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 Bowers, Henry Francis, lawyer, founder, was born Aug. 12, 1837, in Baltimore, Md. In 1871-75 he was county recorder of Clinton county, Iowa; was a member of the city council of Clinton; and for three years was on the staff of Governor John H. Gear. In 1887 he founded the American protective association, and was its supreme president for the first six years of its existence.

Bowers, John M., congressman, was born in Boston, Mass. In 1813 he was a representative from New York to the thirteenth congress. He died in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Bowers, Robert Hood, musician, composer, author, was born May 24, 1877, in Chambersburg. Pa. He is the composer of Rubes and Roses; The Paraders; The Maid and the Mummy; The Vanderbilt Cup; The Hoyden; and other musical comedies.

Bowers, Theodore S., soldier, journalist, was born Oct. 10, 1832, in Pennsylvania. When the civil war began he was editor of the Register, a local democratic journal. He was appointed judge advocate for the department of Tennessee with rank of major in 1863. He was killed March 6, 1866, in Garrison's Station, N.Y.

Bowers, William Wallace, soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1834, in Whitestown, N.Y. He enlisted as a private in company I, first Wisconsin cavalry in 1862; and was mustered out as second sergeant in 1865. He removed to San Diego in 1869; and in 1873 was elected a member of the California state legislature. In 1874-82 he was collector of customs for the San Diego district. In 1886 he was elected state senator for four years; in 1891-97 he was a representative from California to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses.

Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born on Sept. 19, 1842, in Columbiana county, Ohio. He has

been twice mayor of Lawrence, Kan.; in 1887 was a member of the Kansas state house of representatives; and in 1896 became a member of the state senate. In 1899-1907 he was a representative from Kansas to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a republican. He is president of the Bowersock milling company; and president of various other corporations at Lawrence, Kas.

Bowie, George Washington, soldier, was born in Maryland. In 1847 he became first lieutenant in the eighth regiment Iowa infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.

Bowie, James, soldier, inventor, was born in 1795 in Elliot Springs, Tenn. He entered the United States army during the Mexican war; and attained the rank of captain. He, with his brother, invented the celebrated instrument for more than two generations known as the Bowie knife. Col. Bowie fell at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, on March 6, 1836, with Crockett, Bonham and Travis, there being only one hundred and sventy-two men against four thousand men of whom they killed or wounded about one-half. The whole one-hundred and seventy-two died.

Bowie, Odin, farmer, soldier, state senator, governor, was born Nov. 10, 1836, in Prince George county, Md. He was a captain in the Mexican war; frequently served in the assembly and senate of the state; and was the thirty-first governor of Maryland in 1867-73. He was president of the Baltimore and Potomac railway company from the time of its construction; and was also president of the Baltimore city passenger railway company. He died Nov. 4, 1894, in Bowie, Md.

Bowie, Richard Jones, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 23, 1807, in Georgetown, D.C. In 1836 he was a member of the Maryland state senate. In 1840 he was a presidential elector. In 1849-53 he was a representative from Maryland to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses. In 1871 he became chief justice of the sixth judicial circuit; and a member of the court of appeals. He died March 13, 1881, in Montgomery county, Md.

Bowie, Robert, soldier, governor, was born in 1750 in Prince George county, Md. He was captain in the second battalion of the Maryland flying artillery in 1776; and was the eighth governor of Maryland in 1803-05 and in 1811-12. He died Jan. 8, 1818, in Nottingham, Md.

Bowie, Sydney Johnston, lawyer, congressman, was born July 26, 1865, in Talladega county, Ala. In 1903-07 he was a representative from Alabama to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a democrat. He is now a lawyer of Birmingham, Ala.

Bowie, Thomas F.,lawyer, congressman, was born April 7, 1808, in Queen Anne, Md. He served as deputy attorney-general of Prince George county for sixteen years; and served three terms in the state legislature of Maryland. In 1855-59 he was a representative from Maryland to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He died Oct. 30, 1869, in Marlborough,Md.

Bowie, Walter, congressman, was born in Prince George county, Md. He was a member of the Maryland convention of 1776. In 1801-05 he was a representative from Maryland to the seventh and eighth congresses. He died in Maryland.

Bowker, Richard Rogers, journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Salem, Mass. He has been the editor for some years of the Publishers' Weekly, Library Journal and the American Catalogue. In 1890-99 he was