Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-20
HON. ARTHUR |. Pp.nn'VAN, -
West Virginia's Y ) s,srnor and
A. 4 sS%-s5,
Died at J he in Parkersburg,
YestA Morning, Of a Com
plete A ,aking Down Of His Sys-
tenn, Due to Overwork, and West
Virginia is Plunged in Sorrow-A
Sketch of His Eminent Career.
Special to the Register.

Judge Arthur I. Boreman died a, his
home here this morning shortly after
9 o'clock. after a brief illness, due to
complete breaking down of the system,
caused by overwork.
At a recent term of Circuit Court at
Elizabeth, Writ county, Mr.. Boreman,
who was, up 30 the time Of his demise,
Judge cf the Fourth Judicial Circuit,
attended the session Of court and had
an extremely busy term. being on Che
bench for two weeks. and in order 10
complete all the work before him SAT
on the bench until one o'clock of the
last night OF the Court before adjourn
men-.
Upon returning home he took 10 his
bed and has been confined there up
J 10 the time of his death to-day.
Early yesterday morning Dr. Bond,
the attending physician, informed the
family that his patient could not live
OVER TWENTY-FOURH HOURS,
and that dissolution was liable to oc-
cur at any time. At ten O'Clock yes
terday morning he became uncon-
sciouS and remained in that condition
for several hours. but regained con
sciousneSs for some time and his con-
ditiOn at midnight was reported to be
perceptibly stronger, but was thought
10 be only temporary.
AT his bedside when Death called his
spirit home were all the members OF
his family. who are stricken with grief
at his demise.
| The deceased leaves a wife, two
grown daughters, Lorraine and Maude,
and two stepsOnS. Talbot o. and John
| o. Bullock, TO mourn his loss; Edmund
| T. Bullock, another s,epson Of the de-
! ceased. and a member of the law firm
of Boreman & Bullock. having died on
" recently at the Boreman home ii
this city
Expressions Of regret and feelings OF
sorrow az the death OF Judge Boreman
were heard on every hand this morning
and the city had a deep gloom cast over
| il when the announcement became
| public of his demise.
THE LIFE OF THE DECEASED.
Judge Boreman was seventy-three
years of age and was born in Waynes-
| burg. Pa. July "a 1923. His parents,
Kenner S. and Sarah Qngraham) Bore
man. were both natives OF Greene
county, Pa. Kenner 5. Foreman was
the son Cf John Foreman. a native OF
London, England, from whence he
came TO America prior TO the revolu
| ton, and located in Philadelphia, Pa.
\ L Of fOt.
/ Americas 5 independence he Joined the
| American army, and served during the
entire war as paymaster. After the
victory he took up his residence in
what is now Greene county; was ap
pointed Clerk Of the Circuit and Grim
/ inal Courts by the Governor, and held
/ thar Office until his death in 1913. He
married a Miss SeatCn. a member of an
cid Virginia family, who bore him a
| large family. Kenner S. was born in
| The year 1890. He spent his early
youth in Greene county, where he en-
| barked in the mercantile business, after
attaining his majority, and was sub
SeQuently made Recorder of Deeds and
Marriages in 1927. He removed to
| Tyler county. Va, and remained there
until 1910, when he changed his resi-
dence to Moundsville. In 1916 he came
to ParkerSburg, and remained Jhere un-
! til his death. in November, 1850. He
was the father of seven sons and two
daughters. One son and one daughter
are now dead The mother died in
November. 1870.
Arthur l. Boreman attended the pub
lie schools in Tyler county, Va, but
COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION
under the tutorage CT private instruc-
tor He then began the study of law
under mis- elder brother and James NJ.
Stevenson in 1S43. Two years later he
was admitted TO practice. and in Novem-
ber 1S45. came to Parkersburg and be-
gan the practice of his profession with
his preceptor. James Stevenson, but
soon opened an office for himself In
1861 was was elected Judge of the Cir
cult Court under the restored govern
ment. and having acted as President of
the convention held in Wheeling that
was the means OF
ORGANIZING WEST VIRGINIA.
Previous to this however. he had been
elected to the Legislature in 1855. From
the bench during his term of service in
the Legislature. he was one of the most
active workers for the Union and bit
terly opposed all measures tending to-
ward secession. In 1868 he was elected
Governor of West Virginia
Due honor must be given here to the
first Governor Of West Virginia None
had worked more assiduouSly to pre-
vent making its organization necessary,
but the step once taken he placed him.
self on the side Of
HIS HONEST CONVICTIONS.
and forged ahead manfully. Until the
year 1869 he occupied the Gubernator-
ial chair. having been reelected. and in
January. 1869. was elected 4 United
States Senator. He served in this ca
pacity until 1875. and then retired from
political life and resumed his law prac-
tice until the fall OF the year Of 1883.
when he was elected judge of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit of West Vir-
ginia. and his term would have expired
this fall. Although his friends were urg-
ing him to become a candidate for re-
election, he had positively refused
to do so.
He vas married in 1854 10 Miss Laura
Tanner, daughter of James Tanner. of
Wheeling, w. Va, and to his happy
union the two daughters who survive
him were born.
The deceased has been an earnest and
conscientious member of the NJ. r.
Church Of this city from boyhood and
also a member OF the |. 0. o. T.
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