Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002 Series: Letters of Resignation and Declination of Federal Office, 1789 - 1974 File Unit: Bowen, Thomas
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Bowen, Thomas Mead, 1835-1906
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Bowen was born near the present site of Burlington, Iowa, in what was then Missouri Territory, on October 26, 1835. He attended the public schools and the academy at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853 and began practicing law. He was married to Margaretta T. Bowen. Bowen moved to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1856 and was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives that year. In 1858, he moved to Kansas. During the American Civil War, Bowen served in the Un...