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Obituary. 
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OBITUARY. 
EDWIN  McCURDY  BORING. 
Edwin  M.  Boring,  who  died  at  his  home  in  Philadelphia,  June  22, 
1920,  was  the  son  of  John  Dobbins  Boring  and  Catherine  McCurdy 
Boring,  and  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Penna.,  October  24,  1839.  His 
boyhood  days  were  spent  in  his  home  town,  where  he  attended  High 
School.  Thereafter,  about  1857,  he  worked  for  a  time  in  Welchen's 
Drug  Store,  in  Lancaster,  and  for  a  few  months  in  Philadelphia, 
after  which  he  returned  to  Lancaster. 
He  responded  to  Lincoln's  call  for  75,000  volunteers,  and  entered 
the  three  months'  service  with  the  Lancaster  Fencibles,  April  18, 
He  was  mustered 
out  July,  1865.  As 
a  member  of  the 
Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania 
Chickamauga- 
Chattanooga  Bat- 
tlefields Commis- 
sion he  assisted  in 
the  erection  of  the 
monument  at 
Chickamauga  Park 
to  the  79th  Pennsyl- 
Chickamauga,  etc.     i^^^wm  mccurdv  boring    vania  Volunteers. 
After  the  war,  September  4,  1865,  he  came  to  Philadelphia,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Edward  B.  Garrigues,  at  loth  and  Eairmount 
Ave.  During  the  same  year  he  matriculated  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1867.  During 
the  summer  of  1866  he  studied  botany  under  Dr.  Horatio  C.  Wood, 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  then  located  at  9th  and  Chestnut 
vSts.  He  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  his  Alma  Mater 
in  1868,  and  continued  a  member  until  the  time  of  his  death.  In 
1868  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Garrigues,  which  continued 
until  the  time  of  the  latter's  retirement  in  1887,  when  Mr.  Boring 
became  the  sole  proprietor.  He  continued  this  business  until  last 
year,  when  he  disposed  of  it  to  his  successor. 
1 86 1.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  the  three 
months  he  re-en- 
listed in  Company 
E,  79th  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, 
first  as  private,  and 
was  commissioned 
First  -  Lieutenant 
June  19,  1864.  He 
took  part  in  a 
number  of  the  great 
battles  of  the  war, 
at  Murfreesb  or  o  , 
