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BOWMAN, ALBERT, farmer and stock raiser, town 10, range 10, P. O. Rockbridge, was born in Greene County, July 18, 1841; his father, Dr. Daniel Bowman, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., emigrated to Butler County, Ohio, where he married Catharine Meneely, and in an early day they removed to this county. Albert Bowman, the subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm, and received his education at the common schools of the country. In the Fall of 1861, at the age of 20, he enlisted in Co. F, 1st Mo. V. C., for three years’ service; he participated in the various actions in which the company were engaged; he received an honorable discharge in the Fall of 1864, and returned to Greene County; he commenced farming and dealing in livestock, which he followed for the next two years, when he went into mercantile business at Rockbridge. This he followed for two years, when he again commenced farming and dealing in stock, which he has followed to the present time. March 28, 1867, he was married to Miss Ellen J. Vallentine, whose parents were James and Martha A. Vallentine, natives of Massachusetts and Kentucky. From this union they have five children living; one has died in infancy: Lucie M., born March 11, 1868; Lillian M., born Aug. 27, 1870; Clyde A., born Jan. 25, 1874; Harry V., born Sept. 5, 1876; Lynn D., born Oct. 19, 1878. Ellen J. his wife, was born in Greene County, Nov. 25, 1844; finished her education at Monticello Seminary in 1863. She became a member of the Presbyterian church in early life.