Adelbert H. Bowman, M. D. Biography


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	ADELBERT H. BOWMAN, M. D., one of the popular and able physicians 
and surgeons of the city of Deadwood, is a native of Rock county, 
Wisconsin, where he was born on the 27th of October, 1851, being a son 
of William P. and Charlotte L. (Boynton) Bowman, both of whom were born 
and reared in the state of New York, the former being a son of Thaddeus 
Bowman, who was born in Vermont, of old colonial stock, while the 
maternal grandfather of the Doctor was Ephraim Boynton, who was born in 
Massachusetts, being a descendant of one of the valiant minutemen of 
that state who gave so material service in the cause of independence 
during the war of the Revolution. This honored ancestor was Captain John 
Boynton, who was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, on the 8th of September, 
1736, and he held the rank noted during his service in the Continental 
line. The original American progenitor in the line was John Boynton, who 
settled in Rowley, Massachustts, in 1638, and Captain John mentioned was 
of the fifth generation, having been a son of Joseph, who was a son of 
Joseph, who was a son of Ephraim, who was a son of the original settler 
in Rowley. The father of the Doctor manifested the same intrinsic 
patriotism and loyalty during the war of the Rebellion, in which he 
served as a member of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery during the 
latter part of the great civil conflict. In the spring of 1866 he 
removed with his family to Osage, Iowa, and he and his devoted wife now 
reside in Spencer, that state, where they celebrated their golden 
wedding in 1897, while both are well preserved in mental and physical 
vigor, the father, at the venerable age of eighty years, being still 
actively engaged in the mercantile business. Of their eleven children 
eight are still living, the subject of this sketch having been the third 
in order of birth. 

	Dr. Bowman received his early educational discipline in the public 
schools of Wisconsin, and was about fifteen years of age at the time of 
the family removal to Iowa, where he continued to attend the public 
schools until 1869, when he entered the Cedar Valley Seminary, at Osage, 
that state, where he pursued his studies during the winter months until 
1872. Later he took up the study of medicine under Dr. McAlister, of 
Spencer, Iowa, and in 1876 entered the renowned Rush Medical College, in 
the city of Chicago, where he completed the prescribed course and was 
graduated on the 25th of February, 1879, receiving his well-earned 
degree of Doctor of Medicine and coming forth admirably equipped for the 
work of his chosen profession. He initiated his professional career in 
his home town of Spencer, Iowa, where he continued in successful 
practice until 1887, when he came to Deadwood, where he met with success 
from the start and where he now controls a large general practice as a 
physician and surgeon. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical 
Association, the Iowa State Medical Society, the South Dakota State 
Medical Society and the Black Hills Medical Association, of which he is 
president. In politics the Doctor is arrayed as an intelligent and loyal 
supporter of the principles and policies of the Republican party and 
fraternally he is identified with Central City Lodge, No. 22, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons; Dakota Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Masons; 
Dakota Commandery. No. 1, Knights Templar; and Naja Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. At the time of the 
Spanish-American war the Doctor enlisted as assistant surgeon in the 
First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry, with which he served ten months 
in the Philippines, returning to his home in March, 1899. 

	On the 16th of October, 1886, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. 
Bowman to Miss Ida Potter, who was born in West Springfield, 
Pennsylvania, being a daughter of Riley and Hulda (Austin) Potter, the 
former of whom was engaged in merchandizing at West Springfield at the 
time of his death, which occurred in 1884, while his wife passed away in 
1900. Dr. and Mrs. Bowman are the parents of three children, namely: 
Laura L., Potter and Dorothy.