B. N. Boren, of Dallas, was born at Nacogdoches in the Republic of Texas, January 30, 1842. His father was Samuel Hampson Boren and his mother was originally Miss Sara Dickson Long. His great grandfather Nicholas Boren (who married Miss Mary Hampson of Maryland) was a soldier in the American Revolution; and his maternal great grandfather Gen. Joseph Dickson commanded a North Carolina brigade in the campaign against Lord Cornwallis. B. N. Boren had scarcely finished his education when the war between the states began. He volunteered and was made lieutenant of Co. "C" in the 14th Texas Infantry, C. S. A., and later was promoted captain. His comrades say there was no braver soldier than Nep Boren as they affectionately knew him. His older brother, James N. Boren, who was Lieutenant of Douglas' Artillery, was killed in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky; and his uncle Richard B. Long was a gallant officer in one of the Texas regiments. After the war B. N. Boren was in business for a number of years in Tyler and Galveston, and then became president of the First National Bank in Belton. In 1883 he removed to Dallas and established the wholesale grocery house - the Boren-Stewart Company, which is one of the most powerful commercial concerns in the state. Mr. Boren was married in 1876 to Miss Sue McKellar. Their daughter, Nonie, is the wife of Hon Joseph P. Mahoney of Chicago, Ill., and their son S. H. Boren, Jr., is an officer in the Boren-Stewart Company in Dallas. Capt. Boren died in the spring of 1903 and is buried in Oakwood cemetery in Tyler. (Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907

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BOREN, Capt. B. N.
Capt. B. N. Boren died very suddenly of heart failure at his home in Dallas last Monday night. Capt Boren had relatives and friends here. He held valuable property interest in Kaufman county. (The Forney Headlight, Forney, Tex, Mar 19, 1903