Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Bowman, David 1784 - 1879
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Author: Bennett H. Young

David Bowman,

   One of the unique characters in the early history of Jessamine county was
David Bowman. He was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1784, and settled in
Jessamine county, on Jessamine creek, in 1800. His forefathers in Pennsylvania
were members of the Church of the United Brethren. Mr. Bowman united with the
Presbyterian church in Nicholasville in 1825, and was for more than sixty-five
years a faithful and devoted attendant. At the time of his death in 1879, he was
the oldest member of the church and was the last of the old men born in the
eighteenth century.

   When a young man he became addicted to the use of liquor; resolving to rid
himself of this habit, he went to Lexington and after a three days' walk in the
mud, reached that city. There he received the help of a gentleman, who aided him
to go to New Orleans on a flatboat, and there he took service on a ship, which
plied between New Orleans and Havana, and followed the sea for twelve years, and
accumulated quite a fortune. He returned to Jessamine county, married, and on
twelve acres of land always had corn and wheat, and money to spare.

   For many years he attended church in Nicholasville, coming on horseback, with
his wife behind him. He insisted to the time of his death upon wearing a blue,
spade-tail coat.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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