settled at Woburn, Mass. The family were of Norman origin, the name being spelled CONIERES, then changed to CONVERS, and then finally changed to the new class of family spelling to CONVERSE...
MR. CONVERSE was educated at and graduated from the Latin school of Boston...He was afterward transferred to their New York branch office...He remained there until 1872, at which time he applied to his brother-in-law, J. H. FAGLER, the general manager, and to his father, the president of the National Tube-works Co., for a position at the new works of this concern then being located at McKeesport, Pa....As a young man MR. CONVERSE was noted for being the most successful pipe salesman in the U. S...The great development of the National Tube-works has rendered it necessary for MR. CONVERSE to take up his headquarters in New York City, where he is now permanently located...
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