Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-05-11
DR.. J. A. BOWMAN.
Born in Barnard, Prsctised In Min
neapolis, Died in Royalton.

Grandyiew Farm. Royalton, occurred las
I Saturday afternoon at four o'clock DIR
1 Bowman had suffered three years or NOR,
/ from heart trouble and had returned L
+ his native hills from Minneapolis, MINI.
where he had lived since the close OF hi.
service in the War OF the Rebellion, hop
/ ing by means Of quiet, out-of-door lif'
/ in the country TO recover his health, or Al
/ least 10 prolong his life.
/ Several severe colds in succession precip,
| itated complication OF disorders, whict
resulted m the overthrow of even his phe-
nomenal physical powers OF resistance
On Thursday preceding his demise, IN thl
early hours Of the morning, he was strick'
en- with paralysis, involving the completl
/ left side. He gradually sank TO a coma.
tose condition and Saturday afternoon al
/ the clock struck the hour Of four, the spir'
/ 1t Of this great hearted man peacefully
and painlessly passed TO the other life.
A brief funeral ceremony was held al
the house Tuesday morning at II o'clock
conducted by the Rev. James Hall Long OF
Bethel. Mr.. Longs remarks were elO-
quent and befitting the sad occasion. A
touching tribute of affection was rendered
[ by Prof. Edward Morris Bowman OF New
York, youngest brother OF the deceased
which distinguished the services of the
hour In a rare manner. Following the
comforting passages OF Scripture read by
Rev. Mr.. Long, Prof Bowman, seated al
the organ in the room reserved for the
family, improyised a memorial voluntary
into which be wove some Of the especially
favorite hymns of his brother and also
some others that were loved and used by
the entire family-father, mother and the
three brothers-at family worship in the
childhood OF the latter while they still
lived az the old homestead in Barnard.
Among these familiar hymns were recog-
nized "Abide With Me- "Father, What
e'sr Of Earthly Bliss (''Naomi''l and
''The Last Hope"
The interment was made in the old Gem
etery az Barnard Center, where the re-
mains OF Or. Bowman will sleep beside
those OF his grandfather and grandmother,
Alexander ana Sarah (Anthony) Bowman,
and those OF his distinguished great
grandfather and great-grandmothsr, Rev.
Joseph and Lavinia Baker, Bowman.
This old burial ground is nestled among
the grand old hills and overlooks the
beautiful Silver lake, which he so much
loved and toward which his heart and his
footsteps turned in his declining years.
That particular space in the grounds
where rest the remains Of the Bowman
generations is shaded by stately pines,
elms and naples. planted long years ago
by the hands OF Joseph Bowman, father OF
DIR. Bowman. What grander or more ap-
proprlate mausoleum could be imagined !
The funeral was in charge OF DR.. Bow
mans lifelong friend. Albert II. Beedle OF
Randolph, and other old friends and
neighbors rendered the last service as pail
bearers. Among them were Hon. NJ. A.
Chandler, Captain b. +. Bowman, Edwin
Bigelow and Frank Gilman.
DR.. Joseph Anthony Bowman was the
eldest child OF Joseph and Asenath { Bar
rett) Bowman and was born June 10, 1887,
in Barnard, this state. He was educated
IN sne district schools OF his town. sup
piemented by a course at Newbury acaoe-
my. he studied the profession OF dentis-
try with Dr. II. n. Roberts OF Ludlow, VT,
and praCticed at Canton, st. Lawrence Co.,
y. Y, and Minneapolis, Minn., nearly so
years. He achieved eminence and a COM
petence in his profession and was recog-
nized as one Of the most skillful operators
in this country.
In whatever circle he found himself,
there his keen intelligence, store OF knowl-
edge and experience and his exhaustless
humor and phenomenal temperament were
willingly acknowledged and his leader
ship gladly endorsed. II was said of him
in Minneapolis that as he drove into town
Of morning from his country home, abe
spread a swath Of sunshine the whole
width OF the street, No citizen OF that
Western metropolis was more popular
than he or win be more lamented than he,
for no truer characterization OF him than
the above phrase could have been uttered.
DIR. Bowman and his wife, Mary Jenison
Bowman, and her sister, Miss Sarah A..
Jenison, came to their beautifully located
home in Royalton, Grandview Farm, last
September, and in these few months have
won place in the hearts Of their neigh
bors and the people Of Bethel and Royal
ton that causes them to regard his death
almost as r,erSOuaI affiicfiOu His Wild
ow, her sister and his two brothers, DR..
George A. Bowman OF st. Louis and Pro-
fessor Edward NJ Bowman Of New York,
survive him. Both brothers and the wife
Of Prof. Bowman were present at the fu-
neral.