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COLONEL G. SHELDON BOWMAN

Colonel G. Sheldon Bowman, the subject of this
sketch, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, February
11th, 1872, being a son of Alpheus M. and
Marietta Virginia (Killian)
Bowman. At the
age of eleven years he
removed with his parents
to Saltville, Virginia,
where he lived
until 1890, when the
Bowman family removed
to Salem, where
they have since resided.
As a boy, G. Sheldon
Bowman attended the
schools of Augusta
County and the school
of Saltville. Later he
attended the Davis Military
School at Lagrange,
North Carolina.
After locating in
Salem he attended
Roanoke College, graduating from that institution
with the degree of Master of Arts. He then took a
law course of three years in Columbia University.
New York, receiving on competitive examination
a Fellowship in Public Law. After graduation he
took up the practice of law in Roanoke with the firm
of Cocke and Glasgow, where he remained two
years, when he went to South America on legal
business, spending two years there. On his return
he located in Salem, where he opened a law office
and practiced until 1909, when he formed a partnership
with his brother, A. M. Bowman, Jr., under the
firm name of Bowman & Bowman. The firm is engaged
in drawing around it a clientele which assures
to the members future success. Colonel Bowman
is Examiner of Records for the Twentieth Judicial
Circuit, which position he has filled most acceptably
for the past four years. Governor William
Hodges Mann named Mr. Bowman as a member of
his staff, ranking as Colonel of Cavalry. He is a
director in the Bank of Salem, an Odd Fellow, and
a member of the A T Ω college fraternity.