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A. B. RUE, formerly a photographic artist of high repute in Louisville, is a native of Mercer County, Ky.; was born in 1842, and is a son of Nelson and Margaret (Adams) Rue, both natives of Kentucky, but whose parents came from New Jersey at an early day and passed their lives in this State on a farm. A. B. Rue is the fourth in a family of nine children born to his parents. He remained on the home farm until 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Nineteenth Kentucky Volunteers, and was in active service the three years following, being promoted to second-lieutenant in the meanwhile, and mustered out as first-lieutenant at Louisville in 1865. He took part in the following engagements: Mill Springs, Cumberland Gap (and the campaign from the latter to the Ohio River), Arkansas Post, and in all the engagements by Grant in the siege of Vicksburg. At the latter place he was taken ill and was unfit for duty about four months, after which he returned to his regiment in New Orleans and remained with it until mustered out as stated above, when he entered college at Cincinnati. In 1866 he learned photography at Harrodsburg, Ky., and for seven years followed his vocation in various towns through the State. In 1881 he located in Louisville at No. 341 Fourth avenue, where his merits as an artist were soon recognized and where he was actively employed until 1888, when he moved to Harrodsburg, Ky. He was married, September 5, 1865, to Jessie Anderson, a daughter of Henry T. Anderson, so well known as a Reformed minister. Mrs. Rue is celebrated as a portrait painter, and has studied under the best masters in America. She has followed the art for many years, and is an artist of superior talents. Mr. and Mrs. Rue are the parents of six children: Lelia, Insco, Zoe, Letcher, Margie, and one dead. Mrs. Rue is now a member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Rue is a member of the Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church; he is a member of the G. A. R., I. O. O. F., K. of P., and K. of H.