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T. E. Boren
T. E. Boren, farmer and stock-dealer, is one of the most prominent as well as most successful men of New Garden Township. His father, Jehu Boren, was a native of North Carolina, born June 16, 1804, and married Nancy Meredith, a native of the same State, born Nov. 2, 1803. She was a sister of the late General Solomon Meredith. In 1825 or 1826 they came in a one-horse wagon to Wayne County, having when reaching their destination 62 cents, with an indebtedness of $3.50. The first seven years they lived on rented land on West River, but by economy and good management saved enough to buy 100 acres on section 8, New Garden Township, at that time mostly unimproved. He cleared and cultivated his farm, and subsequently dealt quite extensively in stock.
Mrs. Boren died in 1865 and Mr. Boren in 1873. Four of their five children lived till maturity, but T. E. Boren, the youngest, is the only one now living. He was born in New Garden Township, Jan. 4, 1833. He received but a limited education, but assisted his father on the farm, and thereby gained a practical knowledge of farming and stock-raising, an avocation he has been successfully engaged in for several years. He now has a farm of 430 acres of fine land. In 1881 he handled stock to the value of $34,597; in 1882, $31,363; in 1883, $57,526. No man in the county is more enterprising and public spirited than he. His residence is one of the best, as well as most pleasantly situated in the county. His farm buildings are comfortable and everything about his home betokens thrift and enterprise. Hospitable and generous, friends and strangers alike are welcome in their home by both Mr. and Mrs. Boren. They have six children — Alonzo R., Solomon M., Robert B., William Me., Loretta E. and John II.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2