BIO: John D. Bowman, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER XLV.

        EAST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF CAMP HILL.

466  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  JOHN D. BOWMAN, M.D., Camp Hill, is a son of John Bowman, and was 
born, in 1832, in the house where his father and brother, H. N. Bowman, 
now live.  With the exception of the time spent in school and in 
Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Penn., of which he is a 
graduate, our subject remained at home until his marriage, in 1858, 
with Elizabeth B., daughter of David G. Eyster, of Camp Hill.  They had 
seven children, only two of whom were alive when their mother died in 
1870.  One is Florence E., wife of J. W. Baxter, of Harrisburg; the 
other is Joanna, attending Metzgar Institute, at Carlisle, Penn.  In 
1871 the Doctor married Margaret A. Kisecker, of Franklin County, 
Penn., and they have one son and four daughters, all quite young.  
After his graduation, in 1856, Dr. Bowman established himself in 
practice at Camp Hill, remaining over sixteen years, and in 1872 
removed to Harrisburg, where he built up a large practice, which he 
kept up until, his health failing, he removed, in August, 1885, to his 
old home, where he is rapidly recuperating, and where he expects to 
again resume his profession.  In 1863 he was elected to the House of 
Representatives, and cast a vote to give soldiers in the army the right 
to vote.  In 1864 he was re-elected, and served his constituents 
faithfully, when he abandoned politics and devoted himself to his 
profession.  He is prominent in Masonic circles, a member of Eureka 
Lodge, No. 302, and Samuel C. Perkins Chapter, No. 209, of 
Mechanicsburg, and of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, of Harrisburg.  He 
and his wife are members of the Church of God.  He is yet in the prime 
of life, and has plenty of time to add to his already honorable career.  
His old friends and neighbors hope that now he has returned to them, he 
will spend the rest of his days among them.