. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. oftheir father. Both the General and his wife enjoy the esteem of all whoknow them and the respect of a large number of friends. They have abeautiful home in which to spend the evening of their days and are mostworthy representatives of Seattle. The General is as true and loyal to hiscountry in all matters pertaining to her welfare and protection as he was inrhe dark hours of peril when he followed the starry banner o
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. oftheir father. Both the General and his wife enjoy the esteem of all whoknow them and the respect of a large number of friends. They have abeautiful home in which to spend the evening of their days and are mostworthy representatives of Seattle. The General is as true and loyal to hiscountry in all matters pertaining to her welfare and protection as he was inrhe dark hours of peril when he followed the starry banner of the nation uponthe battle fields of the south. ALONZO COSTILLO BOWMAN. The gentleman above mentioned is serving as United States commis-sioner for the district of AVashington. He was born in Cass county, Mis-souri, March 24, 1859, and is of English ancestry. His father, James Har-vey Bowman, was born in the state of Pennsylvania and now resides in Seat-tle in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He married Miss Amanda Fuller,a lady of French lineage, although the family has been represented in Amer-ica through many generations. The father of our subject served his country. (Jjcjyf^^-C^^^^ .THE NEWYCmt- I TltDEK SfOUND/TIONCJ, SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 121 valiantly in the Civil war as a defender of the Union, for three and ahalf years, becoming a member of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, butnotwithstanding the fact that he was in many battles and often in the thickestof the fight he escaped wounds and capture and at the cessation of hostilitiesreceived an honorable discharge. In the family were three children: C. , a prominent member of the Seattle bar; Laura, the wife of , also of this city, and Alonzo C. During his early boyhood our subject was taken by his parents to Kan-sas and in the public schools of that state pursued his education and enteredupon his business career in the newspaper field, in Burton. He also becamethe official stenographer for that district,
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