Author, Schoolteacher, Government Worker, Railroad Worker
Born November 2, 1880, Goresville, Loudoun County, Virginia
Died September 20, 1959, Washington, D.C.
Like Robinson H. Harsh, Robert G. Bowie was a railroad worker and an employee of the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1918, when both men filled out their draft cards, both were employed by that agency, both to do with railroads, and both were based in the Karper Building (or Harper Building?) in Chicago. Both men also lived and worked in Washington, D.C., later in life. It seems like I have the right two men. Their shared story in Weird Tales, entitled "Crossed Lines" (Feb. 1925), takes place partly on a train and in the Chicago area.
Robert Gilmer or Gilmor Bowie was born on November 2, 1880, in Goresville, Loudoun County, Virginia, a place that no longer shows on the map but is located south of Lucketts. He was the grandson of Dr. Nelson Gray West (1832-1915), a prominent physician and a surgeon in the Confederate army. His parents were John N. Bowie and Mary Lloyd (West) Bowie. As a young man, Bowie was a schoolteacher in Mount Gilead, in his native county. On January 6, 1916, he married Harriet Emily Winkler (1892-1988) in Chicago. Like his presumed co-author, Bowie lived and worked in Chicago and Washington, D.C. I believe he retired from the railroad, even if he had worked at one time for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bowie died on September 20, 1959, in the nation's capital and was buried at Union Cemetery, in Leesburg, in the county of his birth.
Robert G. Bowie's Story in Weird Tales
"Crossed Lines" with Robinson H. Harsh (Feb. 1925)
Further Reading
None known.
Text copyright 2025 Terence E. Hanley
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