Sarah B. Bowerman (b. Brewer) (1811-1896) was born in Utica, New York,
and died in Dunlap, Iowa. In 1830 she married Josiah Bowerman, a farmer, in Prince
Edward County, Ontario, Canada. They lived and farmed in Hallowell, Ontario, until 1857
when they moved to Ripon, Wisconsin, and then to Shabbona, Illinois, sometime prior to
1860. In 1869 they moved again to Spring Valley, Iowa, and finally to Dunlap, Iowa in
1876. Bowerman's husband died later that year, and thereafter she resided with two of
her daughters in Dunlap for the rest of her life. In 1887 her son Henry B. Bowerman, who
was interested in Christian Science, wrote to Mary Baker Eddy seeking advice about
Christian Science treatment on her behalf.
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