Background
Converse, Francis Bartlett was born on June 23, 1836 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Doctor Amasa and Flavia (Booth) Converse.
Converse, Francis Bartlett was born on June 23, 1836 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Doctor Amasa and Flavia (Booth) Converse.
Educated Philadelphia Central High School, University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Theological Seminary.
Entered Presbyterian ministry, 1862. Began editorial work on the Christian Observer, of which his father was editor, in 1857. Has from then been its editor and publisher and head of Converse & Company, its publishers.
Home: Louisville, Kentucky.
Married Ellen Pollard, 1866.