Bio for David La RUE, in Livingston County, KY for about one year, From: Linda Katherine Jenkins-Wensel To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYF] Bio for David La RUE, in Livingston County, KY for about one year, including McKISSIC, COLE, BREAKISON Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 9:52 PM Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Van Buren Township, p. 646-647 David La RUE, one of the oldest settlers of Monroe County, Ind., was born on September 24, 1807, and is the youngest of four children born to Peter and Catherine (McKISSIC) La RUE, natives of Virginia. The mother died when our subject was but three years old. After this he worked around and about by the day until he was thirteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to the carpenter’s trade and served his time. In 1828, he went to Meigs County, Ohio, remained one year; thence to Cincinnati, where he was a carpenter on a steamboat for three years; thence to Livingston County, Ky., and remained one year with his father, or until the latter’s death, at the age of eighty-seven years. Then in May, 1832, he came to Bloomington, Ind. On December 27, 1832, he was married to Nancy, daughter of Jessie and Sallie COLE, and a native of Kentucky. Seven children have been born to them, only two of whom Sarah and Jesse, are now living. After his marriage, Mr. La RUE moved on eighty acres of land located near Stanford, where he lived two years, after which he traded that farm for eighty acres in Greene County, where he lived thirty-two years. He at the end of this time had accumulated 220 acres, all well improved and under good cultivation. In 1866, he sold this farm for $6,000, and purchased for $5,000 the one on which he now resides. Mrs. La RUE died in 1850, when, on March 14, 1851, he married Minerva COLE, of Greene County, and daughter of John and Sarah COLE. Two children, both deceased, were born to this union. This wife died in 1855. He next married, on September 10, 1859, Eliza DANIEL, of Greene County, daughter of Joseph DANIEL. Mr. La RUE lost this wife through a divorce court, when, for his fourth wife, he married, on April 24, 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth BREAKISON, also of Greene County. This couple have had five children, three of whom are living. His wife had the Campbellite, his second wife of the Baptist, his third of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his present wife is also a member, and of which Mr. La RUE is also a member. Our subject was Township Treasurer in his township in Greene County for seven years; was Deputy Sheriff of that county two years; was elected Constable in this township, but refused to qualify. His father was a soldier of the Revolution, having engaged in thirteen battles, such as Bunker Hill, Fredericktown, Trenton, etc. The father was reared in the same neighborhood with Gen. WASHINGTON. Our subject has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1852, at Stanford, and is now a member of Monroe Lodge, No. 22, Bloomington. On account of an impediment in his speech, he never attended school but two months in his life. His first wife taught him how to read. Mr. La RUE is a self-made man, and has always been wonderfully successful in his business ventures. Two of his sons served in the army during the late war. By the community in which he resides he is highly respected. Data Entry Volunteer - Linda Jenkins Wensel ______________________________ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ***********************************************************************