James Bowron

James Bowron (November 16, 1844 - August 26, 1928) was chairman of the board of the Gulf States Steel Corporation.

[2] 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.

[3] He died of August 26, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama.