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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Columbia County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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John R. Boreing is a general merchant, United States mail contractor, and a dealer and shipper of livestock at Magnolia, Ark., and by his superior management and genuine business ability and efficiency he has placed himself in an independent position and has done much to enhance the reputation the county has gained as a commercial point. Like many of the wide awake citizens of this section he was born in Tennessee, his birth occurring in Washington County in 1837. He is a son of Murray and Sarah (Ruble) Boreing, the former being a grandson of Abner Boreing, who was one of the very first settlers of Tennessee and Washington County. Murray Boreing was reared in Tennessee, but after reaching manhood went to Kentucky and in this State the subject of this sketch was reared and educated. At the age of twenty years he went to Pike’s Peak, when gold was first discovered there, but after remaining there one season he returned east as far as St. Joseph, Mo., and there joined the Confederate service, becoming a member of Boyd’s battalion of State troops, which afterward became a part of the regular Confederate service, Mr. Boreing being enrolled in Company B, Col. Stean’s, afterward Moore’s regiment, the division commander being Gen. Price. He served until the last of the war, and was in the engagements at Shiloh, Farmington and Corinth. After the last-named battle he was with Gen. Parsons in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and was at Helena, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Mansfield, Jenkins’ Ferry, besides numerous skirmishes. He surrendered with his command at Shreveport, La., his regimental flag being the last to be given up at the close of the war. He came to Columbia County, Ark., and after hiring some help engaged in farming, an occupation which he followed until 1879, when he moved to Magnolia and engaged in the stock business with W. B. McNeill, their connection lasting for four years. His estimable wife was formerly Miss M. E. Gladney, a native of West Tennessee, and a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Trousdale) Gladney, their union taking place on December 12, 1866. Mrs. Boreing is a niece of ex-Gov. Trousdale, of Tennessee. She and Mr. Boreing are the parents of six children: Charles M. (a book-keeper for his father), E. C. (a salesman in the store), Mollie G., Maud I, John T. and Overton D. The parents of these children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Boreing is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Marysville Lodge.

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This family biography is one of 106 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Columbia County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Columbia County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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