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HARRY MARTIN CONOVER
Originally published in 1900 |
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HARRY MARTIN CONOVER was born in Manalapan, Monmouth
County, N. J., on the 18th of March, 1867, and descends from some of the
oldest and most respected families in the State. He is the son of William
Stephen Conover, the grandson of Stephen Conover, a great-grandson of
John P. Cowenhoven, and a great-great-grandson of Peter Cowenhoven, who
was the son of William Cowenhoven, who was the son of John William
Cowenhoven, who was the son of William Gerrets Couwenhoven, who was
the son of Gerret Woolferts Couwenhoven, who was the son of Woolferts
Garretson Van Couwenhoven, who came to this country from Amersfoort,
Province of Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1630, `who was superintendent of farms
for the Patroon of Rensselaerswyck, now Albany, and who subsequently
bought a farm at Amersfoort, L. I., and settled there. Mr. Conover's mother
was Nancy P. Martin, and on her side he is the grandson of John S. Martin,
a great-grandson of Ephraim S. Martin, and a great-great-grandson of
Ephraim Martin, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War.
It will thus be seen that Harry Martin Conover descends front some of the oldest families in this country, each generation having distinguished itself in official or private capacities. From these lines of ancestors he inherits those sturdy characteristics which the Holland immigrants brought with them to their new homes, and which still characterize the race. Mr. Conover received his education in Monmouth County, N. J., and in Brooklyn, N. Y. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of the New York Life Insurance Company in New York City and has been associated with that great corporation ever since, holding positions of trust and honor and gaining for himself the confidence of his associates and superiors. Mr. Conover served for five years as a member of the Twenty-third Regiment, National Guard of New York, receiving an honorable discharge. He was with the regiment in Buffalo during the well known strike riots of 1894. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. September 28, 1893, Mr. Conover married Louise Ferdon Kipp. They have two children : David Kipp Conover and Albert Stephen Conover.
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