Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Boor, William N.    
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WILLIAM N. BOOR, one of the leading farmers and 
stock-raisers of Cumberland Valley township, Bedford County, 
Pa., was born in this county, September 12, 1842, a son of 
Nicholas and Martha (McFerran) Boor.  He is of pioneer 
ancestry, his grandfather, William Boor, having removed from 
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, this State, to Bedford 
County in the early part of the century, becoming an early 
settler of Cumberland Valley.
  Nicholas Boor spent his entire life in Bedford County, and 
for many years was a respected and successful business man 
of Cumberland Valley township, which numerous of his 
descendants still claim as their home.  He married Martha 
McFerran, who bore him a large family of children, of whom 
ten survive, as follows: Elmira, wife of Thomas Elliott, of 
Cumberland Valley; Ann, wife of Francis Morgan, of Juniata, 
Pa.; Tobias, of Cumberland Valley; Samuel W., of Cumberland 
Valley; William N., the subject of this sketch; James K., of 
Bedford, Pa.; Henry, of Cumberland Valley; Amanda, of 
Cumberland Valley; and Ellen and Eliza, both of Cumberland 
Valley township.  The father was a firm adherent of the 
Democratic party.
  William N. Boor received a practical education in the 
common schools of Cumberland Valley, and by reading has 
since kept himself well informed on general and current 
topics.  Since attaining manhood he has devoted his 
attention with signal success to farming and stock-raising, 
of which he has a thorough knowledge.  His farm of one 
hundred and seventy-three acres is in an excellent 
condition, and does credit to his able management.  
Possessed of much public spirit, favoring all 
well-considered movements designed for the improvement of 
the town and county, he is well and favorably known 
throughout the community in which he lives.  In politics he 
is identified with the Democratic party, and has served as 
School Director.
  Mr. Boor has been twice married.  By his first wife, whose 
maiden name was Margaret Boor, he had six children, namely: 
Blanche, Isaac M., Ada, Howard W., Martha, and Margaret.  
For his second wife Mr. Boor married Susan Kiser, daughter 
of the late Hon. William Kiser, ex-Sheriff of Bedford County 
and formerly a member of the State legislature.  Of this 
union three children have been born - Ross K., Robert, and 
Milton N.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa