Career
In early youth he learned the printer"s trade. In 1830, he removed to Delhi, New York, to study law with Charles Hathaway, who had married Bowne"s sister Maria Augusta in 1828, but worked for the Delaware Republican instead. In 1834, the printing and publishing house was destroyed by fire.
In 1839, he returned to Delhi, New York, and from January 1839 until his death, he published the Delaware Express.
He was Postmaster of Delhi, New York, from 1849 to 1852. In 1854, he was elected an Inspector of State Prisons, being in office from 1855 to 1857.
