Levi Bowman. That kind of material which will be counted upon to maintain Miami county's agricultural prestige in the future, is represented in the person of Levi Bowman, who is now carrying on extensive farming and stockraising operations in Washington township. Mr. Bowman was born on a farm in Franklin county, Virginia, March 27, 1893, a son of Peter and Nancy C. (Fisher) Bowman. His father, a native of the Old Dominion state, was engaged in farming there until 1898, in which year he came to Ohio, bringing with him his family, and since then has been a resident of Miami county. He and his worthy wife are very highly esteemed in their community, and have been the parents of ten children, of whom nine survive: Rutherford Ira, David Lee, Levi, Willie, Esther May, Clara, Effie, Reva and Dorothy. Levi Bowman was but five years of age when he accompanied his parents to Miami county, and here his educational training was acquired in the public schools of Washington township. Reared as an agriculturist's son, he early decided to make the soil the medium through which to work out his personal success, and on the attainment of his majority started on a career of his own. Mr. Bowman married Elizabeth, a daughter of Martin Holfinger, a farmer of Miami county, and to this union there have been born two children: Wilma Edith, born July 31, 1917, and Raymond Eugene, born February 15, 1920. Following his marriage, Mr. Bowman rented the farm of his father-in-law, a tract of eighty acres, on which he is making a success of his work. He is alert, enterprising, intelligent and energetic, and the manner in which he is making the most of his opportunities augurs well for a promising future. While his farming operations have demanded the bulk of his attention, allowing him no time for participation in public affairs, he takes a public-spirited interest there in and always supports worthy movements. This was particularly true during the World war, when he was a liberal contributor to the various movement s made necessary by the maintenance of that struggle.