Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - James C. Larue

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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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 a year. He then went on the 
river again, and after teaming three years in Henderson, [p.1164] 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 Rebecea 
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 Rosa V. living, and David, Mary, 
Joshua and two infants deceased. Mrs. Larue has been identified with 
the Baptist Church over twenty years. Mr. Larue is a Baptist, but not 
identified with the church in Arkansas. Heis a Democrat and a member 
of the I. O. O. F. 

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