ELIJAH P. BOWMAN
Elijah P. Bowman, banker and merchant; v-pres. The State Bank of Meeteetse;
(Rep); b. Feb. 2, 1860, Roane county, East Tennessee; s. of William and Mary (Evans) Bowman; educ. pub. schls.
Kansas; student literary department Univ. of Michigan, 1885-7; taught school, Kansas and South Dakota, 1888-9;
entered employ Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins in railway construction work in Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana, 1890;
located first in Wyoming, near Sundance, 1880-5 in livestock business; pres. and manager The McCrea-Bowman Merc.
Co., Newcastle, Wyo.., 1894-6; asst. supt. Cambria mines; near Newcastle, 1896-8; asst. cashier Bank of Newcastle,
1898-1900; engaged in railway construction business with C. H. Sharpe (builders of 44 miles of the Burlington on
Cody branch) 1900-1; established hardware firm of E. P. Bowman & Co., in Meeteetse, Jan. 1, 1902; pres. And
manager since; one of the organizers and v-pres. The State Bank of Meeteetse since 1907; county clerk, Weston county,
Wyoming, 1890-4; postmaster, Meeteetse, 1902-14; mem. 32 deg. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner, Past Grand Master,
Wyo. A. F. & A. M., 1899-1900. Address: Meeteetse, Wyoming.
[Source: Men of Wyoming, By C. S. Peterson, Publ 1915, Transcribed by
Richard Ramos]
JOHN JORDAN WARD
Born in Roane Co. June 14, 1878 of Irish descent; father Wm. Daniel Ward,
farmer and merchant; his mother, before her marriage, Gillie White. Married Jan. 4, 1898 Hattie Cooke. Paternal
grandparents Joseph Daniel and Sarah (Fry) Ward; maternal Joseph White, et ux. Attended the public schools of Roane
Co.; and Seven Island Academy. Member of the Baptist church; Republican; I.O.O.F.; Jr.O.U.A.M. Was elected county
Judge of McMinn Co. in January, 1933; reelected in January 1936, and again in 1937. Has been a member of the McMinn
County Quarterly Court for the past 18 years. Prior to his election as a member of the county court, he was engaged
in the mercantile business at Sweetwater, Tenn., for 12 years, afterwards removing to McMinn Co. His father was
a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War and was taken prisoner at Bell Island where he remained for fourteen
months. Judge Ward is the father of five children; - Mrs. Catherine Redman, Mrs. Helen Haskell, John J., Jr., Albert,
Dixie, and Mrs. Pauline Crabtree, deceased.
Source: Prominent Tennesseans, 1796 - 1938; transcribed by Amanda Jowers
