# Amasa Converse

> Amasa Converse was an American Presbyterian minister and senior editor of the Christian Observer. Converse performed the marriage of Edgar Allan Poe to Poe's teenage cousin, Virginia Clemm Poe.

*American minister and newspaper editor (1795-1872)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/amasa-converse

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1795-08-21
- **Died:** 1872-12-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Amasa Converse was an American Presbyterian minister and senior editor of the Christian Observer. Converse performed the marriage of Edgar Allan Poe to Poe's teenage cousin, Virginia Clemm Poe.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 27.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 64.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Amasa Converse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amasa_Converse)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94492780)

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