When James Levi Bowman was born on 21 March 1857, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Absalom Bowman, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Mariah Hunt, was 32. He married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on 19 January 1880, in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States in 1880 and Clear Creek Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1900.
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Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.
Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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