C. O. Bowman    

C. O. BOWMAN, attorney, Corry, was born in Brookfield Township, Tioga Co., Penn., March 6, 1825, son of Godfrey Bowman, who received a silver medal from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in testimony of his bravery in the naval engagement on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. Until the age of nineteen, our subject attended the district schools, and finished his education at the Lima Seminary. He commenced reading law in 1845, with R. G. White, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, from which time he practiced in Tioga County until October, 1865, when he came to Corry, where he has since resided. On November 6, 1865, he was admitted to the bar of Erie County; was elected to the Legislature from Tioga County, Penn., in 1862, and from Erie County in 1869; in 1872, was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania; was twice elected to the Common Council of the city of Corry. Mr. Bowman was twice married, first December 19, 1850, to Jane A. Monro, who died June 10, 1877, leaving one child— Eva, wife of William Bruner. His second marriage took place May 4, 1878, with Lizzette Smith, by whom he had two children— Jessie and Carroll O.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.