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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1895.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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CHARLES A. LA RUE, who is engaged in general farming in the town of Montour, Schuyler County, is a native of that town, born January 7, 1843, and is a son of John C. and Hannah (Hazlett) La Rue. His father was a native of New Jersey, born in 1820, and was a son of Isaac La Rue, who was a farmer by occupation and likewise a native of New Jersey, where he spent his entire life. John C. La Rue came to Schuyler County when about twenty-one years of age, and here he married Hannah Hazlett. Shortly after their marriage the father purchased sixty acres of land, on which he located and afterward added eighty acres to the tract, making a farm of one hundred and forty acres, which is now the home of his son, George La Rue. He was a successful farmer, and at the time of his death owned some two hundred and thirty acres of valuable land. In politics he was a Democrat, and was fairly active in political affairs. He died on the old homestead in 1892, and his remains were interred in Montour Cemetery, at Montour Falls, N. Y. Mrs. La Rue is still living, making her home with her married daughter, Mrs. D. G. Topping. They became the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters, and all reside in New York State.

The subject of this sketch was second in order of birth and was reared on the old farm in the town of Montour, acquiring a good common-school education. He remained at home, assisting in the cultivation of the farm, until he was twenty-five years of age, when, December 24, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Fenton, a daughter of Claudius C. and Cynthia (Mapes) Fenton. The former lives on his farm of one hundred and sixteen acres near Montour Falls. Mrs. Fenton died January 23, 1894, at the age of seventy, and her remains were interred in Montour Cemetery, at Montour Falls. In their family were five children, four of whom are living. Mrs. La Rue is a niece of the noted physician, C. C. Coan, of Ovid, who at his decease left a very fine estate valued at $168,000.

By the union of our subject and his wife two children were born. Georgia G., born January 27, 1870, was educated at Cook Academy, at Montour Falls, and engaged in school teaching several terms before her marriage. She is now the wife of Myron W. Allen, who resides at North Hector, N. Y., where the latter is general agent for the Osborn Machine Company. In the last-named place Mr. Allen owns a small fruit farm.

Alton C. La Rue, born July 22, 1873, was educated in the common schools of Schuyler County and has taken a commercial course at Elmira, N. Y., thus preparing himself for a business life.

Shortly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. La Rue bought one hundred and sixteen acres of land of J. C. La Rue, where they have resided for twenty-seven years. In 1893 they bought another farm adjoining, which contains eighty acres, making two very valuable farms. Here they have since continued to reside, and here our subject has engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has always been interested in political affairs and has been active in the councils of his party. He is a Democrat, and firmly believes in the principles of the party. As a citizen he is greatly esteemed, and has ever endeavored to live so as to merit the good-will of his fellow-citizens.

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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published in 1895. 

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