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Submitted: 6/11/12 • Approved: 12/7/15 • Last Updated: 12/10/15 • R163758-G0-S3
BOWLER, JOHN A., was born at North Adams, Massachusetts, April 8, 1861. He removed with his parents to Wisconsin in 1867, where he attended school and worked on a farm until 1881. At that time he was employed as a salesman by a machinery house were two years, operating in South Dakota the second year. In 1883 went into the farm machinery business on his own account at Groton, South Dakota, in which business he still continues at that point. From 1885-90 served as member of the city Council or Mayor of the city of Groton. In 1894 was elected chairman of the Central committee of the Democratic party of South Dakota, and reelected in 1898. In 1896 moved to Sioux Falls, and in April, 1899, was elected warden of the South Dakota penitentiary, and assumed to his duties of the office in May following. Mr. Bowler is a genial good fellow, a good citizen, and astute politician, and has a wide circle of acquaintances.
History of Minnehaha County South Dakota
D.R. Bailey 1899 Page 462
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