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Submitted: 8/15/14 • Approved: 8/15/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R16584-G0-S3
HISTORICAL STATEMENT 1
BOWMAN CEMETERY (1868 - ca 1921)
John D. Bowman established Bowman Cemetery with the burial of his daughter, Julia Ann Bowman Russell, who died on September 5, 1868. The cemetery contains two fenced family lots. The larger, more elaborate lot, with wrought iron fencing, contains the burials of several members of the John D. Bowman family and their immediate in-laws. Among these are Joseph Russell, a Peters Colony (Republic of Texas land grant given to investors led by William S. Peters) settler, and Dr. Henry Dye, an early frontier physician. The smaller, wire fenced lot contains members of the Bowman family who were related to the Bowman and Russell families through marriage. Several marked and unmarked burials of both African American and European American residents of Plano surround these fenced lots. A variety of gravestone types are represented in Bowman Cemetery. These range from the prominent marble spire markers of many Bowman family members to simpler marble tablet stones and a few modest modern granite markers. Many of these stones are decorated with symbols that convey information such as fraternal organization affiliation and religious or philosophical beliefs typical of the time period. The most recent marked burial in the cemetery is for John D. Bowman’s son, entrepreneur George W. Bowman, who died in June of 1921.
Contributed on 8/15/14 by gasirek
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