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Dr Thomas Michie Bowyer

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Dr Thomas Michie Bowyer Veteran

Birth
Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Sep 1900 (aged 70)
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section Longwood, Block 20, Lot D, Space 2nd SW
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Source: Thirty-First Annual Session of the Medical Society of Virginia held in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 23-25, 1900, 1901, Williams Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Thomas Michie Bowyer was born in Botetourt county, Va., February 22, 1830, and died at Battle Creek Sanitarium, Mich., September, 1900. He received a classical education at University of Virginia, and afterwards graduating in medicine from medical department in 1852. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1853. Dr. Bowyer was elected a member of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872, and on account of his eminent services rendered this body, was elected an honorary fellow in 1895. He was up to 1889 member of the Medical Examining Board of Virginia; was mayor of Bedford City for seven years, in which city for many years he enjoyed a fine and well deserved reputation, both as a general practitioner and surgeon. He practiced his profession for a while in Roanoke, Va. For the last few years he was located at Santa Rosalia, State of Chihuahua, Mexico. In the Confederate army Dr. Bowyer was major of artillery, appointed inspector of military companies by Gen. R. E. Lee; attached to staff of General F. S. C. Breckenridge and General Kemper. His contributions to medical literature, while not numerous, were of considerable value, notably one paper, "Remarkable Case of Laparotomy, Va. Med. Mo., 1880. Dr. Bowyer was twice married, but has no living children. His final resting place was in Logwood [sic] (should be Longwood) Cemetery, at Bedford City, Va.

Father: Henry Morton Bowyer, 1801-1893

Mother: Sarah Radford Preston Bowyer, 1806-1848

Brothers & Sisters:
William Preston Bowyer
Jane Bowyer (died young)
John Preston Bowyer, 1831-1849
Susan Preston Bowyer Thomson, 1832-1856
Dr. James Hubard Bowyer, 1834-1911
'Lulie' Sarah Lewis Bowyer Meredith Douglas, 1837-1925
Elizabeth Preston Bowyer

Half Brothers & Sister:
Radford Bowyer, 1856-1856
George Wilmer Bowyer, 1861-1928
Mary B. Bowyer
Robert Preston Bowyer, 1865-1915

Wife: 'Kate' Catherine Steptoe Burwell Bowyer, 1833-1890

Child: Lillian Bowyer Campbell, 1861-1896

Wife: Edith Marian Bradley Nicholl Bowyer Lewis, 1852-1938
Source: Thirty-First Annual Session of the Medical Society of Virginia held in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 23-25, 1900, 1901, Williams Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Thomas Michie Bowyer was born in Botetourt county, Va., February 22, 1830, and died at Battle Creek Sanitarium, Mich., September, 1900. He received a classical education at University of Virginia, and afterwards graduating in medicine from medical department in 1852. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1853. Dr. Bowyer was elected a member of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872, and on account of his eminent services rendered this body, was elected an honorary fellow in 1895. He was up to 1889 member of the Medical Examining Board of Virginia; was mayor of Bedford City for seven years, in which city for many years he enjoyed a fine and well deserved reputation, both as a general practitioner and surgeon. He practiced his profession for a while in Roanoke, Va. For the last few years he was located at Santa Rosalia, State of Chihuahua, Mexico. In the Confederate army Dr. Bowyer was major of artillery, appointed inspector of military companies by Gen. R. E. Lee; attached to staff of General F. S. C. Breckenridge and General Kemper. His contributions to medical literature, while not numerous, were of considerable value, notably one paper, "Remarkable Case of Laparotomy, Va. Med. Mo., 1880. Dr. Bowyer was twice married, but has no living children. His final resting place was in Logwood [sic] (should be Longwood) Cemetery, at Bedford City, Va.

Father: Henry Morton Bowyer, 1801-1893

Mother: Sarah Radford Preston Bowyer, 1806-1848

Brothers & Sisters:
William Preston Bowyer
Jane Bowyer (died young)
John Preston Bowyer, 1831-1849
Susan Preston Bowyer Thomson, 1832-1856
Dr. James Hubard Bowyer, 1834-1911
'Lulie' Sarah Lewis Bowyer Meredith Douglas, 1837-1925
Elizabeth Preston Bowyer

Half Brothers & Sister:
Radford Bowyer, 1856-1856
George Wilmer Bowyer, 1861-1928
Mary B. Bowyer
Robert Preston Bowyer, 1865-1915

Wife: 'Kate' Catherine Steptoe Burwell Bowyer, 1833-1890

Child: Lillian Bowyer Campbell, 1861-1896

Wife: Edith Marian Bradley Nicholl Bowyer Lewis, 1852-1938


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