Item 10506 - Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880

Item 10506 - Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880
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Item 10506
Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880
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Converse Purington served in the Maine Legislature in 1880 representing Bowdoinham.

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.

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