(Q113156933)
Statements
1884
0 references
William Boreland, farmer, north of the village of Pike Run, P. O. Barnhill, was born in North Township, Harrison Co., Ohio, January 12, 1821, and is a son of Samuel Boreland, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., of Irish descent, who came to Harrison County, Ohio, about the year 1817, and was a farmer by occupation. He died September 11, 1862, aged seventy-seven years and four months. He was married to Mary Little, a native of Maryland. They had five children, all living, of whom our subject is the oldest, and three are residents of this county. Our subject's mother died when he was about four years of age. William was reared on the farm in Harrison County, and lived there till the death of his father in 1862, in which year he moved on the farm (which he had purchased three years previously) and rebuilt the house. Mr. Boreland owns 109 acres of land, having purchased eighty-five acres at first, and subsequently twenty-four acres. In politics, he is a Republican. (English)
0 references