The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 618 A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Bowman appears in this publication. ALONZO A. BOWMAN. Alonzo A. Bowman, a successful orchardist of Wapato, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, June 30, 1861, a son of Henry and Harriett (McKinney) Bowman, both of whom were natives of the Buckeye state. The paternal grandfather, Daniel Bowman, was born in Pennsylvania and became a pioneer settler of Ohio, as did Stuart McKinney, the maternal grandfather, who was a native of Maryland. Henry Bowman spent his entire life in Ohio, where he passed away in 1882, and his widow afterward came to Yakima, Washington, where her death occurred in August, 1917. Alonzo A. Bowman acquired a public school education in his native state and also attended Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio. In 1885 he traveled over 14finnesota, Dakota and Nebraska looking for a suitable location for the family, and in 1886 they bought land near Hastings, Nebraska, the mother and her six other children joining him there. The latter remained with the family at Hastings for four years and the mother and one of her daughters continued to reside there until 1898. In 1889, however, Alonzo A. Bowman went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he took up the painter's trade and also dealt in real estate, remaining in that place for three years. He afterward removed to Palo Alto, California, where he entered the livery business, spending three and a half years in that place. He then returned to Nebraska. where he continued for a short time but subsequently went to Cripple Creek, Colorado, and engaged in mining in that state until the fall of 1901, when he came to the Yakima valley and again engaged in the painting business at Yakima. He later bought a wall paper and paint store, which he conducted until 1909, when he sold the business and purchased twenty-six acres of land on Parker Heights. He planted this to orchards and now has twenty-three acres devoted to the raising of apples, peaches and pears, one-half of it being in peaches. He has his own packing plant and every equipment for the care, packing and shipment of his fruit. He has remodeled the house and has converted the place into one of the attractive homes of the district. On the 26th of June, 1907, Mr. Bowman was united in marriage to Miss Lois J. Zediker, a native of Manchester, Iowa, and a daughter of Dr. James F. Zediker, who came to Yakima in 1901. Fraternally Mr. Bowman is connected with Yakima Lodge, No. 24, F. and A. M., and is a worthy exemplar of the craft. He also belongs to the Yakima Commercial Club and is interested in all of its projects for the welfare and upbuilding of the district in which he lives, His wife is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Bowman gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has never been an office seeker. He gives his undivided attention to his business affairs and is justly accounted one of the successful orchardists of his community. He belongs to the Yakima County Horticultural Union and he studies closely every question that has to do with the subject of fruit raising in the northwest. He follows the most progressive and scientific methods in the care and propagation of his trees and in the handling of his fruit and the results achieved have been most satisfactory. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.