Year: 1860

Died, in this place, on the 9th ult., EDWARD
BOWMAN, in the Both year of his age.


Death has its terrors under all circumstances.
and rarely ever seeks victim, however humble
in life that victim may be- without producing sor-
row; but when the monster visits society and
robs it of one Of its best members the calamity
falls heavily upon all, and vacuum is produced
that it is difficult to fll Such a loss has this
community sustained in the death of Edward Bow
man, Esq


Mr.. Bowman was born in Pike county, in this
State, in 1928. In 1923 his father moved to this
county, where he reared large and highly re.
spectacle family. The subject of this notice,
being strongly attac he'd to his native State. his
collegiate and professional education was acquired
wthinits limits. In 1885, while pursuing the study
Of law in this county, the startling news was re
ceived that our little army on the Rio Grande had
been engaged in two battles with vastly superior
forces in point of numbers against them, and al
though our gallant army had been victorious in
both engagements, yet they were in imminent
danger Of being cut off and surrounded by the





and stripes were unfurled, and the drum was beat
or the enrolment of volunteers to go to the res
cue Of our little army. Mr.. Bowman, with that
patriotic stdor which always animated his noble
heart was among the first to abandon his books
and life of comparative ease and comfort and
respond to the call of his country, and shared in
the tolls, dangers and fatigues of the gallant
First Mississippi Regiment which covered his
native State with laurels rs green as were even
won by high-toned valor and noble daring In
hat pcrilous and trying clmpaign, in an unhos
pitable cline, bis constitution received shock
from which it never covered, ,-the seeds Of that
disease were then planted which finally removed
him fiOm amongst us. On his return to his home,
he renewed the study Of his profession, and was
soon admitted TO the bar His career as a lawyer
was one Of which any NAH might we'll be proud,
and at the time of his DEATH by his legal ability
and fidelity to clients, had gained for him the
confidence of all who knew him. For many years
Mr.. Bowman had been an active and useful men,
Der Of our Town Council, and in that capacity
contributed much to the advancement and pros
perty of the town, objects for which he at all
times chcerfully and zeaously labored. In all the
walks Of life, rs private citizen or in official
position, in the line of bis profession rs hus-
band or parent, as member Of the social OF
domestic circle, he dis charged the varied duties
incident to them, with an honesty and fidelity
that commanded the appreciation and esteem of all.


But he is gone We must submit with what
grace we may. to the stroke that deprived trust
ing and cOnfding wife Of an affectonate husband,
an interesting family of little children of fond
and dOting father, the community of o valuable
member, and the poor and helpless of their best
and most untiring friend. All, all, mourn bis
loss, and deeply sympatbize with the bereaved
family who must of necessity feel the blow most
deeply. May the God "who tempers the wind
to the shOrn lamb" alleviate their sorrows and
soOthe their wounded and broken hearts,