Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Rue, James B. 1830 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Rue, James B. Was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, October 30, 1830. At the age
of eighteen years he entered Center College, Danville, Kentucky, and graduated
therefrom in 1853; was Professor of Languages in Columbia College, Kentucky,
until 1856, in which year he emigrated to Iowa, and settled at Council Bluffs.
He was employed as teacher in the schools of that place for a period of eight
years, when he began the furniture and queensware business. This he continued
for eight years; was a member of the City Council and School Board; was an Elder
of the Presbyterian church for twenty-one years. In 1872 he took charge of the
Grammar School in Council Bluffs, a position he held for four years. During his
residence here he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for
Pottawattamie. In 1877 he came to California, and settled in this city. Mr. Rue
is now the superintendent of the Santa Rosa Water Works.  He married, in
Washington county, Kentucky, on December 21, 1854, Parthenia Peter, by whom he
has Edmond, Mary C., James O., Harry H., Herbert R., Gertrude A., and one child
deceased.

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Santa Rosa Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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