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JOHN  BOWMAN,  physician and surgeon, Zif, is a native of Clinton County, N. Y., born in Platteburg September 8, 1880, a son of James Mc. Bowman, who was born in Vermont, and died when our subject was small.  The latter attended school in Fort Covington, N. Y., and in 1848, commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Bates, and finished under Dr. Gillis.  In the meantime he attended lectures at the medical branch of the University of Vermont, located at Woodstock, and graduated from this institution in 1852.  He practiced about three years in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and in the spring of 1855 moved to Chicago, Ill., where he resided for about four years.  Here he married Ada E. Donning, and this union has been blessed with three children -- John C., born November 13, 1859, in St. Louis, Mo., and died in Upper Alton March 6, 1883;  James E., born October 14, 1867, and Mary R., born February 14, 1872.  In the spring of 1859, our subject removed to St. Louis, Mo., and practiced medicine until the commencement of the war of the rebellion.  In the spring of 1861, he assisted in the recruiting of two regiments, and was appointed shipping clerk in the Medical Purveyor's office, Department of the West.  In August of the same year, he was sent as Surgeon pro tem to the Seventh Iowwa Volunteers, then at Iron Mountain, Mo.  Shortly afterward, he was ordered by Gen. Prentiss to do duty as Assistant Surgeon to Buell's battery  and the Cavalry  attached to the command, and he was subsequently appointed by Gen. Fremont to the rank of Assistant Surgeon of Volunteer Artillery.  September 25, 1861, he was placed in medical charge of all the troops at Paduoah, Ky., and in the February following by order of Gen. Smith, was put in charge of the general hospital at that point.  In July, 1862, he returned to St. Louis and took charge of a ward in Jefferson Barracks.  January 14, 1863, he was commissioned by Gov. Gamble as Assistant Surgeon to to the Twenty-seventh Missour Volunteer Infantry, and he served with them in the field until the close of the war, after which he removed to Clay City, Ill, and from thence to Wayne County, and has since been engaged in practice.  He has farm property to the extentof 293 acres, and has of late years given some attention to farming pursuits.  He is a member of the Wayne County Medical Society, and in political affairs is a Republican.