When Jesse Burchfield Bowman was born on 25 February 1916, in Lawrence Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Guy Bowman, was 25 and his mother, Maybell Garrison, was 20. He had at least 2 daughters with Mary Lou Luzier. He lived in Pike Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 28 October 1992, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bloomington, Pike Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
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U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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