William Jasper Boren Jr.

William Jasper Boren Jr.

Written by Nola Boren(wife of Leo Boren – Grandson of William Jasper Jr.)

William Jasper Boren Jr. was born 11 April 1860 in Provo, Utah.  He was the son of William Jasper Boren Sr. and Lucina Mecham.  They lived in Provo for four years where William Jasper Sr. worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker.  They sold their home in Provo and came to Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah by way of ox team to make their home.  William Jasper Jr. helped his father on the farm until he was 23 years old.  The then married Temperance Wall, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Penrod Wall, the 6^th of Sept, 1883 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.  They were blessed with a family of ten children.  He had a nice farm and raised hay, grain, and summer beets.  He also had dairy and range cattle.  He was Sunday School Superintendent for some time.  He was released and taught the Adult Class in Sunday School for years.  From 1901 to 1903 he was on a mission to the southern states.  His headquarters were in North Carolina.  On 11 May 1903, he was called as Second Counselor to Bishop George Peter Graff.  On 26 May 1908 he was called as first counselor to Bishop Graff.  He was released as Bishops counselor 28 June 1912.  He was then called as second counselor in the YMMIA.  He took part in the theater and plays for which he enjoyed very much.  He was on the Wallsburg ball team.  In 1892 he played the base horn in the Wallsburg band.  He was a school trustee for fifteen years.  When the school house was being built, he hauled flag rock from lake creek with a team of horses and helped with the building.  He was Justice of the Peace from 1917 to 1919.  He was a road supervisor for a time then Deputy Road Commissioner.  He died in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City on the 4^th of April, 1926.  He was laid to rest in the Wallsburg Cemetery.