MARTIN L. BOWSER, shoe merchant at Kittanning, Pa., and interested to a considerable extent in the oil business in West Virginia, was born June, 26, 1859, at Woodsfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, a son of Martin L. and Nancy (McGinnis) Bowser, and a grandson of Mathias Bowser.
Martin L. Bowser attended the schools of Tyler County, W.Va., and afterward, for seven years, taught school in Tyler and Wetzel Counties. In 1886 he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and shortly afterward accepted a position as clerk in a store at Fairview, Butler Co., Pa., where he remained two years, and for two more years more was clerk at Duke Center, Pa. In 1890 he located at Butler, Pa., where he was engaged in the grocery and bakery business for tow and a half years, in 1893 returning to Pittsburgh, where he became one of the salesmen in the large shoe house of W.M. Laird and remained for two years. By this time he had learned many business details necessary for successful merchandising, particularly in the shoe business, and in 1895 he came to Kittanning and opened a shoe store of his own at his present stand on Market street, where he has continued ever since. . . .
Mr. Bowser was married May 21, 1890, to Edith Krotzer, who died June 24, 1897, daughter of David Krotzer. They had two children: Winnifred L. and Cecil E. Mr. Bowser was married (second) August 1, 1899, to Mary M. Krotzer, and they have three children: Elizabeth C., Jeane R., and Martin K. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. He is a man of civic pride and public spirit, and for twelve years as consented to serve on the school board. He has never been particularly active in politics, but is always ready to perform the recognized duties of citizenship.
Source: Pages 369-370, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Martin L. Bowser attended the schools of Tyler County, W.Va., and afterward, for seven years, taught school in Tyler and Wetzel Counties. In 1886 he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and shortly afterward accepted a position as clerk in a store at Fairview, Butler Co., Pa., where he remained two years, and for two more years more was clerk at Duke Center, Pa. In 1890 he located at Butler, Pa., where he was engaged in the grocery and bakery business for tow and a half years, in 1893 returning to Pittsburgh, where he became one of the salesmen in the large shoe house of W.M. Laird and remained for two years. By this time he had learned many business details necessary for successful merchandising, particularly in the shoe business, and in 1895 he came to Kittanning and opened a shoe store of his own at his present stand on Market street, where he has continued ever since. . . .
Mr. Bowser was married May 21, 1890, to Edith Krotzer, who died June 24, 1897, daughter of David Krotzer. They had two children: Winnifred L. and Cecil E. Mr. Bowser was married (second) August 1, 1899, to Mary M. Krotzer, and they have three children: Elizabeth C., Jeane R., and Martin K. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. He is a man of civic pride and public spirit, and for twelve years as consented to serve on the school board. He has never been particularly active in politics, but is always ready to perform the recognized duties of citizenship.
Source: Pages 369-370, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
MARTIN L. BOWSER, shoe merchant at Kittanning, Pa., and interested to a considerable extent in the oil business in West Virginia, was born June, 26, 1859, at Woodsfield, Monroe Co., Ohio, a son of Martin L. and Nancy (McGinnis) Bowser, and a grandson of Mathias Bowser.
Martin L. Bowser attended the schools of Tyler County, W.Va., and afterward, for seven years, taught school in Tyler and Wetzel Counties. In 1886 he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and shortly afterward accepted a position as clerk in a store at Fairview, Butler Co., Pa., where he remained two years, and for two more years more was clerk at Duke Center, Pa. In 1890 he located at Butler, Pa., where he was engaged in the grocery and bakery business for tow and a half years, in 1893 returning to Pittsburgh, where he became one of the salesmen in the large shoe house of W.M. Laird and remained for two years. By this time he had learned many business details necessary for successful merchandising, particularly in the shoe business, and in 1895 he came to Kittanning and opened a shoe store of his own at his present stand on Market street, where he has continued ever since. . . .
Mr. Bowser was married May 21, 1890, to Edith Krotzer, who died June 24, 1897, daughter of David Krotzer. They had two children: Winnifred L. and Cecil E. Mr. Bowser was married (second) August 1, 1899, to Mary M. Krotzer, and they have three children: Elizabeth C., Jeane R., and Martin K. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. He is a man of civic pride and public spirit, and for twelve years as consented to serve on the school board. He has never been particularly active in politics, but is always ready to perform the recognized duties of citizenship.
Source: Pages 369-370, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Martin L. Bowser attended the schools of Tyler County, W.Va., and afterward, for seven years, taught school in Tyler and Wetzel Counties. In 1886 he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and shortly afterward accepted a position as clerk in a store at Fairview, Butler Co., Pa., where he remained two years, and for two more years more was clerk at Duke Center, Pa. In 1890 he located at Butler, Pa., where he was engaged in the grocery and bakery business for tow and a half years, in 1893 returning to Pittsburgh, where he became one of the salesmen in the large shoe house of W.M. Laird and remained for two years. By this time he had learned many business details necessary for successful merchandising, particularly in the shoe business, and in 1895 he came to Kittanning and opened a shoe store of his own at his present stand on Market street, where he has continued ever since. . . .
Mr. Bowser was married May 21, 1890, to Edith Krotzer, who died June 24, 1897, daughter of David Krotzer. They had two children: Winnifred L. and Cecil E. Mr. Bowser was married (second) August 1, 1899, to Mary M. Krotzer, and they have three children: Elizabeth C., Jeane R., and Martin K. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. He is a man of civic pride and public spirit, and for twelve years as consented to serve on the school board. He has never been particularly active in politics, but is always ready to perform the recognized duties of citizenship.
Source: Pages 369-370, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
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