Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Bowman, Edmund 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Edmund Bowman, jeweler on the corner of Third and Mulberry Streets, Sterling, 
was born in Strasburg, Pa., Oct. 14, 1824, and is a son of Joseph and Ann 
Bowman, who were also natives of the Keystone State. He remained at his 
parental home until the age of 20, receiving a common-school education and 
learning of his father the jewelry business. After leaving home, he worked at 
his trade as journeyman in Kennett Square, Chester Co., Pa. He opened business 
for himself the first time in 1853, but subsequently he closed business there, 
brought his stock of goods to Sterling, opened a jewelry house and has since 
prosecuted his business here. His success in this line, as might be expected, 
has been marked. He has a farm of 204 acres three miles from Sterling, besides 
the corner he occupies in business and two dwelling-houses in Sterling. In 
politics he is a Republican, and in the community he enjoys a high and 
honorable standing. May 13, 1857, is the date of his marriage to Maria P. 
Adams, and they have five children living, namely, Frank J., Grant J., Edward, 
Jennie and Louise.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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