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Bowman, Charles Wesley

journalist, educator, was born Feb. 23, 1840, in Cape Girardeau county, Mo. He received his education in the private and public schools of Iowa and Missouri.

He served nearly four years as Union soldier during the civil war, and won a first lieutenant's and adjutant's commission. Nearly a a quarter of a century of his life was spent in journalistic work, as editor and publisher; and in 1873 he moved to Colorado, settled in Bent county, where he has filled the offices of superintendent of public instruction and probate judge. For three years he was secretary of the Pueblo board of trade; and for six years has filled the office of county superintendent of public schools, with rare ability and satisfaction.