Marquis Mills Converse

Marquis Mills Converse was the founder of the Converse Rubber Shoe Company. He was the son of Peter Mills Converse and Sarah Speare Converse. At the age of 47, after having previously been a manager at a footwear manufacturing firm, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in February 1908 in Malden, Massachusetts. The company was a manufacturer of winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women and children.