CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  JAMES N. BOREN - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

JAMES N. BOREN

James N. Boren, of Tyler, who gave his life for his country, was born in the 
Republic of Texas, at Nacogdoches, Feb. 12, 1840. He was the oldest son of 
Samuel Hampson Boren, a veteran of the Indian wars of the Texas Republic and 
of the Mexican war in 1846. His grandfather, Capt. James Boren (who married 
Miss Jane Blair of Nashville, Tenn.) was in the war of 1812, and his 
great-grandfather, Nicholas Boren, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army 
in 1776. James N. Boren was graduated from Franklin College, Tennessee,in 
June l860, and the following September entered the law department of the 
Lebanon University, where he remained until the proclamation of war against 
the Southern States, when he left for his native state to enlist in her 
cause. He joined Douglas' Texas artillery and was chosen lieutenant, and a 
few months later was promoted first lieutenant.  He served in the campaigns 
in Arkansas and Missouri, and was in the battle of Elkhorn. He was killed at 
the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, being struck by a cannon ball while he was 
by the side of one of his guns aiding and inspiring his men. Lieutenant 
Boren's conduct was always marked with the self command and courage of the 
true soldier, while his consideration and generosity endeared him to his 
men. He lies buried on the battlefield in a few yards of where he fell.   
One of the camps of the United Confederate Veterans in West Texas is named 
in his honor.