Background
Boreman, Jacob Smith was born on August 4, 1831 in Middlebourne, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of Kenner Seaton and Sarah (Ingram) Boreman.
Boreman, Jacob Smith was born on August 4, 1831 in Middlebourne, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of Kenner Seaton and Sarah (Ingram) Boreman.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, 1853. Studied law University of Virginia, 1853-1855. Admitted to bar, 1855.
Practiced in Parkersburg, Virginia, 1855-1858. Removed to Kansas City, 1858. Elected city attorney, 1861.
Engaged in securing recruits for Missouri state militia 1861-1862.
Appointed judge of Jackson Company Probate and Common Pleas Court and Kansas City Court of Common Pleas, 1862. Judge Kansas City Criminal Court, 1863-1868 (resigned).
Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1869. Twice declined Republican nomination for Congress.
Editor Kansas City Bulletin, 1870.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah, 1873-1880 and 1885-1889. Commissioner of schools of Utah, 1889-1894.
Member Utah Bar Association (ex-president), Phi Gamma Delta. Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, Cincinnati, 1880. Prohibition nominee for government of Utah, 1900.
Married Mary Ferguson, of Kansas City, Missoury, September 4, 1866.