BENJAMIN F BOWMAN
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BENJ. F. BOWMAN, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Havana; was born in Havana Township,
this county, Dec. 29, 1846. His father, D. W. Bowman, who was born in Tennessee,
came to Illinois in 1830, and settled in Greene Co., and in February, 1845,
removed, with his family, to Mason Co., where they have since resided. His
mother was Elizabeth Ballard. She was born in North Carolina. The subject of
this sketch now resides on the farm, which has been his home since birth. He has
served one term as School Trustee, owns eighty acres of farm land in Havana
Township, this county, and forty acres of timber in Fulton Co.. Ill.
Maintained by Mason County Coordinator
Donna
Mayer