BIO: ABRAM A. BOWMAN, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 318-319
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    ABRAM A. BOWMAN, one of the representative residents of Silver Spring
  township, Cumberland county, was born in Fairview township, York county, Pa.,
  Nov. 27, 1851, a son of Abraham and Mary (Hart) Bowman, also residents of York
  county.
 
    Grandfather John Bowman was born in Lancaster county, Pa., where he
  followed the occupation of farming. He married a Miss Hurr, of the same
  county, and nine children were born to them: Christian married Miss Coover,
  of Carroll township, York county; John married a Miss Groft, of York City;
  Abraham was the father of Abram A.; Henry married Miss Goodyear and resided
  at Churchtown; Martha married Aaron Firestone and resided in York county;
  Fanny married John Baker, who resided near Churchtown; Mary remained
  unmarried, at home; Annie married Joseph Plough, a retired farmer living at
  Churchtown; Hetty remained unmarried and died in Churchtown.
 
    Abraham Bowman, son of John, and father of Abram A., was born in Lancaster
  county, and when still a child was taken to Carroll township, York county. He
  received a fair education in the schools of York county, and after leaving
  school worked upon his father's farm for some time, but later went into the
  distilling business with his father and brother John. They continued this
  business for a great many years, and were very successful. Abraham Bowman
  married when thirty-one years of age, Miss Mary Hart, daughter of Jacob Hart,
  of Fairview township, York county, and four children came to this marriage
 
    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  319
 
  Martha C. unmarried, is at home; John H. married Alice Best, of Lower Allen
  township; Abram A. is mentioned below; Mary A. unmarried, is at home.
 
    Abram A. Bowman received his education in the common schools of Lisburn,
  attending until he was seventeen years of age. After finishing school .he
  worked upon the farm with his father until he was ready to begin farming for
  himself, in the spring of 1875, near Eberly's Mills, in Fairview township,
  York county. On Jan. 26, 1875, he married Miss Elizabeth Eberly, daughter of
  Samuel and Fanny (Garver) Eberly, of Sporting Hill, Cumberland Co., Pa., and
  two children have been born to them: Bertha E., who died in infancy; and
  Samuel A., who holds a lucrative position with the Cumberland 'Valley
  Railroad Co., at Mechanicsburg.
 
    Mr. Bowman has devoted the greater portion of his time to farming, but was
  a resident of Mechanicsburg for nearly seven years, and has conducted an
  agricultural implement business in that city for fifteen years. He has
  traveled extensively during this time, and has met with gratifying results.
  In politics Mr. Bowman is a Republican, and he takes an active part in
  campaigns. In the spring of 1903 he was elected township supervisor of Silver
  Spring township, which is overwhelmingly Democratic. Fraternally he is a
  thirty-second-degree Mason, and he is a member of the Masonic lodges at both
  Harrisburg and Carlisle, and is past master of the lodge at Mechanicsburg. At
  present Mr. Bowman lives on a fine farm of 128 acres in Silver Spring
  township, near New Kingston, where he has made his home for fifteen years.
  The house he resides in was built in 1774 by a Mr. Junkins, and is a marvel
  of construction, all of the work being done by hand. Mr. Bowman is one of the
  solid, responsible, reliable men of Cumberland county, and one whose
  enterprise and public-spirit well fit him to be a leader.