Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. B.E. BOWMAN, dealer in agricultural implements, Chandlerville; was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., April 23, 1844, to James T. and Mary (Brown) Bowman; he born in Tennessee, a farmer, and dying in January, 1854, aged forty-seven years; she, also a native of Tennessee, died in July, 1866, aged fifty-four years. She was the mother of twelve children, and of them B.E. Bowman was the ninth. In 1862 he was conscripted into the Confederate army, and served in the 45th Tenn. Reg., under Bragg. He was captured at Look Out Mountain in December, 1864, taken to Rock Island, and stayed until July, 1865, when he went to Mason County, where he worked as a farm hand, and continued until 1869, when he rented a farm in Cass County, where he has since been engaged. He married April 14, 1869, Sarah J. Hash, a native of Cass County, born June 17, 1849, and died in December, 1872, leaving two children, Ella and Arthur, both at home. Oct. 14, 1874, he married Miss Mary Parrott, a native of Missouri, born in 1846, who was the mother of three children, only one of whom is living, Clark E. Mr. Bowman has served as School Director, and self and wife are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat. Bowman Brown Bragg Hash Parrott = Rutherford-TN MO