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SANFORD CONVERSE, livery, Plain City, was born in Darby Township, three miles west of Plain City, August 11,
1841, and is the son of Silas and Diadama (Phiney) Bowers Converse, natives of Vermont, the latter being the widow
of Daniel Bowers. Our subject was reared on the farm and attended the district school of his neighborhood. In 1877,
he began butchering, which he followed until 1880, when he engaged in his present business, with Z. Taylor, whom
he has since bought out. He keeps good stock and plenty of it and is doing a thriving business. In 1860, he married
Sarah J. Sherwood, a daughter of Andrew A. and Irene (Beach) Sherwood. They have two children, Silas D. and George
A. Mr. Converse is a Republican and he has been a Constable for twenty years. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and
for seven years was Secretary of that body at Plain City. His father died in 1879, aged eighty six years, two months
and twenty two days. His mother died October 6, 1882, in her eighty sixth year.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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