Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 612.
 
HON. JAY BOWERMAN

     is a young man whose professional career has already placed him as a
leading attorney of Gilliam and Wheeler counties. He is at the head of a large
law practice and has shown himself a man of marked ability in this line.
Winneshiek county, Iowa, is his native place and August 15, 1876, the date of
his birth. His parents,  Daniel and Lydia (Hoag) Bowerman, were born in Somerset
county, Maine, and Vermont respectively. The former on September 22, 1835, and
the latter on November 12, 1845. They now reside in Salem, Oregon. The public
schools of Iowa furnished the earlier educational training of our subject and
then he came on to Salem, Oregon, in 1893 with his people. There he attended the
Willamette University, then entered the law department of the same institution,
graduating in June, 1896. He passed the supreme court examination in October of
that year, but was unable to get his diploma of admission to the bar until
August, 1897, because he had not reached his majority until that time. He
immediately entered upon the practice of law in Salem and vicinity and later
associated himself with John McCourt until 1899. On March of that year he
transferred his residence from the Willamette valley to Gilliam county and soon
formed a partnership with H. H. Hendricks, with offices at Condon and Fossil.
Since that time they have labored together and have gained a very large and
lucrative practice. They handle the largest cases in these two counties and are
among the leading legal representatives in this part of the state. Mr. Bowerman
is a close student, possessed of a keen perception, and is a fine forensic
orator, the result being that he has forged ahead in his profession with strong
indication that he will be among the leading lawyers of the northwest.
     On October 7, 1903, Mr. Bowerman married Miss Lizzie Hoover, a native of
Wheeler county, Oregon, and the daughter of T. B. Hoover, one of the pioneer
merchants of Fossil and now deceased.
     Politically Mr. Bowerman is a Republican and very active. He has attended
two state conventions and in June, 1904, was chosen from this district to the
state senate.
     In fraternal circles he is associated with the K. P., the Elks and the A.
F. & A. M. Mr. Bowerman is a man of unswerving integrity and has won the esteem
of all who know him, while also he has demonstrated his ability in his
profession.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.