a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1825. He gave his heart to God while very young became an exhorter in 1852, a local preacher in 1854, and on the organization of the Washington Conference became a member thereof, and in it labored until his decease, Sept. 12, 1870. Mr. Bowser was characterized by zeal, wisdom, and devotion to his work. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, p. 27.