Herman Bowmar, Jr.

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c1805

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1863-07-23

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"Herman Bowmar, Jr." in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015829, (accessed May 7, 2024).

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Woodford County, Kentucky, attorney and county court clerk. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Son of Herman Bowmar, Senior, and Frances Adams Bowmar. Married to Emeline Tunis Bowmar. Father of Louisa Bowmar, Henry Bowmar, Joseph Marshall Bowmar, Daniel Mayes Bowmar, and Robert Bowmar. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Resident in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1840. County court clerk in Woodford County in 1850. County court clerk in Woodford County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Woodford County in 1860. Member and Grand High Priest of the Masonic order. Died in Woodford County on July 23, 1863.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 230.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 428B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 431A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles, p. 833.
"Died," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 15, 1848, p. 2.
E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Volume 2 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912) 903-04.
"Henry Bowmar (Unknown)," Find A Grave, Memorial #187530088, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187530088.
"Herman Bowmar Jr. (1805-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial #144819443, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144819443.
"Louisa Bowmar (Unknown)," Find A Grave, Memorial #187530093, accessed September 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187530093.
William Edward Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Print, Co., 1928) 85-86.

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