Bowen, Mrs. Sue – Bowles, Ada Chastina
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.
Bowen, Thomas M
was born Oct. 26, 1835, near Burlington, Iowa. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1856. In 1861 he entered the union army as captain; in 1862 was promoted to a colonelcy; served throughout the war, rising to the rank of brevet brigadiergeneral. And at the close of the war he settled in Arkansas. He was president of the constitutional convention of 18 and 1868; served four years as a justice of the state supreme court; resigned to accept the appointment of governor of Idaho territory in 1871; resigned the governorship and returned to Arkansas, where he was defeated for United States senator.
He removed to Colorado, where he served for four years as judge of the Leadville district; was elected a United States senator from Colorado, and served during 1883-89.
Bowen, William Manuel Perez
lawyer, was born Sept 8, 1864, in Attleboro, Mass. He received his education in the public schools of Rhode Island, and in 1884 graduated from the Brown university. He has done considerable paper and literary work; and his poems have attracted favorable attention.
He is best known in athletic circles; is on the editorial staff of news- The Triangle, published by the Providence Athletic association, of which he is secretary; he has been a member of the national committee on improvement of highways, and his persistent and arduous labors in advancing the adoption of better public roads are well appreciated. Colonel Bowen is a member of the Masonic fraternity; Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American. Revolution; the Massachusetts commandery of the Loyal Legion; the United Train of Artillery; and various other fraternal orders.
Bower, Gustavus B
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1843 to 1845.
Bower, William Horton
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born June 6, 1850, in Wilkes county, N. C. In 1876 he moved to California and remained there teaching till the summer of 1880, when he returned to his native state. In 1882 he was elected representative in the legislature for Caldwell county; and in 1884 was elected to the state senate. In 1885 he was appointed solicitor of tenth judical district, and in 1886 was elected for four years without opposition. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
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.
Bowers, Stephen
clergyman, scientist, author, was born March 3, 1832, in Dearborn county, Ind. He recruited a company for the sixty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in 1862, and did valiant service for his country. He was ordained in the methodist episcopal church in 1866, and attained distinction as a revivalist.
His early love for science led him to accept a position in the United States geological survey, and for many years he was connected with the California mineralogical and geological survey. He has written extensively on scientific subjects, and is now the editor of the California Voice, of Los Angeles.
Bowers, William Wallace
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1834, in Whitestown, N. Y. He enlisted as a private in company I, first Wisconsin cavalry in 1862; and was discharged from the service as second sergeant Feb. 22, 1865. He removed to San Diego in 1869 and in 1873 was elected a member of the California legislature. In 1874 he was appointed collector of customs for the San Diego district, and held the office for eight years; in 1886 he was elected state senator for four years, and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican.
Bowersock, Justin D
manufacturer, banker, legislator, was born Sept. 19, 1842, in Columbiana county, Ohio. He received his education in the common schools of Ohio. He has been twice mayor of Lawrence, Kas.; in 1887 was a member of the Kan. sas state house of representatives; and in 1896 became member of the state senate, and served with distinction in that body. He is one a of the most prominent business men of the west; and is president of the following institutions: Bowersock Milling company; Kansas Water Power company; Lawrence Paper company; Lawrence National bank; Lawrence Gas and Electric Light company; Commercial club; and the Consolidated Barb Wire company.
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, Oden
farmer, soldier, state senator, governor, was born Nov. 10, 1826, in Prince George county, Md. He was educated at St. Mary's college, Baltimore; and his occupation was that of a farmer.
He was a captain in the Mexican war; frequently served in the assembly and senate of the state; and was governor of Maryland from 1867 to 1871. He was president of the Baltimore and Potomac railway company from the time of its construction, and was also president of the Baltimore City Passenger Railway company.
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.
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, Ada Chastina
minister, was born Aug. 2, 1836, in Gloucester, Mass. At the age of twenty-two she was married to the Rev.
B. F. Bowles, a universalist clergyman, under whose guidance she studied theology. In 1872 Mrs. Bowles was licensed to preach in Boston, and after three years' experience upon the platform and pulpit was ordained and became pastor of the universalist church in Easton, Pa. She has ever since been actively engaged in church, reform and philanthropic work; has been pastor in Marlborough, Mass., in Pomona, Cal., and is now acting pastor of the universalist church in Kingston, N. H. Since 1869 she has been actively at work for the advancement of woman's suffrage. In 1872 she was state lecturer for Massachusetts; has been president of several state, county and city associations for its advancement; was a member of the Pacific Coast Woman's Press association, and for ten years was secretary of the Woman's ministerial conference.