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Bowen, John H

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1813 to 1815.

Bowen, Oliver

naval officer, was born in the last century. He was a revolutionary patriot of Augusta, Ga., and was successful, in the early days of the war, in seizing a large quantity of powder stored on Tybee island, near Savannah, July 10, 1775. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775, and of the council of safety. He died August, 1800, in Providence, R. I.

Bowen, Rees T

farmer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 10, 1809, in Tazewell county, Va. He received an academic education; and was a farmer and grazier.

He was a representative in the legislature of Virginia in 1863 and 1864; a magis trate for several years prior to the war; and the presiding justice of the county court a portion of the time. He was elected to the forty-third congress.

Bowen, Mrs. Sue

author, was born in 1824 in South Carolina. She was the author of Sylvia's World; Gerald Gray's Wife; Lily; and Busy Moments of an idle Woman, a collection of stories. She died in 1875, in Charleston, S. C.

Bower, Gustavus B

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1843 to 1845.

Bowers, Eaton Jackson

lawyer, legislator, was born June 17, 1865, in Canton, Miss. In 1896 he was elected state senator in the Mississippi state legislature.

Bowers, Ezra

journalist, poet, was born Sept. 20, 1863, in Bowersville, Ga.

He is the editor and owner of the American Union, a weekly newspaper which has become very popular in the south. He is the author of a number of poems which have been incorporated in several standard works.

Bowers, Henry Francis

lawyer, was born Aug. 12, 1837, in Baltimore, Md.

During 1871-75 he was county recorder of Clinton county, Iowa; was a member of the city council of Clinton; and for three years was on the staff of Governor John H. Gear. In 1887 he founded the American Protective association, and was its supreme president for the first six years of its existence. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer, and has an extensive practice in Clinton, Iowa.

Bowers, John M

congressman, was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1814.

Bowie, James

soldier, was born in 1795 in Elliot Springs, Tenn. He entered the army during the Mexican war, and attained the rank of captain. He, with his brother, invented the celebrated instrument for more than two generations known as the Bowie knife.

Bowie, Richard I

lawyer, congressman, was born June 23, 1807, in Georgetown, D. C. In 1836 and 1837 he was elected to the legislature of Maryland, in 1840 was a delegate to the Harrisburg convention, called to nominate a president; and was a representative in gress from 1849 to 1853. con-

Bowie, Robert

soldier, governor, was born in 1750, in Prince George county, Md. He was captain in the second battalion of the Maryland Flying artillery in 1776; and was governor of Maryland from 1803 to 1805, and from 1811 to 1812. He died Jan. 8, 1818, in Nottingham, Md.