Adam Keller Bowman and Martha Elizabeth Berlin

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Husband Adam Keller Bowman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Feb 1854 - Bell Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Bowman (Abt 1825-1912) 1 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hine (Abt 1826-1911) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1889 1

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Wife Martha Elizabeth Berlin ¹

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1 M Romayne Bowman ¹

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2 F Josephine Bowman ¹

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3 F Margery Bowman ¹

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4 M Joseph Bowman ¹

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5 M Edward Bowman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Keller Bowman

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He was reared at home, acquiring his education in the Greensburg, Pennsylvania, public schools. In 1870 he entered his father's store, and some two or three years later was made a member of the firm, the firm name being changed from J. Bowman to J. Bowman & Sons, Simon Bowman also being made a member of the firm. From this time the management of the business was gradually assumed by Adam and his brother. Under their management the business prospered and grew to large proportions, becoming one of the leading dry goods and carpet establishments in Greensburg. In 1898 Adam K. Bowman retired from the firm, and engaged in the manufacture of garment hangers. One year later he perfected and patented a self-adjusting skirt hanger, the sales of which extend all over the United States and foreign countries. In 1902 the business had grown to such proportions that more commodious quarters were necessary, and Mr. Bowman accordingly erected a three-story factory building on Penn street, in Ludwick borough, where the business was then conducted on a large and paying scale.
Mr. Bowman was affiliated with the Democratic party, and served one term as a member of the borough council. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and took a lasting interest in the welfare of that organization.

Of seven children, five were living in 1906.

Vineyard, NJ

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Elizabeth Berlin

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Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 89.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 84.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 65.