J. M. Bowman

John Michael Bowman, author, composer and teacher; born near Harrisonburg, Va., June 11, 1859; bagan the study of music when but a boy and at the age or eighteen attended his first normal at New Market, Va., conducted by B. C. Unseld and P. J. Merges; later attended other normals and studied with many of America's foremost teachers, including A. J. Showalter, from whose S.N.M.I he received his diploma at a session held in Dalton, Ga., in which school he was an assistant teacher...He is associate author of "the Singer's Choice," "Songs and Hymns of the Sanctuary," Highway to Heaven," and "Hymns of Glory,"

The Best gospel songs and their composer by A. J. Showalter (Dalton, Ga.: A. J. Showalter Co., 1904)