Date of Birth: 
                                            7/10/1838
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Lee, Maine
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1916
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    J.M.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                | Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Bowier | 
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Beaver Falls
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Minnesota (Held Town Offices); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Minnesota (Held School District Offices); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Company E; 
                         
                         04/1861 to 1861
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            3rd Minnesota Regiment, Infantry Volunteers, Company F (Private, Corporal, Sergeant; Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, October 1862; Captain, December 1, 1862); 
                         
                         09/23/1861 to 04/01/1865
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            113th United States Colored Troops (Commissioner Major); 
                         
                         04/01/1865 to 04/09/1866
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Legislative Staff: 
                                            Minnesota House of Representatives (Speaker's Clerk); 
                         
                         1891 to 1891
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Agency: 
                                            Minnesota State Dairy and Food (Commissioner); 
                         
                         1899 to 1901