Tillamook-Clackamas-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bowman, A.J.F June 1921
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Clackamas County News June 30,1921
A.J.F Bowman Meets Death at beach
Wilsonville,june 28-
The body of a man supposed to be A.J.F Bowman,contractor,formerly of the 
Wilsonville district,but more recently of Portland,was discovered on the beach 
below Seaside,Thursday morning,by Charles Payton of Portland.
The body was lying on the rocks at the base of Tillamook head and near 
it,sticking in the sand was a shovel.it was examined by Dr O.C. Hagmeier that 
no water had entered the lungs and it is believed that Bowman died of apoplexy 
while digging clams.
A business card,bearing the name and business address of Bowman was found in 
the clothing  of the dead man,forms the chief basis of the belief of the 
coroner that the body is that of the Portland contractor.
The body was that of a man  apparently between 60 and 65 years old,fully 6 
feet tall and weighing close to 300 pounds.the head was very bald and the 
fringe of hair was gray.
Bowman owned a farm about half way between Wilsonville and Sherwood for 
several years,and near here his daughter,Mrs Charles Toose at present 
resides.Besides the daughter,mr Bowman is survived by his wife.

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