Bowler, James Madison, 1838?-1916
Name Entries
person
Bowler, James Madison, 1838?-1916
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Bowler, James Madison, 1838?-1916
Bowler, Madison, 1838?-1916
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Bowler, Madison, 1838?-1916
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
James Madison Bowler was born in Lee, Maine, on January 10, 1838, the son of Edward and Clara Augusta (Smith) Bowler. He was educated in Lee and Falmouth, Maine, and engaged in school teaching and other occupations. In 1857, he left Maine, arriving in St. Anthony, Minnesota, in 1858. While in St. Anthony he was a printer for Croffut and Clark, and he later (1859-1860) taught school in Nininger, Minnesota.
He enlisted in the First Minnesota Regiment, Company E, on August 11, 1861. Before he left for the South he joined the Third Minnesota Regiment, Company F. Bowler took part in most of the major engagements of the regiment, both in the South and in the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War. In 1865 he was made a major of the 113th U.S. Colored Infantry and took part in Reconstruction activities in Arkansas through his muster out on April 9, 1866. The regiment was formed by a consolidation of a number of battalions, including elements of the Third Minnesota Regiment.
Following his army service Bowler returned to Minnesota and engaged in a number of occupations, including farming and railroad construction. The family lived in Nininger, Minneapolis, Bird Island, and St. Paul. Bowler was a representative in the Minnesota Legislature (1878); state dairy commissioner (1891); and Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1896 and 1898.
On November 20, 1862, Bowler married Elizabeth Sarah Caleff, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Justason) Caleff, who had come to Nininger in 1856. James Bowler died on May 17, 1916 in St. Paul. Elizabeth Bowler moved to Crow Wing County, Minnesota, in 1920 and resided there until her death in Deerwood Township, January 24, 1931.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/75768430
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2007055618
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2007055618
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Education
Education
Education
African Americans
Dakota Indians
Students
Students
Farmers' institutes
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life
Railroads
Reconstruction
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Schools
Schools
Schools
Sibley Expedition, 1863
Skene family
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Minnesota
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Confederate States of Americirca
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Lee (Me.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Bird Island (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Brunswick.
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Indian Island (N.B.).
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Brunswick
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Minnesota--Nininger
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Lee (Me.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Maine
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Nininger (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Minnesota
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Indian Island (N.B.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Bird Island (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Nininger (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Confederate States of America
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>