Countelow M. Bowles

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Countelow M. Bowles (born c. 1840) was a cooper, soldier, and state legislator.

Mississippi Senate.[2] He was a Republican and African American.[3][4][5]

Born in about 1840 in Virginia he lived in Cleveland for a few years leading up to the American Civil War.[6]

Bowles joined the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment just before the end of the American Civil War in March 1865.[7] He was soon promoted to Corporal before being discharged the following year.[1]

He was elected onto the board of the Bolivar County police in 1869.[6]

Bowles was elected to the

Mississippi Senate from 1872 until 1874 and again 1877-1878.[6]
He had been removed from his position in 1874 as he had not been in Mississippi for over four months.[8]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Countelow M. Bowles – Against All Odds". Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ^ The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. 1904. p. 155.
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  4. ^ Reconstruction in Mississippi. Macmillan. 1901.
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  6. ^ . Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Civil War Enlistment Record – Against All Odds". Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Exit Bowles". The Clarion-Ledger. 9 April 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2022.Open access icon