Biography of David Austin BOWMAN, Crawford County, Illinois

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Copyright 2000  Dan Cheatham

David Austin Bowman

David Austin Bowman was one of three children of Samuel Bowman and Lydia
Gordon Bowman Leach. His sister and brother were Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bowman
Cheatham and Louis R. Bowman. The following biographical sketch is
transcribed from "The Business Directory of Coles County" written in 1883.
(P 684)
 
"D. A. Bowman, blacksmith and general jobber; P. O. Humbolt, Ill.; was
born in Perry Co., Ohio, Dec. 5, 1845. He married Miss Sarah McCravy Oct.
1, 1867; She was born in East Tennessee; They had three children, two living,
viz., Charles A. and Lydia L. He lived in Ohio three years, when, with
his parents, he came to Illinois , and settled near Robinson; In 1860,
he began to learn his trade with Mr. T.J. Sims, Plow-manufacturer at that
place. In 1864, he enlisted in the 135th Ill. Regt., he being the regimental
Fifer; was discharged in November following, and began work at his trade
with Mr. Stifle, of Stiflesville; next worked at Oblong City with Mr. Zugler;
next with Mr. Sentney, in Humbolt; then with Miller & Miller, Mattoon,
and, in August 1866, he began to work in Arcola for Mr. Jacobs, and in
June 1867, he worked in humbolt for Mr. Sentney, and, in October, after
his marriage, he went in partnership with Mr. Jacobs, of Arcola; in 1868
he he worked for Mr. Garrett, in Windsor, and in 1869, he opened a shop
of his own in Arcola; in the fall of the same year , he came to Humbolt
and carried on wagon and carriage making and blacksmithing; in 1874 he
sold his wagon business and rented out his blacksmith-shop, and took a
position at Homer in the carriage factory of Mr. Cusick; in 1875, he returned
to Humbolt and resumed business in his former stand, and, as will be seen,
his nineteen years experience has been such as to specially adapt him to
his specialties of horse-shoeing and plow-work."
 
 
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