Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Bowman, John W. 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 27, 2006, 10:23 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOHN W. BOWMAN. To have retired from active life on a farm means that one has arrived at the point of affluence, which cannot but render great satisfaction to one so fortunate, since the accomplishment of anything undertaken, no matter in what direction, gives to the performer a certain amount of pleasure. To John W. Bowman, the subject of the following biographical sketch, has come that just reward so deservedly due him, in view of the fact that while building up his own fortune he has also been instrumental in the advancement of the interests of his own township. John W. Bowman, retired farmer, Camden, Indiana, was born on April 26, 1849, in Jackson township, and is a son of Charles A. and Sarah (Wilson) Bowman. He was reared on his father's farm, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. His education was obtained at the district schools. Mr. Bowman has directed his attention to general farming and stock raising, dealing principally in cattle and hogs, which business has proved a money-maker for him. Politically, he has always been a loyal advocate of Republican policies, and has been active in local politics, serving as justice of the peace in Jackson township for four years. Fraternally, he is allied with the Camden Lodge No. 151, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and is also a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran church, of Camden. He is one of the directors of the Farmers State Bank of Camden, of which John V. Shanks is president, the directors being John V. Shanks, Alonzo L. Doyle, John W. Bowman and O. W. Wyatt. Charles A. Bowman was born in 1814, in Berkeley county, Virginia, and was a son of George Bowman. In his younger days he learned the tailor's trade in Virginia, and established a shop at Delphi, Indiana, which he conducted for several years. His wife, Sarah (Wilson) Bowman, was a daughter of William Wilson, who came from Ohio. She was reared at Delphi, Indiana, and at the time of their marriage, they settled on the farm now owned by John W., and where Mr. Bowman died. This union was blest with four children, George N., who died at the age of sixteen years; Jane E., who is the widow of William Hanaway, and lives at Delphi, Indiana; John W., the subject of this sketch, and Henry B., who died at the age of six months. George Bowman, the paternal grandfather, lived and died in Berkeley county, Virginia. William Wilson, the maternal grandfather, came from Ohio to Indiana at an early date, and settled in southwestern Indiana, coming from there to Delphi, where he entered land which is the present site of Delphi, and in order to secure the county seat, donated forty acres of his land, which covered a large scope of territory around Delphi, consisting of about one thousand acres. His children were: William, Elizabeth, Anna, Sarah, Nathaniel, and one who died in infancy. John W. Bowman was united in marriage on January 12, 1898, with Anna F. Eschker, daughter of William and Matilda (Hyman) Eschker. She was born on December 23, 1853, in Camden, Indiana, and was first married to Rev. John L. Guard, July 2, 1874, who died on October 18, 1895, leaving no children. Mrs. Bowman has lived nearly all her life in Camden, where she became a member of the Lutheran church. William and Matilda (Hyman) Eschker, parents of Mrs. John W. Bowman, were natives of Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1839, settling at Camden, Indiana. The qualities of high personal character and his splendid business ability have placed Mr. Bowman in a position of high esteem throughout the entire community in which he resides, and where he has spent the best years of his life. His fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, located in section 19, is known as the "Bachelor Run Stock Farm." Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/bowman122bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb