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Below is a family biography from the book, The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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James C. Larue was born in Hardin County, Ky., October 2, 1831, and is a son of Josiah and Mary (Castleman) Larue. The father was born in Virginia in 1805, and was an infant when taken by his parents to Hardin County, Ky., in an early day. Hardin County was afterward divided, one portion being named “Larue,” in honor of his family. He received a collegiate education, but was a farmer by occupation. His death occurred in 1857. The mother was born in Hardin County, and bore Mr. Larue thirteen children, Samuel, James C., William, Jacob, David, Hardin, Thomas, Lydia and John still living. Those deceased are John, Squire, Sarah, Elizabeth and an infant. Samuel Larue, the grandfather, was born in France, and immigrated to Kentucky in 1810 from Virginia, in a wagon, with 100 horses and ninety negroes, he having been a man of means. Himself and wife died in Kentucky. James Castleman, the maternal grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania about 1810, of French parentage, and he also immigrated to Kentucky from Virginia. Elizabeth (Walters) Castleman was his second wife, and died in Kentucky. James C. Larue, our subject, lived with his parents during his youth, passing a large portion of his time upon the river. In 1853 he married and began life for himself by farming for a year. He then went on the river again, and after teaming three years in Henderson, Ky., resumed his farming. Seven years after he sold out, and went to Kansas, where he remained a short time before going to Texas. In 1866 he settled in Crawford County, where he now has 368 acres of land, 160 being under cultivation. August 19, 1853, he married Sarah M. Burdine, a native of Hardin County, Ky., and daughter of John and Rebecca Burdine, also natives of that county. To Mr. and Mrs. Larue twelve children have been born: William, Benjamin F., Jacob, Thomas, Robert E. L., Julia, wife of L. Cluck, and Rose V. living, and David, Mary, Joshua and two infants deceased.
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This family biography is one of 222 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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