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

Governor of West Virginia A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...

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 St ...

and served as that state's First Lady, 1869. She was born on May 1, 1830, at Wheeling, Virginia (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

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, 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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