Background
Bowman, John Calvin was born on August 15, 1849 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Elizabeth (Nicklas) Bowman.
Bowman, John Calvin was born on August 15, 1849 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Elizabeth (Nicklas) Bowman.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1871, Master of Arts, 1875. Graduate Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1875. Doctor of Divinity, Franklin and Marshall, 1883.
Ordained Reformed Church ministry. 1875; pastor Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1875-1882, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1882-1890. Professor New Testament exegesis, 1891-1904, practical theology.
1904-1920, president Theological Seminary of Reformed Church in the United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1906-1920, emeritus, since 1920.
Home: Honeybrook, Pennsylvania Deceased.
Married Amelia Davis, January 8, 1878. Children: Margaret Angela, Mary Elizabeth, John Davis, William Boone.