City: Morristown
CONVERSE, James Booth, clergyman; born Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1844; son of A. and Flavia (Booth) CONVERSE; father’s occupation, minister of the Gospel; paternal grandparents Joel and Elizabeth (Bixby) CONVERSE, maternal grandparents David and Margaret (Cotton) BOOTH; graduated from Princeton, N.J., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, Union Theological Seminary, Va., 1870; married twice, first Queen CAMPBELL, June 30, 1874, second Eva Almeda DULANEY, Feb. 14, 1881; ordained to Presbyterian Ministry in 1871; served as pastor of Drummondstown, Va., 1869-1871; editor of Christian Observer, 1872-1879; evangelist, 1879-1881; pastor Blountville, Tenn., 1881-1887; editor of Christian Patriot, 1890-1895; author of “A Summer Vacation Abroad”, 1879; “The Bible and Land, An Argument in Favor of Single Tax”, 1889; “Uncle Sam’s Bible or Bible Teaching About Politics”, 1899; has contributed many articles to newspapers and is also author of “The American Bible” (notes on Exodus), 1898; “There Shall Be No Poor.”
