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John Andrew Bowler

1862–1935

United States

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John Andrew Bowler (March 1, 1862 – October 7, 1935) was an American educator and Baptist minister. He was the first minister of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia and was one of the organizers for the first school for African Americans in Church Hill.

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