His  office,  stone  and  marble  works  are  located  at  No.  541  Broad
street.  Mr.  Bowe  is  also  secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager
of  the  Georgia  Rough  and  Cut  Stone  Company  and  the  Lithonia
Crushed  Stone  Company,  both  of  Augusta.  Recently  he  had  the
contract  for  the  execution  of  the  stone  and  marble  work  in  the
magnificent  building  of  the  Georgia  railroad  bank,  whose  board  of
directors  voluntarily  passed  a  resolution  of  thanks  for  the  pains-
taking care  with  which  the  work  was  executed.  He  has  executed
by  contract  almost  all  of  the  municipal  work  in  his  home  city  for
the  past  fifteen  years  and  the  diflferent  administrations  have  never
had  any  contention  with  him,  but  have  universally  recommended
his  work.  He  is  a  past  master  of  his  lodge,  member  and  past  high
priest  of  the  Grand  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons  of  Georgia,  an  offi-
cer of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templars  of  Georgia :  a
noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  corresponding  secretary  for  Georgia
of  Quatuor  Coronati  Lodge,  No.  2076,  London,  England,  and  a
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Masonic  hall,  Augusta.  He  is
also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.
On  Nov.  23,  1882  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Dorothea  A.
Markwalter,  daughter  of  the  late  Theodore   Markwalter  of  Au-


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gusta,  and  they  have  three  children,  Robert  F.,  William  F.,  Jr.,
and  Augusta  Erdman.
Bowens  Mill,  a  post-hamlet  in  the  eastern  part  of  Wilcox  county,
is  on  the  Abbeville  &  Fitzgerald  division  of  the  Seaboard  Air  Line
railway.
