- Vincent Boreing
Vincent Boreing (
November 24 ,1839 -September 16 ,1903 ) was a U.S. Representative fromKentucky .Born near
Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee, Boreing moved with his father toLaurel County, Kentucky , in 1847.He attended Laurel Seminary,London, Kentucky , and Tusculum College,Greenville, Tennessee . Enlisted as a private in theUnion Army in Company A, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry,November 1 ,1861 . For meritorious conduct was commissioned first lieutenant. County superintendent of public schools 1868-1872.He established the Mountain Echo atLondon, Kentucky , in 1875, the first Republican newspaper published in southeastern Kentucky. County judge in 1886.He served as president of the Cumberland Valley Land Co. in 1887.He served as president of the First National Bank of London in 1888. Department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Kentucky in 1889.Boreing was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1899 , until his death inLondon, Kentucky ,September 16 ,1903 .He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery.References
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