H. L. Bowman and Jessie Ardary

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Husband H. L. Bowman ¹

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           Born: 31 May 1878 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jonathan Bowman (1836-1898) 3
         Mother: Eliza Rowles (      -Aft 1911) 4

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       Marriage: 23 Jul 1897 2

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Wife Jessie Ardary ²

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         Father: James Ardary (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Martha Price (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M [Infant] Bowman ²

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2 M Cyrus F. Bowman ²

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General Notes: Husband - H. L. Bowman

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He attended school in Pike township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and later was a student in the Kerrmoor Normal School. After marriage he settled at Olanta and subsequently bought a farm from William Bloom, making a number of improvements and remodeling the buildings.
He was a prominent Democratic politician in that section and was State fire warden for his district. He was a justice of the peace for ten years and was also tax collector for the same length of time. And at one time he was a candidate for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket.
He was a member of a number of fraternal organizations, belonging to the Elks, the Eagles, the Moose and the Red Men, and was also identified with the local Grange.

1 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 423.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 424.

3 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 758.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 423, 758.