, ▁ 1 9 0 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁U . S . ▁Represent ative ▁from ▁Kentucky . ▁ ▁Biography ▁B ore ing ▁was ▁born ▁near ▁Jones bor o , ▁Washington ▁County , ▁Tennessee ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁He ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁to ▁La ure l ▁County , ▁Kentucky , ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁He ▁attended ▁La ure l ▁Sem inary , ▁London , ▁Kentucky , ▁and ▁T us cul um ▁College , ▁Green ville , ▁Tennessee , ▁and ▁was ▁en list ed ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁in ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁in ▁Company ▁A , ▁ 2 4 th ▁Regiment ▁Kentucky ▁Vol unte er ▁Infantry ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁B ore ing ▁was ▁commission ed ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁lieutenant ▁for ▁mer itor ious ▁conduct . ▁ ▁Early ▁care ers ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁through ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁B ore ing ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁county ▁super int endent ▁of ▁public ▁schools . ▁Later ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁he ▁established ▁the ▁Mountain ▁E cho ▁in ▁London , ▁the ▁first ▁Republican ▁newspaper ▁published ▁in ▁sout he astern ▁Kentucky . ▁ ▁B ore ing ▁served ▁in ▁various ▁positions ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁county ▁judge ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁C umber land ▁Valley ▁Land ▁Co . ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁National ▁Bank ▁of ▁London ▁in