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Surname	Bowie	Alternative Surname
First Name	John	Initial of Surname	B
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1844 - after 1853
Year of Death
Biographical Details	The red sandstone monuments in Fenwick churchyard erected to Mr Guthrie in 1844 and Captain Paton in 1853 are signed by J Bowie (1, 2). In his History of Kilmarnock (3rd ed, 1864, 5) Archibald Mackay states that Bowie was a Kilmarnock sculptor and mentions a work that has not been traced, a statue of Captain Paton carved by Bowie (3). Literary References: Woodward 1977, vol 1, pt 2, 15-6