A history of Texas and Texans . f the extensive planters and slaveholdersof Tennessee, where he well upheld the prestige of thefamily name, which is perpetuated in the title of LaRuecounty, Kentucky, a county named in honor of one ofthe distinguished members of the family who was promi-nent in the early history of the fine old Bluegrass C. LaRue was a soldier in the war of 1812 and themaiden name of his wife was Hardin. Of their severalchildren, Joseph M., father of the subject of this review,was the youngest. Joseph M. LaRue was reared underthe somewhat patrician regime in the old
A history of Texas and Texans . f the extensive planters and slaveholdersof Tennessee, where he well upheld the prestige of thefamily name, which is perpetuated in the title of LaRuecounty, Kentucky, a county named in honor of one ofthe distinguished members of the family who was promi-nent in the early history of the fine old Bluegrass C. LaRue was a soldier in the war of 1812 and themaiden name of his wife was Hardin. Of their severalchildren, Joseph M., father of the subject of this review,was the youngest. Joseph M. LaRue was reared underthe somewhat patrician regime in the old south and wasafforded the advantages of the schools of his nativestate. Upon leaving the parental home and institutingindependent operations as a planter in Tennessee, hisfather presented him with a few slaves, whom he on his plantation, which was one of modest order,and whom he brought with him to Texas, where theycontinued in his service until the Emancipation Proc-lamation led to their freedom. Mr. LaRue continued. TEXAS AND TEXANS 2129 his agricultural operations in the vicinity of Murcliison,Henderson county, until 1S86, when he removed with hisfamily to Athens, the county seat, where he died in thefollowing year, honored by all who knew him. He wasa loval supporter of the caiise of the Confederacy duringtheCivil war, in which he served in the command ofGeneral Magruder, the iirmtoy pMit nf the given to service in the ,|iuirUriii:is!n - .l,|i:iri nt. While thus giving his in ilic Mippnn ,,( Mr. LaRue ackuowledgeil conversion to the Cliris-tian faith and became a member of the Baptist church,of which his wife likewise was a devoted adherent. Hewas affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and his life?vas guided and governed by the highest princiides ofintegrity and honor. As a young man he weddeil ilissMary F. Oliver, who was born in the state of Tennessee,and who survived him by several years. Concerning theirchildren following
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