James Bowron (November 16, 1844 - August 26, 1928) was chairman of the board of the Gulf States Steel Corporation.
Biography
He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England on November 16, 1844. 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.
He died of August 26, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama.
External links
- James Bowron papers, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.
References
- ^ "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.