Joseph Bowron
politician
Joseph Bowron (August 1, 1809 – April 10, 1868) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing St. Croix and La Pointe counties during the first two sessions of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Biography
Bowron was born in 1809 in Essex County, New York. His parents were English American immigrants, having previously resided at Newcastle upon Tyne. When he was five years old, his mother died and he was sent to live with his aunt. She raised him until age 19, when he went to work in Lower Canada.
He later moved to Illinois, to work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal, then to St. Louis. In 1841, he moved to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin Territory, where he worked in the lumber industry as a clerk, log scaler, and mill superintendent.
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