#21-Permelia Larue aka Pamela

Permelia also known as Pamela Larue, was the 4th child born to James Sr. and his wife Elizabeth nee Jordan. She was born on 27 July 1799 in Virginia, according to some in Loudon County. We have no documentation of this date except for her tombstone, which has become increasingly eroded by 2006. She is found in the Salem Baptist Church records as being baptized in that Church as Tomela Larue in April 1828 (one of the first in that congregation) and later as a member of said church in 1834. She died on 9 Aug 1868 in Guernsey County, Ohio and is buried with most of her family at the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Guernsey County, Ohio. 

Final information about Permelia comes from her Will found in Guernsey County, Ohio and it reads:

"Signed, sealed and declared by said Permelia Larue to be her last will and testament in presence of us who at her request, and in her presence have subscribed our names as witnesses  hereto in the presence of each other.

                                          S.S. Emerson

                                          John Weaver

That said Sewell S. Emerson and John Weaver sworn in open court on 23 Nov 1865 depose and say that they were present at the execution of the last will and testament of Permelia Larue.

                                         Probate Judge, Joseph Johnson

Permelia Larue Will No. 2945

Filed November 23, 1865 and admitted to probate the same day, Journal 3 page 417

Recorded in Book No. 2 page 200."

" I, Permelia Larue of the County of Guernsey and State of Ohio being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare, this to be my last will and testament, as follows.

I give and bequeath to my Brother Laban Larue, all my rights, title, and interest in the estate on which I now reside.

it being the old Homestead farm and his west of the farm formerly owned by Stephen Ballard, and now owned by David Larue.

In testimony whereof I, the said, Permelia Larue have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 18th day of June A.D. 1864.

                                                      Permelia Larue   (her seal)"

#20-The Hetherington Branch

William's daughter, Emily, married James Nelson Hetherington and this is the line of the LaRue family that we will follow next. Emily was born on 9 Dec 1828 and married 11 Aug 1853 in Guernsey County, Ohio according to records found in the Finley Room, of the Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Ohio. She and James had 6 children, 3 of whom had descendants. According to entry at FindAGrave.com there is a monument for Emily LaRue Hetherington in the Washington Street Cemetary, Casey, Clark County, IL with same birthdate and a death date of 17 Nov 1899.

Their son William C. married Dorothy Ellen Downs and had a family of 6. The children are Arley, Earny, Reason, Lula, Mabel and Dorothea. I have found no evidence of a marriage for Earny. And have found no descendants names for Lula who married a Goetz and Dorothea who married Don Gullman. William married second to Mary Howell, but we find no descendants for this marriage or information on Dorothy's death, burial or any of that same information for William.

Isabelle married James Trullo Troughton and they had 3 children. Isabelle and James are buried at the Washington Street Cemetery in Casey, Clark County, IL. I have not followed their descendants.

And finally, Hosea marries Angie Lee and has 3 children. I have not followed this line either, but it seems that Hosea and Angie are both buried in the Washington Street Cemetery in Casey, Clark Co, Illinois, also.

Obviously, from the scant information I have on this line, there is a great deal left to explore. So that is probably going to go onto my"Wish List" with a trip to Clark County, Illinois for further research.

#19-William Larue, First Son.

The third child and first son, born to James and Elizabeth nee Jordan Larue, was Willliam B. Larue. Census records for William and his children, report that he was either born in Virginia or Massachusettes. His date of birth has been deduced from his tombstone as 5 January 1798. We do not know much about William. It seems that on one Guernsey County, Ohio court record it may be he who is the administrator of an estate and is called Doctor William Larue. But, we are not totally positive that this is "our" William, and we can find no other place where he is awarded this title. William and his younger brother, John Larue are named adminstrators of their father James Sr. probate in Guernsey County, Ohio in 1825. Their mother, Elizabeth, widow of James declined administration. 

There are many researchers who have stated that the name of James Sr., father was Jabez Larue. I have seen no documented source for this information. Those same researchers state that Jabez and James served in the final years of the Revolutionary War, but again we have not sources for that information. I for one question the validity of this information. One reason, is that we can find no source to support it. My second reason for doubt is the naming of James Sr.'s children. He and Elizabeth, after having 2 daughters, name their first son William. In an era when the naming of children generally followed a pattern of naming children after their grandparents, I find use of the name, William interesting. There is a line of Larues, who use the William name, also moving through Ohio into Indiana and Illinois. Is this the line we are connected with? And finally, my line of LaRue's NEVER uses the name Jabez. It is not passed along to new generations and I find this interesting. Not conclusive, but worth considering.

On 24 Jan 1828 in Guernsey County, Ohio, William marries Lydia Foreacre, the daughter of James Foreacre and Roseanna nee Savely. From the records that I have been able to locate, William and Lydia had 2 children. Emily, the eldest was born in Guernsey County, Ohio on 9 December 1828. Their second child, Reason Larue was born 21 February 1833 and died on 13 January 1852 at 19 years of age leaving no descendants, and is buried in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Guernsey County by his parents.

Emily married James Nelson Hetherington on 11 August 1853 in Guernsey County, Ohio. James Hetherington was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania and his father was born in Ireland. Emily and James  had 6 children that have been identified so far.

The first child was named Elizabeth Hetherington and was born about 1856 in Ohio. She is found as 4 years old and born in Ohio, in her parents household on the 1860 Federal census in Cambridge Township, Guernsey County,Ohio and again in the 1870 census in Guernsey County, Ohio where she is reported to be 14 years old.  We know nothing further about her at this time.She is not mentioned as a beneficiary of her Uncle Laban Larue in 1891 will, so pretty sure that she died before that date. The next 2 children in the 1860 household are Delilah aged 2 years old, therefore born about 1858 and William C. 3 months old, therefore born about April 1860.

Ida  Hetherington was born 8 September 1857, probably in Guernsey County and she died probably in that same county on 10 May 1874 and is buried near her grandparents, William and Lydia Larue in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Guernsey County. I believe that this is the same child who in the 1860 census was called Delilah. We know of no descendants from Ida/Delilah.

The next four children all married and 3 of them had descendants. They are in order; William C. Hetherington, Isabelle Hetherington, Melissa Hetherington and Hosea Hetherington. Melissa Hetherington born August 1864 probably in Guernsey County, Ohio married on 13 March 1884 in Clark County, Illinois to William H. Haughn. On the 1900 Federal Census we find Melissa and William living on Jasper Avenue in Casey, Clark County, Illinois. They report that they have been married 15 years and that at this time they have had no children. Which leaves the final 3 children of Emily, who are William, Isabelle and Hosea with the descendants for this line.

William Larue dies on 2 May 1869 in Guernsey County and his wife Lydia dies on 2 May 1874 in the same county, with both buried in the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in that county along with numerous other relatives. His only descendants, through is daughter Emily and her husband James Nelson Hetherington will be presented in upcoming blog.

His will reads: " I William Larue of Guernsey County in the State of Ohio of sound and disposing mind and memory of full age and not under any restraint do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say, First= it is my wish that all my debts and funeral expenses be first fully paid out of my personal estate Second- I give and devise all the rest and residue of my personal estate together with all lands and real estate charged with the comfortable maintenance of my wife Lydia if she survive me to my daughter Emily Hetherington.  To have and to hold all my said lands and real estate to her my said daughter and to the heirs of her body forever charged however with the comfortable maintenance of my said wife Lydia as aforesaid. I expecting my said wife Lydia if she survive me to have her home with and to be amply and comfortably provided for in and as a member of the family of my said daughter Emily Hetherington, and, It is my will  that my real estate be not sold or otherwise disposed of during my said daughters life, and not then unless the youngest child of my said daughter shall be of full age and all obligation _____________(this line unreadable)__________________ to be null and void.

And lastly, I nominate and appoint my brothers Laban Larue and David Larue executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former and other wills by me made and ratifying and confirming this and this alone to be my last will and testament- In testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and seal this Twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1868.

Signed sealed published and declared, the said William Larue to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have ____?the same as witness in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other."

WILL: David J. Burlingame

W. S. Stewart    (signatures)William Larue (seal) and signature

WILL: *Burlingame and Stewart in affadavit, affirm on 10 Jun 1869, that they were present at the execution the the last will and testament of William Larue. This is No. 3027 Rec'd. The will filed on 10 Jun 1869 and admitted to probate the same day, Journal 3 page 465, recorded in book No. 2 page 217. Guernsey County, OH.

**NOTE. It seems that the family has not begun to use the capital R in the Larue name as of this date.

#18-Charity's Descendants- The Stuart Branch

In my earlier post on Charity, I had covered her marriage to John Stewart/Stuart and their move to Illinois with their 4 children, Elizabeth, Charles, James and William. John and Charity are buried in Trexler Cemetery in Jasper County. So are their children Charles, James and William. We have not found where Elizabeth is buried nor when she died. Her last known residence, according to the 1910 Federal census, is with her niece's family, the Daggy family,  in Jasper county, and Elizabeth is 86 years old.  So, maybe she died in that county and is also buried in Jasper county, but we have not found the records at this time. She would have been the last surviving child of John and Charity.

We also know that Elizabeth and William never married and had no descendants. So no further information on them will evolve. 

But Charles B. and James L. Stuart did marry and did have children. So that is who I will discuss next.  By in large I do not use my time to extensively follow collateral lines. But, I do have the beginnings of these families, as they are all still LaRue descendants. And I do have the goal of recognizing all LaRue descendants in my family line.

Charles B. was the second child of John and Charity (Larue) Stuart.He married Margaret Long between 1850 and 1860 before they moved to IL.  He died on 22 Feb 1869 most likely in Jasper County, IL and is buried in the Trexler Cemetery along with his wife, and most of his family.

After his death, she remarried to William Black. She died in 1880 and is buried in the Trexler Cemetery near the rest of her family. Since their first child appears to have been born in 1861, I am guessing a marriage date around 1859 is possible, and most likely in either Noble or Guernsey County, Ohio. Their children were Mary Jane (born 1861 in IL),  Elizabeth Victoria ( born 1863), Jeanette (born 1865) and Charles William Stuart (born 1867 and died 1878). The three girls all married but Charles died young in Jasper County and is buried in the same cemetery with his grandparents and parents.

Mary Jane Stuart, the first daughter of Charles B. and Margaret (Long) Stuart/Stewart married Commodore Perry Reisner in IL in 1879. They had seven children born between 1879 and 1890 in Illinois. At least two of their sons moved out to California. It seems that their eldest daughter died at the age of 25 and may not have married. Others of their children stayed in Illinois and seem to have all married and had children. Mary Jane and Commodore are buried at the Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Jasper County, IL.

The second daughter, Elizabeth Victoria (often called Victoria) married Albert Deming and they moved to Oregon with their two children. Victoria died 1905 in that state. One child Leigh Stuart
Deming is last seen in California.

The last daughter of Charles B. and Margaret, Jeanette married by 1882 to James Willard Daggy in Illinois. They had their 7 children born in Jasper county by 1900. Jeanette and James Daggy are both buried in the Trexler Cemetery with all the others of their family.

The third child of John and Charity Stuart and the last in our discussion with descendants, is James L. Stuart. (I think it very likely that this child was named James Larue Stuart after Charity's father.) James marries before 1857 a woman named Sara. It is very likely that he married her in Ohio before moving to Illinois. James dies in 1863 and is buried in the Trexler Cemetery.

They had two daughters. Armintha was born June 1857 and Caroline was born between 1860 and before Oct 1864. Sara remarries after James' death to a Mr. Burton or Buntain and looks like they moved onto Kansas by 1900. Armintha marries George W. Stratton in Illinois, and has 6 children with him in Illinois. George dies in Kansas, but we have no further information on Armintha or her children. The other child of James L. and Sara, one Caroline, married John Murphy in Jasper county, Illinois in 1875. They had 3 children, before they died. Caroline and John must have died before 1893 as their surviving children have appointed guardians in the Will of their Uncle Laban Larue. Their daughter Manda is believed to have died young as we find no records of her to date and she is not mentioned in her Uncle Labans beneficiaries. Their sons James and George have appointed guardian and seem to have lived in Jasper County, Illinois until their adulthood.

All of which gives me lots still to do if I want to follow these descendants of Charity, the second daughter of James Larue Sr. of Guernsey County, Ohio, throuhg her marriage to John Stuart.

#17-Sarah's Children?

As mentioned before, an earlier researcher/s have not credited Sarah LaRue Baker with any children. But, those earlier researchers have been wrong in other respects, so what about this one? Sarah married John Baker in 1823. She was 28 years old at her marriage. John Baker was born in 1788 so would have been about 35 years old at their marriage. Consequently, it is reasonable to assume that either of them could have been married prior to their marriage to each other. Therefore either of them, or both of them could have had children prior to their marriage to one another.

The 1820 census for the household of James Larue Sr. seems to have females in it, at least one of which would fit Sarah. Since she had not married John Baker by that time, it is concievable that she would be living in her father's household. Whether she were unmarried, or widowed. There is also an unknown male child in this household born between 1810 and 1820. This could be a child of James Sr. or of one of his children. And could also fit the male child that we find in the household of Sarah and John Baker in 1830. We have not found the census record in 1820 for John Baker at this point, so cannot make any conclusions on him for that time frame.

The 1830 Federal Census for Richland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, finds Johns household with the adult female who would be Sarah, as the age fits. [Remember, that in early census records, only the head of the household is named. All other persons in that household are simply enumerated as males or females in certain age groups.] There is one male child aged, 10-15 years old, therefore born between 1815 and 1820. And there is one female child aged 5-10 years old, therefore born between 1820 and 1825. Could the female child be Sarah's. Or was she born before the 1823 marriage, and John was a new widower when he married Sarah? Was the male child born 1815-1820 Sarah's, born prior to her marriage to John or was it John's son, from a prior marriage. Or, since the 1830 census was taken after the death of Sarah's father, James Sr., is this Sarah's brother?

The 1840 Federal Census for the same area, was taken shortly before John Baker died in 1841. In his household, there is still the female of the correct age to be Sarah, but no female child who would at this date be aged 15 to 20 years old. There is a male 20-30 years old which fits with the male teenager from the previous census. There is an adult female 20-30 years old, most likely that male's wife. And a male child under 5 years old, so I am going to guess that this young couple living with Sarah and John had a male child. Who are they?

I need to check out probate records for John Baker, Sarah Larue Baker Brown and even James Larue Sr. or Elizabeth to see if I can track down these persons. I am going to propose here that these persons are NOT Sarah's children or James Sr., as they are not mentioned in the estate settlement of Sarah's brother Laban Larue in 1891, when he leaves to all his neices and nephews shares in his estate. But that is not enough evidence to make it convincing, so further research may really establish how these persons are related.

#16-Scratch That Idea.

Since I have no idea of who will in the future read this blog, I cannot limit it to only my direct line. Therefore, as each line of descent from James Sr. & Elizabeth Larue come into the discussion, I will share what I have on that complete line, except for living persons.

Some of you may not find this to your interest. But, I suggest that you read all of it, as the LaRue family moved West, they often kept contact with the family "back home". And often went "home" to visit or had family travel West for a visit.  There is just way to much great history here to ignore any of it.  And since my original plan when I began this family genealogy was to follow all the know descendants of James Sr. & Elizabeth as one part of the project, and to search for their ancestors as the other, it seems best that I report on each line. And with time and increased readership, who knows? we may even find other living descendants of this line.

#15-Generations of LaRues.

James and Elizabeth, until I can find their parents, will be considered the First Generation in our Family. Their children, 10 known persons, will be considered the Second Generation. I am in the process of sharing their names and information at present. The Third Generation contains the names of their children, therefore those will be the grandchildren of James and Elizabeth. I probably will not give all the information I have on these grandchildren, except to maybe state whether they married and had descendants. I may go back to these descendants at a later date and share their information, cause there is some really good stuff.

However, the line of John Jr., who is the son of James Sr., and is my direct line (along with my first cousins) is a line that I will fully explore except for information on living persons.  I am still collecting photographs and hope to share some of them, but am thinking that idea through a little more thoroughly. So back to the next child of James & Elizabeth, one William B. LaRue.