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Bowie, Thomas F

lawyer, congressman, was born April 7, 1808, in Queen Anne, Md. He served as deputy attorneygeneral for Prince George county sixteen years; served three terms in the legislature of Maryland; and was elected a representative from Maryland in the thirtyfourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He died Oct. 30, 1869, in Marlborough, Md.

Bowie, Walter

congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a member of the Maryland convention of 1776; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1802 to 1805.

Bowker, Richard Rogers

journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Massachusetts. He was the editor for some years of the Publishers' Weekly; and the author of Work and Wealth: a Summary of Economics; A Primer for Political Education; Economics for the People; The Library List; and Electoral Reform.

Bowler, Metcalf

patriot, was born about 1730. He was a delegate from Rhode Island to the colonial congress of 1765, held in New York. He was speaker of the Rhode Island assembly in 1774, when the obnoxious royal decree reached Boston closing the port and transferring the board of customs to Marblehead, and the seat of government to Salem. He was thus the first to announce, in a public and official way, the first united action toward resistance to royal authority.

Bowles, Samuel

journalist, was born June 8, 1797, in Hartford, Conn. In 1824 he established The Republican, of which he was editor and proprietor. He died Sept. 8, 1851, in Springfield, Mass.

Bowles, Samuel

journalist, author, was born Feb. 9, 1826, in Springfield, Mass. He was a journalist of Springfield, Mass., and editor of the Springfield Republican. He was the author of Across the Continent; and Our New West. He died Jan. 16, 1878, in Springfield, Mass.

Bowles, Samuel

journalist, was born Oct. 15, 1851, in Springfield, Mass.

He received his education at Yale college and the Berlin university. He is the editor and proprietor of the Springfield Republican, and director of the City Library association of Springfield, Mass.

Bowles, Thomas Henry

underwriter, was born Oct. 16, 1854, in Fluvenna county, Va. He is president of the Life Underwriters' association of Louisiana; delegate from Louisiana to the Trans-Mississippi congress at Denver, Colo.; and has written on the science and practice of life insurance.

Bowman, C. A

educator, college president, was born Aug. 29, 1861, in Dauphin, Pa. This eminent educator and teacher of psychology was president of the Fayette seminary, Oregon, and in 1896 became president of the Albright Collegiate institute of Myerstown, Pa.

Bowman, Ed. Morris

musician, was born July 18, 1848, in Barnard, Vt. He has been president for eight years of the American college of musicians; the editor of Weitzmann's Manual of Music Theory; and from 1887-89 was conductor of the Newark Harmonic society.

Bowman, James Clayton

educator, was born June 11, 1862, near Roan Mountain, N. C. He received his education at the Globe academy, N. C., and at the Grant Memorial university of Athens, Tenn. He built the Bowman academy of Bakersville, N. C., where he is now engaged in educational work. He has been superintendent of public instruction, and has filled various positions of trust in his county and state.

Bowman, Obadiah

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.