Bio of BOWMAN, Bradley C. (b.1859), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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BRADLEY C. BOWMAN - Vol III, pg 64-69
Bradley C. Bowman was born in Ladiesburg, Frederick county, Maryland, on the 4th
of August, 1859, and attended the public schools there until he reached the age
of twelve. At that time he put aside his textbooks and began work in a
lumber­yard in Maryland in order to contribute to the support of his father's
family, which had suffered severe financial losses during the Civil war. After
spending three years in the lumberyard he became an apprentice to the
carpenter's trade working for an uncle. He continued active in that connection
until 1880. when he went to Iowa and joined his brother, S. H. Bowman, in
organizing the S. H. Bowman Lumber Company. Extended mention of S. H. Bowman and
the company is made elsewhere in this work. Since that time Bradley C. Bowman
has been identified with the concern and in October, 1915, assumed the duties of
vice president and general manager. After his brother's demise the heavy
responsibilities incident to the conduct of the business and its allied
interests devolved upon him and the flourishing condition of the company today
is attributable to his earnest efforts. Due to ill health the past year he
deemed it advisable to retire from the active management of the large concern
and his resignation was regretfully accepted on the 9th of May, 1923. However,
he turned over, to the succeeding generation-S. H. Bowman, Jr., son of his
deceased brother, and to his own son, Frank W.-a con­cern which will remain a
monument to the splendid executive ability and sound business judgment of his
brother and himself. He is still identified with the enter­prise in an advisory
capacity as vice president and well merits the confidence and respect which are
uniformly accorded him. A sketch of his son, Frank W. Bowman, who is now general
manager of the S. H. Bowman Lumber Company, is given below. Bradley C. Bowman is
a director of the Midland National Bank and also serves as vice president and
treasurer of the Retail Lumbermen's Inter-Insurance Exchange as well as vice
chairman of its executive board. He is vice president and director of the
Revelstoke Saw Mill Company, Limited, of Calgary, Alberta, a director of the W.
C. Bowman Lumber Company of Kansas City, Missouri, and vice president of the
Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company, with sawmills at Oakdale, Louisiana, and La Grande,
Oregon. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of
business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods,
which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.
On the 13th of August, 1878, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Bowman and Miss
Sarah Elizabeth Hyder and they became parents of a son, Frank W. Since age
conferred upon Mr. Bowman the right of franchise he has given his stanch support
to the republican party and the principles for which it stands. His religious
faith is indicated by his affiliation with the Westminster Presbyterian church
and fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to Wheeler Lodge,
No. 398, F. & A. M., of Odebolt, Iowa; St. John's Chapter, R. A. M.; Zion
Com-mandery. No. 2, K. T.; Minneapolis Consistory, No. 2, and Zuhrah Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. He is prominent in every movement instituted to promote the
general welfare and is widely recognized as a public-spirited and progressive
citizen.