U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowman, Samuel W. (1820-1911) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 376-377 Samuel W. Bowman, son of Adam Bowman, born in 1820, three miles below St. George; was a farmer in his earlier years, and worked hard on his father's land. In his twenty-third year he was married to Elizabeth Minear, Children: Virginia C., Lavina S., Charles L., and John C. For four years he was deputy sheriff and was sheriff four years, both of which positions he filled honorably and with ability. For many years he was postmaster at St. George, and was for twelve years a contractor for carrying the U. S. mails, principally from St. George to Rowlesburg and return. He was a merchant for fifteen years, and in the meantime built the Black Water House in St. George, the largest hotel in the county. During the war, Mr. Bowman was a sympathizer with the South, although he saw best not to enter the army. Nevertheless he was considerably annoyed by the Union soldiers at different times, but was never seriously interfered with: has always been a Democrat and an influential man in the politics of the county. Charles L. Bowman, son of Samuel W. Bowman, was born at St. George, Aug. 12, 1847: is of English and German descent: lived in St. George until he was a man, and spent his time working some and clerking in his father's store. Finally he arrived at the conclusion that it was decreed that he should go to the West. He went, and had a bitter experience of it; got sick and received the treatment which sick people are apt to get on the frontiers unless they fall into unusual hands. Bowman had a long siege of the fever, and did not know and cared little whether he would get well or not. But finally he recovered, and came trooping back home, more contented to try his fortune in Tucker. He settled down to business, and in 1874 married Miss Susie D. Gray, of Lancaster, Ohio. Children: Jesse Clifton and baby. Four years after marriage, he started the Tucker County Pioneer. Previous to that, he had run a job press to some extent. He remained in the newspaper business nearly six years, when he quit it and turned his attention to merchandizing. He now owns the store formerly owned by his father at St. George. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 11, Line No. 27) FULL-NAME: Sam'l W. Bowman AGE-AT-DEATH: 91y-6m DEATH-DATE: June 24, 1911 DEATH-PLACE: Parsons MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Retired CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Malignant Bladder ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------