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Arthur Ingram Boreman (July 24, 1823 – April 19, 1896) was an American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia.Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as the state's first Governor, and a United States senator, as well as represented Wood County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as a circuit judge before and after his federal service.
Born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Stephenson moved across the Ohio River when he was young.When his father died, he apprenticed with a tanner and began reading law. He married Agnes Boreman, the sister of his law partner as well as future governor Arthur I. Boreman (who would become one of the founders of West Virginia during the American Civil War).
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Unionist Arthur I. Boreman was elected virtually without opposition. This was the first of two gubernatorial elections held in West Virginia during the American Civil War; 17 counties were occupied by Confederate military forces on Election Day and did not participate in the balloting.
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The cemetery was dedicated in 1868 by Arthur I. Boreman, the first Governor of West Virginia. Boreman was key in the two-year campaign for a cemetery in the state. [4] The first interments were held in the lower two terraces: 1,252 Union soldiers, 613 of which were unknown, were buried. [3]
Boreman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur I. Boreman (1823–1896), the first governor of the US state of West Virginia; Herbert Stephenson Boreman (1897–1982), United States federal judge; Jacob S. Boreman (1831–1913), Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
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