Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bowman, Jacob W.
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009

Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


JACOB W. BOWMAN the senior member of the firm of Myers & 
Bowman, seed-growers, P.O. Bristol, was born in Bristol 
township, December 10, 1849, and is a son of William and 
Eliza (Shinkle) Bowman.  His parents were natives of 
Pennsylvania and of German origin.  His father is a farmer 
and now living a retired life in Bristol township, being 83 
years of age.  He has been twice married, his wives being 
sisters.  Jacob is the youngest of seven children, and was 
reared on the farm, attending the district school at 
Newportville.  He served two years at the harness-maker's 
trade, and first engaged in business in 1881, as a 
commission merchant in Philadelphia.  In 1883 he embarked in 
his present business in company with James L. Myers.  They 
cultivate fifty acres of land, all in garden seed, and are 
making a success of the business. They attend to the 
business themselves, both being industrious men, and press 
their work with a determination to succeed.  They sell all 
wholesale.  Mr. Bowman was married in 1877 to Sally, 
daughter of Charles and Mary (Book) Myers.  She was born in 
Philadelphia and is of German origin.