HISTORY: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia, Chapter 7, Larue, Dauphin County, PA 

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 128-129.
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                           THE LARUE FAMILY. 

  I.  JOHAN GEORGE LARUE, a native of Switzerland, emigrated to America 
about 1740, and located in Lancaster county, Pa.  He left, among other 
children:
    2.   i.  Jonas, b. August 4, 1709; m. Barbara _____. 
        ii.  George, d. January 1770, and left Isaac, Barbara, 
Elizabeth, and Margaret.
       iii.  Isaac, d. prior to 1770, leaving a son Henry.
        iv.  Henry. 
         v.  Peter, d. prior to 1762; his wife Elizabeth subsequently 
married John Shertz.  They had John, George, and Catharine, who were 
under fourteen in 1768.  

  II.  JONAS LARUE (Johan-George), b. August 4, 1709, in Switzerland; 
d. January 1, 1760, in Paxtang township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county; 
his wife Barbara _____, d. November 4, 1785.  They had issue: 
         i.  Henry, b. September 24, 1789; d. February 15, 1778.
        ii.  Catharina, b. December 31, 1740; m. John Busart; removed 
to Hamilton township, Franklin county, Pa.
       iii.  Francis, b. March 2, 1744; d. February 18, 1795; unm.
    3.  iv.  Anna-Maria (Mary), b. January 10, 1747; m. John Metzgar. 
    4.   v.  George, b. December 15, 1748; m. Anna Maria Forshner. 
        vi.  Elizabeth, b. February 19, 1754; m. Rev. Frederick Illing, 
of Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa. 
    5. vii.  Margaretta, b. October 13, 1757; m. Henry Boal, of 
Northumberland county, Pa.

  III.  ANNA MARIA (Mary) LARUE (Jonas, Johan-George), b. January 10, 
1747; d. November 20, 1826, at Middletown, Pa.; m. John Metzgar, b. 
June 24, 1740; d. April 24, 1826, at Middletown, Pa.; m. John Metzgar, 
b. June 24, 1740; d. April 24, 1826, at Middletown, and with his wife 
buried in the Lutheran graveyard.  They had issue (surname Metzgar): 
         i.  John, b. September 13, 1766; d. May 10, 1820.

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        ii.  Elizabeth, b. October 14, 1767.
       iii.  Anna-Maria, b. September 20, 1768; d. June 11, 1769.
        iv.  John-George, b. October 8, 1769.
         v.  Daniel, b. October 30, 1770; d. August 28, 1807.
        vi.  Ludwig, b. March 21, 1772; d. August 3, 1773.
       vii.  Anna-Maria, b. November 19, 1773; d. April 19, 1850; m. 
Dr. Charles Fisher, b. September 8, 1766; d. May 8, 1808.
      viii.  Jonas, b. September 29, 1775.
        ix.  Catharine, b. May 22, 1777; d. December 4, 1849; m. Jacob 
Shertz, b. February 20, 1772; d. May 27, 1831.
         x.  Jacob, b. March 20, 1779; d. October 31, 1817.
        xi.  Rebecca, b. December 25, 1781.
       xii.  Charlotte, b. June 18, 1784.
      xiii.  Lydia, b. June 16, 1786.
       xiv.  Joseph, b. December 23, 1789; d. in Harrisburg in 1854; 
the father of Larue Metzgar, Esq., of this city.

  IV.  GEORGE LARUE (Jonas, Johan-George), b. December 15, 1748; d. 
April 11, 1806; m., March 27, 1778, Anna Maria Forshner, b. May 16, 
1757, in Switzerland; arrived at Philadelphia October 17, 1772; d. 
September 5, 1789.  They had issue:
         i.  Anna, b. September 11, 1779; m., first, George F. Varnick; 
secondly, John Lemer.
        ii.  Barbara-Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1782; m. Robert M. Dickey.
       iii.  Anna-Maria, b. June 29, 1784.
        iv.  Anna-Catharine, b. July 5, 1789; d. October 27, 1806, near 
Harrisburg. 

  V. MARGARETTA LARUE (Jonas, Johan-George), b. October 13, 1757; m. 
Henry Boal, d. 1792, in Lower Paxtang township.  They had issue:
         i.  Michael, m. Anna _____. 
        ii.  Catharine, m. Daniel Warrior.
       iii.  Margaret, m. Michael Wolf, b. 1765; d. November 25, 1847
        iv.  John, d. 1819; m. Elizabeth _____; removed to 
Chillisquaque, Northumberland county, Pa., where they died.  They had 
Elizabeth, m. Matthew Laird; Mary, m. John Resnor; Sophia, m. Samuel 
Woods; Margaret, and Nancy, m. J. Foster Wilson, of Hartleton.
         v.  Henry, m. Rebecca _____; removed to West Buffalo, 
Northumberland county, Pa.
        vi.  Medaline (Mary), m. Michael Gross, of Middletown.
       vii.  Anna, m. Daniel Snyder; removed to Botetourt county, Va.
      viii.  Elizabeth, m. Peter Snyder, of Washington county, Tenn.
        ix.  Veronica (Frany), m. Michael Kissinger.
         x.  John.
        xi. Christiana.