Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Boor, William D.    
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WILLIAM D. BOOR has been intimately associated with the 
agricultural, business, and political interests of 
Cumberland Valley, Pa., for many years.  He was born in this 
township, August 25, 1845, a son of Michael and Phoebe 
(Zembower) Boor.  His paternal grandfather was Martin Boor, 
who married a Miss Bear.
  Michael Boor spent his entire life in Bedford County, 
residing the greater part of the time in Cumberland Valley, 
where his death occurred more than a score of years ago.  A 
strong Democrat in his political views, he served a number 
of years as Constable, and was well known throughout the 
community.  He was an earnest Christian man and a valued 
member of the Methodist Protestant church.  Of the children 
born of his marriage with Phoebe Zembower six survive, as 
follows: Mrs. John Simons, of Cumberland Valley; Mrs. Brice 
McCoy, of Cass County, Missouri; Oliver P., John R., Henry 
M., and William D., all of Cumberland Valley township.  
Their maternal grandfather was John Zembower.
  William D. Boor attended the common schools of Cumberland 
Valley in his youth, afterward completing his preparatory 
education at the seminary in Rainsburg.  The two following 
winter terms he taught in the district school, but from that 
time until he was twenty-five years old he assisted in the 
care of the parental homestead.  Entering then into 
partnership with Mr. H. M. Ressler as head of the firm of 
Boor & Ressler, he embarked in business as a tanner and 
harness-maker, and met with much success.  He subsequently 
purchased his partner's interest, and for three years was 
sole proprietor of the business, which he gave up to assume 
the management of his present farm.  He has one hundred and 
eighty-five acres of choice land, devoted to general 
agricultural purposes, his farm as regards its appointments 
being one of the most desirable in the locality.  In 
politics Mr. Boor is a stanch Democrat, and has ably served 
in many official capacities.  For twelve years, nine of them 
being consecutive years, he was one of the School Directors 
of Cumberland Valley township, eight years being secretary 
of the board.  For three years he was Assessor.  He has been 
Town Auditor; and for three years he was Justice of the 
Peace, since which time he has been familiarly known as 
Esquire Boor.  He was also a candidate in the Democratic 
convention for Representative to the State legislature, but 
failed to secure the nomination.  He is a very active member 
of the Methodist Protestant church, in which he served for 
nearly twenty successive years as steward, besides having 
been a trustee and the superintendent of the Sunday-school 
for a number of years.
  Mr. Boor married Harriet, daughter of the late Frederick 
Sliger, on March 6, 1871.  Of their eleven children, four - 
namely, Murry T., Edna E., Frederick, and a boy baby - are 
dead, and seven are now living; namely, Curtis H., Perry E., 
Adna B., Cyrus C., Rhoda P., Elva M., and Bertha D.  Mr. 
Frederick Sliger was the son of George and Catharine 
(Hardsock) Sliger.  He was for many years a well-known 
citizen of Cumberland Valley township, and much respected 
for his integrity and sterling worth.  He was twice married. 
 His first wife, Rebecca Dicken, died young, leaving him 
with one daughter, Mrs. Francis Elliott, of this township.  
He subsequently married Mrs. Caroline Bruner, he being her 
second husband.  She was the daughter of Joseph and Harriet 
(Longsworth) Vickroy.  Three children born of this second 
union survive, as follows: Mrs. Boor; Sarah, wife of J. W. 
Diffenbaugh, of Cumberland Valley; and Emma, widow of Henry 
Hite, late of this township.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa