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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 5, January 31, 2021, Article 14

HENRY CLAY BOWMAN (1842-1925)

Here's another entry from the online draft of John Lupia's book of numismatic biographies. Thanks! This is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is collector Henry Clay Bowman of Pennsylvania and Ohio. -Editor

Henry Clay Bowman (1842-1925), was born on October 28, 1842, at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, son of Michael Bowman (1802-1855), and Jane Tennis Bowman (1811-1892).

He served with the Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War.

On November 24, 1872, he married Sophia Sperber (1850-1921), at Des Moines, Iowa. They had six children...

He went into partnership in the crockery business with his older brother Israel Tennis Bowman (1835-1922), in a firm called the Bowman Brothers.

Bowman 1891 August Warner catalog purchase

BOWMAN-1906, Nov 21 Leeds sale bids ABOVE: Bowman's correspondence with the Chapman Brothers, ordering a copy of the Warner priced catalogue, postmarked August, 1891, franked by Scott #220.

AT RIGHT: Bowman's correspondence with Henry Chapman, Jr., sending bids on Henry Chapman's first independent auction the sale of the Leeds collection, together with other information, signed H. C. Bowman, postmarked November 21, 1906, on postal stationery.

His coin collection was sold at auction by Henry Chapman, Jr., on November 28-29, 1913.

He died on December 1, 1925, at Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

To read the complete article, see:
BOWMAN, HENRY CLAY (http://www.numismaticmall.com/numismaticmall-com/bowman-henry-clay)

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