Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-08-10
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has Awakened feeling OF profound sorrow
throughout oor whole State. not only among |
the members o. the denomination Of which be |
was n shining ornament, and to whose SER |
vice he was devotedly attached, but among ell
classes OF citizens, to whom he bad endeared |
himself by his exemplary department, his ma.
ny Christian virtues, his amiable and com.
nindng character, ard bis superior talents.
He was son Of NJ sjot Bowman, Of Wilkes. !
barre, Pepnsylvanie, distinguished officer Of
the Revolutionary army, and wss born 10 the !
year 1900. 1t was originally his Intention to
embrace the legal profession, but. after devo.
| ting considerable time to the study OF law,
his naturally strong devotional feelings were
intensely aroused by the sudden death Of his
father, and be was thus led to assume the ga.
cred calling for which be was pre.eminently
fitted. After proper preparation, he was or.
daioed Deacon 10 this city BY Bishop White,
10 the year 1898. and ct once took charge Of
st. Johns Church, at Piqus, Lancaster
county. In 1924, he vas ordained Q priest
In October, 1925, be became rector Of Trinity
Church, Eas,op, as we'll ss sf q newly estab.
cd congregation at Allentown. Pc. 10 1928,
be became the rector OF St. James Church,
in Lancaster, which position he continued to
bold up to the period Of his election ss As.
sistaut Bishop, 10 1865, ami 60 deeply was
that congregation attached to him, that they
would not permit bis pastora, connection with
them to be dissolved. even after that event
They insisted upon his continued residence at
their parsonage, that be should devote as much
special attention to them as his other srdu.
ous duties would permit.
10 lS48, DIR. Bowman was elected Bishop Of
the Diocese Of ludiana, but, being warmly at.
tacbed to his congregation, be declined TO &C.
cep. that position. The failing health Of
Bishop Potter, and the arduous duties con-
npcted with this Diocese, induced the Epsco-
pal Convention, which met in this city 10 May,
1858, to elect an Assistant Bishop. The
contest was a very animated one, the division
OF sentiment which existed in relation to what
is populurly termed the High Church and
Low Church feeling giving it peculiar inter-
est. Those whose proclvties we're OF the
: former character generally preferred DR.. Bow.
man, and most Of the Others preferred Dr.
; Viuton or DR.. Stevens. After fifteen close
! ballots, DR.. Bowman withdrew his name. and
| moved that o committee OF six clerRymeh be
: appointed TO name o suitable candidate. A
recess was taken, and on the reassembliDg OF
the Convention the committee said they would
withhold their report until another ballot
T 1.-THE sixteenth) was taken. 1t resulted 10 the
. . selection Of DR.. Bowman, the vote being as
follows: DR.. Bowman, rs; DR.. ViDton, 63 !;
= Dr. uure, / blank, /. He was coosecrsted
y = at Christ Church, in this city, on the 25th OF
u August 1858.
e But short time ago some Of bis friends
J urgeutly solicited bin to epend portion oil
this summer at Atlantic City, and had he Ia.
;. ken their advice his life might still have been
d spared. But duty summoned bin TO another
n quarter aud he would not neglect its CALLS
The xcitement in the western portion OF the
d State, caused by the discovery Of subterrsoe
- an oil in that region, attracted thither large
q emigration, and several new Episcopal church
es had been built, which be was called upor
to cousecrste. 1t was during q journey te
Is Butler, Pennsylvania, for this purpose, thai
10 his death occurred under circumstances Of q
,e peculiarly distressing character. His last eer
a, mon, we believe, was delivered in St. James
Church, 10 Lancaster, Cd Sunday, the 2Stt
III ult and q day or two afterward be proceeded
to Pit.sburg. He feft that city at an early
hour on Saturday morning on the train OF tb'
Allegheny Valley Railroad for Butler. Thi
+, route is somewhat circuitous one, but h'
~ preferred it because il shortened the stage rid
= necessary to reach that town. When the reg
). ular train bad proceeded nineteen miles frou
,,. Pittsburg, IFS further progress was arrested
h. by some damage to the road, which had beeI
. caused by heavy rain, ard which wOrkmei
80 were repairing. A hand car, which coul'
'' carry but a limited number of passengers, va
could accommodate. and DR.. Bowman va
z urged to get on it, but he declined to do sc
= and, with O number OF his fellow-travellers, b
no preferred to walk to the point, some thre
S miles distant, where they could again ente
81 the cars Of regular train Tor stage) Th
81 hand car and the pedestrians started simults
400 neously, but when they arrived at their dest
As nation it was noticed that one passenger wa
missing, and the others started at once, with
l out him. The band car started to return t
20 the place where the first detention occurred
Immediately, but when the man 10 charge {
l 1t reached a point about mile from bis dest
nation, be saw body lying by the roadsid
and 10 an unnatural position, and bis curos
ty being excited. he stopped to examine i
when be found it was q corpse. Going bac
to the breach 10 the road he found there M
Frankln Wright, the engineer. who superb
tended the repairs which were being msd
who recognized the corpse as the mortal rt
mains Of DR.. Bowman, whom be had obser'
ed on the train, but who was probably uI
known to his fellow passengers. and who's
death was so sudden that he had 10 friend
cheer his last hours, aud no one to wltne:
the departure of bis spirit or the brightt
- and better world for which bis exemplary c.
77o reer, so far as human minds can judge, pee
aid isrly fitted him.
His remains we're promptly sent back
Pit,sburg, and from that city Forwarded
Lancaster on Sunday morDiug. IT is suPpo
ed that be died between S and o'clock on Ss
a., urday morning, aud it is believed his dea
oD or was caused by upoplexy. When bis boz
'aa was found a slight scratch was perceptible {
his nose. caused by the fall, and he had app
reptly wetted bis hapdkerchief and placed
isb in his hat, TO relieve himself from pain
his head His countenspcs presented q We
natural appearance. He will be buried
ms nus Lancaster, at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
4 to DIR. Bowman was twice married. His fir
; 70 wife was Miss Sitgresves. OF WilkesbsrI
III" and bis second wife (who died some yea
y. agol was a daughter of Rev. Jos. Clsrkso
D. of Lancaster county. A daughter, is the O
- LIZ descendant who suryiYes him. Pres,