Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman (November 24, 1830 – April 14, 1908) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia

Arthur I. Boreman Arthur Ingram Boreman (July 24, 1823April 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 Sta ...

and served as that state's

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, 1869. She was born on May 1, 1830, at

Wheeling, Virginia Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, West Virginia, Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contain ...

(now in West Virginia). Her first husband, John Oldham Bullock, was a Union soldier killed early in the

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. On November 30, 1864, she married

. She helped define the role of the first lady, hosting formal gatherings at the Boreman's home in Wheeling. After leaving office, the Boremans moved to

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where Gov. Boremen served one term in the

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and then to

Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, Wood County, West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Little Kanawha River, Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's fourth-largest city and ...

, where she died on April 14, 1908."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

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