Boren, Israel A. (1842-1916)

BOREN

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Date: 9/13/2016 at 12:39:22

Israel A. Boren
(January 6, 1842 - May 23, 1916)

I.A. BOREN, farmer, P.O. Crescent City, was born in Hancock County, Ill., January 6, 1842, his father, J. B. Boren, was born in Illinois April 6, 1817, and married Nancy McIntosh who was born in Kentucky December 2, 1811, and died April 14, 1867. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are living. I. A., with is parents, left Illinois and came to Davis County, Iowa, in 1846 and in 1847 came to Pottawattamie County; at that time, neighbors were few and far between. Mr. Boren attended the common schools, and, at an early age, adopted farming as his avocation, in which business he was successful. He married in Crescent City, Iowa, January 14, 1877, Mary SMITH, who was born in Michigan, October 24, 1854, daughter of William and Eunice (LACY) SMITH, both of New York. Mrs. Boren died in 1881, leaving one child, Frances M. Mr. Boren has also lost one child. In politics, he is a Democrat, having been elected a number of times to offices on that ticket; he is a member of the I.O. of G.T., and also of the M.P. Society.

Submitted by: Mona Sarratt Knight, 2002.
Source: History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1907
From the Earliest Historic Times to 1907
By Homer H. Field and Hon. Joseph R. Reed; 1907, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.417)
I. A. BOREN, a farmer of Crescent Township, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, June 6, 1842, the son of J. B. and Nancy (McINTOSH) BOREN, whose history will be found on another page. Reared to farm life, the subject of this sketch received a common-school education. He was but four years old when his parents moved to Davis County this State, where they remained one year, and they arrived in Pottawattamie County, June 22, 1847, locating upon a piece of land on which his father still lives. The subject of our sketch was married January 14, 1877, to Miss Mary A. SMITH, who was born in Michigan, October 24, 1853, of parents who were natives of New York State; her father was a carpenter by trade. Mr. BOREN bought his present place of 120 acres when it was entirely wild prairie, on section 11, township 86, range 44; and what is seen on the premises to-day are the work of his own hands, aided by his faithful wife, who died leaving two children: Francis M., who was born October 23, 1877, and is in charge of her grandmother; the second child died in infancy. Mr. BOREN devotes his attention principally to stock-raising. He has increased his land and now as 308 acres in good condition, 100 cultivated with the plow. On national issues he entertains Democratic principles and takes an active interest in civil government. He has often been a delegate to political conventions and has held various offices of his township, many of them in Hazel Dell Township. He has been a School Director for a number of years, and at present is Treasurer of the school district. A man of strong convictions, he fixes himself upon a well defined platform of principles. He is a member of I.O.G.T. and of the Mutual Protection Society, in which he has held various offices. Has held all the local offices of the Good Templar Lodge, including that of delegate to the Grand Lodge.