William C. Bowman

William Chapman Bowman was born on September 14, 1882, near Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.^[2][3] He was the son of Francis Edwin Bowman and Pauline (Chapman) Bowman.^[2] Bowman attended the public schools of Runnels County, Texas, and Belton, Texas.^[2] His family moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1898, where Bowman attended the public schools there for 2 years.^[2] He attended Millsaps College from 1900 to 1904, and graduated in 1904 with a B. A. degree.^[2] He then attended the University of Mississippi to study law, graduating in 1905.^[2] He then started practicing law in Natchez.^[2] From 1916 to 1920, he represented Mississippi's 9th senatorial district as a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate.^[2] He died at 1:30 AM on November 23, 1974, in Montgomery, Alabama, where he had been living for 52 years.^[4][3]