James Bowron (November 16, 1844 - August 26, 1928) was chairman of the board of the Gulf States Steel Corporation.[1]
Biography
editHe was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England on November 16, 1844.[2] He married Ada Louisa Barrett on June 20, 1870. He and his father migrated to South Pittsburg, Tennessee around 1875. They started a small iron manufacturing business. In 1882 the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company purchased their company and Bowron became the treasurer of the merged company.[3]
He died of August 26, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama.[1]
External links
edit- James Bowron papers, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.
References
edit- ^ a b "James Bowron, 84, Steel Official, Dies. Head of Gulf States Directorate Expires Suddenly in His Birmingham Home". Associated Press in the New York Times. August 26, 1928. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- ^ BOWRON, James in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 317
- ^ "James Bowron papers" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-27.