Father: John Wesley Bowman (1808-1860)
Mother: Margaret Elizabeth Staley (1809-1855)
- Educated, Orangeburg High School, Orangeburg Co., SC
10/23/1850 - Farmer, Orangeburg District, SC (lived with his parents and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as "Orin Bowman")
07/14/1855 - Mother, Margaret, died in Bowman, Orangeburg District, SC (buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Bowman, Orangeburg, SC)
1855-1857 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
07/00/1856 - Married, Isabella Elizabeth Limehouse (1837-1920)
1857 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Orangeburg District, SC; preceptor: Dr. William Frederick)
09/20/1857 - Birth of son, Ilderton Wesley Bowman, Orangeburg District, SC
06/19/1860 - Father, John, died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg District, SC (buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Bowman, Orangeburg, SC)
06/23/1860 - Practiced medicine, Orangeburg District, SC (lived with his wife, Isabella, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Orin N. Bowman")
12/21/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Capt. P. A. McMichael's Co., 20th SC Infantry, Orangeburg, Orangeburg District, SC [Note: This company subsequently became Co. B, 20th SC Infantry]
12/30/1861 - Pvt., Capt. P. A. McMichael's Co., 20th SC Infantry
04/30/1862 - Absent without leave as Pvt., Capt. P. A. McMichael's Co., 20th SC Infantry
05/24/1862 - Discharged as Pvt., Co. B, 20th SC Infantry
00/00/1865 - Asst. Surgeon, 14th SC Militia
06/15/1867 - Elected as a Commissioner of Free Schools, Orange Parish, Orangeburg District, SC
09/05/1870 - Farmer, New Hope Township, Orangeburg Co., SC (lived with his wife, "Isabel", and four children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Aran Bowman")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Rowe's Pump, Orangeburg Co., SC
1874 - Member, Orangeburg County Medical Society
1874 - Member, Medical Society of South Carolina
07/00/1878 - Elected 1st Vice President, Orangeburg County Democratic Convention, Orangeburg Co., SC
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Orangeburg Co., SC (lived with his wife, "Isabelle", four sons, and two daughters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Orin Bowman")
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Rowesville, Orangeburg Co., SC
- Member, South Carolina Medical Association
11/09/1892 - Died at his home near Rowesville, Orangeburg Co., SC, "after a long and painful illness" (buried: New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Rowesville, SC)
03/20/1920 - Widow, Isabella, died in Rowesville, Orangeburg Co., SC (buried: New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Rowesville, SC)

Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography. Thanks to Ann for the transfer.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/07/2017. Unpublished database.