Nelson Blair Bowman
Husband Nelson Blair Bowman 1
Born: 8 Jul 1807 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1882 Buried:
Father: Jacob Bowman (1763-1847) 1 2 3 Mother: Isabella Lowry ( -1845) 4
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General Notes: Husband - Nelson Blair Bowman
He entered mercantile pursuits with his father and brother; retired from active trade in 1858. He was a director in the Monongahela National Bank and in the Monongahela Bridge Company. He long lived in retirement and elegance at "Nemacolin," an eminence which commanded a fine view of the Mohongahela River and surrounding country,-the same property which his father, Jacob Bowman, bought of Thomas Brown in 1788.
1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 425.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 17.
3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 793.
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Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 457.
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