"James M., son of Jefferson Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, and lived there most of his life. He was killed in a railroad accident at Radford, Virginia in June 1883. He was a farmer and was a man of much character and ability, confining himself for the most part to the care and cultivation of his property, but taking a keen interest in the public affairs of the nation. He married Ruth Alice, who died November 21, 1906, daughter of Andrew B. Arrington a miller of Carroll county, Virginia.
Edgar L., son of James M. and Ruth Alice Arrington Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, November 26, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Tazewell county, spent two years at Tazewell College and three years at the Kentucky University at Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of twenty two he commenced teaching school at Welch, West Virginia and became the principal of the first free school in Welch, West Virginia. In the fall of 1898 he removed to Bluefield and engaged in the general insurance business, a work he has continued with great success to the present time. In 1901, he was appointed clerk to the district court of the United States for Bluefield, and from this appointment he resigned January 1, 1909. On that date he received the election to the clerkship of the county court of Mercer county for a term of six years. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Masonic order thirty-second degree and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Christian church. He married April 14, 1895, Linda Minor, born at Louisa Court House, Virginia, January 31, 1873, daughter of Joseph B. Quarles, a merchant who died in 1909. Children: Mannie Torr, born in Bluefield, West Virginia December 31, 1898. Ruth Alice, born in Bluefield, November 9, 1900. Edgar L., born in Bluefield in December 1902. The children are all attending school at the present time 1913."
["West Virginia and Its People", Vol. 3, p. 1240, by Thomas Condit Miller, Lewis Historical Publ. Co, 1913]
Edgar L., son of James M. and Ruth Alice Arrington Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, November 26, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Tazewell county, spent two years at Tazewell College and three years at the Kentucky University at Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of twenty two he commenced teaching school at Welch, West Virginia and became the principal of the first free school in Welch, West Virginia. In the fall of 1898 he removed to Bluefield and engaged in the general insurance business, a work he has continued with great success to the present time. In 1901, he was appointed clerk to the district court of the United States for Bluefield, and from this appointment he resigned January 1, 1909. On that date he received the election to the clerkship of the county court of Mercer county for a term of six years. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Masonic order thirty-second degree and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Christian church. He married April 14, 1895, Linda Minor, born at Louisa Court House, Virginia, January 31, 1873, daughter of Joseph B. Quarles, a merchant who died in 1909. Children: Mannie Torr, born in Bluefield, West Virginia December 31, 1898. Ruth Alice, born in Bluefield, November 9, 1900. Edgar L., born in Bluefield in December 1902. The children are all attending school at the present time 1913."
["West Virginia and Its People", Vol. 3, p. 1240, by Thomas Condit Miller, Lewis Historical Publ. Co, 1913]
"James M., son of Jefferson Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, and lived there most of his life. He was killed in a railroad accident at Radford, Virginia in June 1883. He was a farmer and was a man of much character and ability, confining himself for the most part to the care and cultivation of his property, but taking a keen interest in the public affairs of the nation. He married Ruth Alice, who died November 21, 1906, daughter of Andrew B. Arrington a miller of Carroll county, Virginia.
Edgar L., son of James M. and Ruth Alice Arrington Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, November 26, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Tazewell county, spent two years at Tazewell College and three years at the Kentucky University at Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of twenty two he commenced teaching school at Welch, West Virginia and became the principal of the first free school in Welch, West Virginia. In the fall of 1898 he removed to Bluefield and engaged in the general insurance business, a work he has continued with great success to the present time. In 1901, he was appointed clerk to the district court of the United States for Bluefield, and from this appointment he resigned January 1, 1909. On that date he received the election to the clerkship of the county court of Mercer county for a term of six years. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Masonic order thirty-second degree and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Christian church. He married April 14, 1895, Linda Minor, born at Louisa Court House, Virginia, January 31, 1873, daughter of Joseph B. Quarles, a merchant who died in 1909. Children: Mannie Torr, born in Bluefield, West Virginia December 31, 1898. Ruth Alice, born in Bluefield, November 9, 1900. Edgar L., born in Bluefield in December 1902. The children are all attending school at the present time 1913."
["West Virginia and Its People", Vol. 3, p. 1240, by Thomas Condit Miller, Lewis Historical Publ. Co, 1913]
Edgar L., son of James M. and Ruth Alice Arrington Bowman, was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, November 26, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Tazewell county, spent two years at Tazewell College and three years at the Kentucky University at Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of twenty two he commenced teaching school at Welch, West Virginia and became the principal of the first free school in Welch, West Virginia. In the fall of 1898 he removed to Bluefield and engaged in the general insurance business, a work he has continued with great success to the present time. In 1901, he was appointed clerk to the district court of the United States for Bluefield, and from this appointment he resigned January 1, 1909. On that date he received the election to the clerkship of the county court of Mercer county for a term of six years. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Masonic order thirty-second degree and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Christian church. He married April 14, 1895, Linda Minor, born at Louisa Court House, Virginia, January 31, 1873, daughter of Joseph B. Quarles, a merchant who died in 1909. Children: Mannie Torr, born in Bluefield, West Virginia December 31, 1898. Ruth Alice, born in Bluefield, November 9, 1900. Edgar L., born in Bluefield in December 1902. The children are all attending school at the present time 1913."
["West Virginia and Its People", Vol. 3, p. 1240, by Thomas Condit Miller, Lewis Historical Publ. Co, 1913]
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