• Son of Jacob LaRue (I) and Mary Frost LaRue. Was born in Frederick County, Virginia, August 15, 1779. Died near Hodgenville, Kentucky, September 20, 1825. Is buried in Nolynn Churchyard, LaRue County, Kentucky. He was married first to Sarah Hodgen VI. D (1781 - 1811), January 3, 1799, by the Rev. Josiah Dodge. Second marriage to Sally Price (B. August 18, 1788. D. July 17, 1823), in August, 1813, by Warren Cash.

  He owned and lived on a large farm on Nolynn, a mile below Hodgenville, known at the present time as the Vannort place, which was purchased by Cadwallader Churchill from the heirs of William LaRue (IF) in 1829. The William LaRue home was in the low land, between the site of the large brick residence later built by Chruchill and the creek, where the old well may yet be seen. At his death, William LaRue left a considerable estate, of which his son Jacob H. LaRue (I.F.a) was Administrator. William LaRue had thirteen children - seven from his first marriage and six from the second.

  Descendants of William LaRue (I.F.) and Sarah Hodgen LaRue (VI.D).

  • I.F.a. Jacob Hodgen LaRue

    Born December 3, 1799, Married first March 1, 1827, Sarah C. Park (D. Jan 29, 1834), widow of James Park, and daughter of Hugh McElroy and Deborah, his wife, whose third husband was Jacob LaRue (I.G.); second marriage, in October, 1835, to Elizabeth Thurman (B. Oct. 13, 1801. D. May 17, 1868). He located in the State of Missouri prior to 1840. Died at the home of his son, Hugh M. LaRue (I.F.a.2), at Sacramento, California, while on a visit, July 4, 1884.

    Children of Jacob H. LaRue (I.F.a) from first marriage (THREE).
    • I.F.a.1. William LaRue

      Born December 17, 1827. Died 1829.

    • I.F.a.2 Hugh McElroy LaRue

      Born August 12, 1830. Died December 6, 1906. Married, in 1858, Miss E.M. Lizenby (B. July 4, 1836. D. Jan. 6, 1919). Hugh M LaRue moved with his father to Lewis County, Missouri, in 1839. In 1849 he joined the Sublette-Conduit expedition across the plains to California; located first in Amador County in the last named State; with a few years he became extensively engaged in agriculture and horticulture in the Sacramento Valley. He had a prominent part in the devlopment of California; was Sheriff of his county in 1873-4; member of the second Constitutional Convention of California, in 1879; in 1883 and 1884 was member of the California Assembly, and was Speaker of the House; was Railroad Commissioner from 1891 to 1895, and on various occasions was prominently mentioned as candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket. When he died a Sacramento paper said of him: "Hugh M. LaRue was one of the last of the old magnificent race of the kings of men who builder this West." His body rests in the Masonic plot

    • I.F.a.3 Jabez Hodgen LaRue

      Born February 16, 1833. Died September, 1917, at Fresno, California. Married, first January 1, 1851, in Lewis County, Missouri, Margaret Haycraft (B. in Hardin Co., Ky., Mar. 8, 1828. D. Nov 29, 1887). After her death he married ___. Four children from first marriage. Many descendants in vicinity of Fresno, California.

    Children of Jacob H. LaRue (I.F.a) from second marriage (THREE).
    • I.F.a 4 William Thomas LaRue

      Born May 31, 1839, in Lewis County, Missouri. Died October 1, 1916, at Redlands, California. Married, first November 1, 1866, in Lewis County, Missouri, Margaret Catharine Stevens (B. Dec. 19, 1842. D. Dec. 14, 1893, at Lewistown, Mo.) Second marriage, November, 1899, to Virginia Brent. Five children from first marriage. Descendants in California and Colorado. William Thomas LaRue (I.F.a.4) was a Confederate soldier.

    • I.F.a.5 Sarah Martha LaRue

      Born December 7, 1840. Died January 19, 1900, in Lewis County, Missouri. Is buried at Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Missouri. She was married, November 14, 1860, to Johnathan Durrett (B. Apr. 13, 1835. D. Jan. 23, 1899). Four children.

    • I.F.a.6 Mary Elizabeth LaRue

      Born December 9, 1843. Married, January 26, 1865, to Oscar Hines Durrett (B. Jan 27, 1839. D. June 14, 1900) She is now (1921) living in Lewis County, Missouri; postoffice address. R.F.D. No.3, Canton, Mo. Three children.

  • I.F.b. Mary LaRue

    Born February 17, 1801. She was a cripple. Was a teacher in Hardin County, Kentucky, many years. In 1846 she was married, in LaRue County, to James J.B. Cahill. He died in 1852, after which time she moved to Missouri, and there married ____ Ford. She died in Lewis County, Missouri, January 15, 1803. No issue

  • I.F.c. Elizabeth LaRue

    Born February 24, 1803. Died May 7, 1873. Married, first in 1821, to Isaac LaRue (I.G.b); second marriage, March 29, 1827, to Samuel Allen (B. June 15, 1806. D. Dec. 31, 1876).

    Children of Elizabeth LaRue (I.F.c.) and Samuel Allen.
    • I.F.c.1 Mary Allen Born Mary 25, 1829. Died April 11, 1912. Married Martin Thomas, August 23, 1860, in LaRue County, Kentucky. Numerous descendants in LaRue County and in the West.
    • I.F.c.2 John J. Allen Born 1830. Died 1912. Married Catherine Pemberton (B 1833. D. 1901). Numerous descendants, in LaRue County, KY, and in the West.
      • Descendants of I.F.c.2.
      • George Allen, R.2, Hodgenville, Ky.
      • Mrs. Sallie Wright, Hodgenville, Ky.
      • Joseph W. Allen, R.2. Hodgenville, Ky.
      • Horace Allen, R.R. New Albany, Ind.
      • Charles W. Allen, Meadville, Mo.
      • Jacob LaRue Allen, Drummond, Okla.
      • Samuel T. Allen, Drummond, Okla.
        • Mary Ellen Allen married James Anderson Chesnut
          • James Wendall Chesnut (B. 7-31-1922)
            married Jodean Rapp (B. 8-7-1923) 4/13/43
            • Timothy Allen Chesnut (B. 3-9-47)
              married Thelma McMahan (B. 10-1-52) 8/27/71
              • Torrie Jean (B. 3-25-74)
                • Randa Parker (B. 8- - 90)
                  • married Mike Parker 2-14-90
                • married Jason Vann (B. 1969) married 1998
                • Briley (B. 12- - 99)
              • Infant son (B. 2-20-77 D. 2-20-77)
              • Tennille Dean (B. 10-10-76)
                • Jayden Cheyenne (B. 9-4-1999)
              • Toni James
                • Carter James (B. 7-1-2005)
                • Caylie (B. 8-31-06)
              • Tianne (B. 10-25-1982)
            • Kathryn Ann Chesnut (B. 1-23-51)
              married William Hugh Boedeker (B. 4-27-48) 11-9-68;
              second marriage Robert Eugene massa (B. 6-15-54) 5-1-99
              • Bengi Ann Boedeker (B. 5-5-69) married Timothy Ryan Beebe (B. 8-7-64) 7-15-93
                • Jessica Ann Beebe (B. 2-9-96)
                • Jacob William Beebe (B. 12-31-99)
                • Joshua Timothy Beebe (B. 1-1-2000)
                • Jennifer Jeraldine (B. 1-18-2002)
              • Kimi Sue Boedeker (B. 6-3-74) married Chad Everett Vesta (B. 7-7-77) 6-1-2002
                • Cade Everett (B. 10-20-2006)
              • infant son (B. 3-20-77 D. 3-20-77)
              • Kati Beth Boedeker (B. 5-1-78)
                • Abigail Kathryn Tan (B. 4-22-99)
                  • married Jason Infontan Tan (B. 1-21-77) 1-27-98
                • Brandon St.John (B. 10-15-1974) married 12-31-2002
                • Brady Keith St.John (B. 10-27-05)
    • I.F.c.3 Martha Allen Born August 13, 1832. Died March 3, 1884. Was the second wife of Isaac T. LaRue (III. B.b.). Two daughters.
    • I.F.c.4 Horace Allen Born ___. Died ___, at Washington, C.H., Ohio. Married Melissa Coleman. He was a Union soldier, and later while a member of a Home Guard Co. is said to have ended the career of the guerilla raider Quantrell, in May, 1865. Left children.
    • I.F.c.5 Eliza Allen Born June 28, 1840. Died Dec. 1, 1905. Was blind. Was never married.
    • I.F.c.6 Gillie Allen

      Born March 28, 1846. Died Feb. 24, 1884. Married William A. Churchill. Descendants.

  • I.F.d. Phebe LaRue; Born April 28, 1805. Died November 2, 1854. Married, in Hardin County, Ky. By John Hodgen (VI.E.), August 12, 1824, to Capt. Samuel Weller, who was born in Frederick County, Maryland, January 9, 1787, and came with his father, Daviel Weller, to Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1796. Capt. Samuel Weller was an officer in the War of 1812, under Gen William Henry Harrison. In the year 1813, he married Martha Shields, and by her had five children, viz., (1) Daniel Weller (B. 1814, and was lost at age of 14 or 15 years, and never heard of afterwards), (2) Margaret Bard Weller (B. 1816, married James H. Ashbaugh, and had several children, who settled in Kansas and Nebraska), (3) Mary Martha Weller (B. 1818), (4) James Elisha Weller (B. 1820, married and had children, who located in Nebraska), (5) Ann Isabel Weller (B. 1818). In June, 1823, Capt. Weller purchased from Jacob LaRue (I.G) the farm on Nolynn now know as the W.T. Patterson place, later purchasing other adjoining lands. From 1823 until his death, which occurred October 17, 1854, his home was on Nolynn. The epidemic of typhoid fever in the Fall of 1854, was especially fatal in the Weller family. Most of the members of the family are buried at Nolynn Church, in LaRue County
    Children of Phebe LaRue (I.F.d) and Samuel Weller (Nine)
    • I.F.d.1 William L. Weller
      • Born 1825. Died in Louisville, Ky., 1900. His widow, Sarah B. Weller, also died in 1900. They left seven children. William L. Weller was a soldier in the Mexican War.
    • I.F.d.2 Sarah H. Weller
      • Born 1827. Died November 15, 1854. Married Alexader Thoms in 1845. Had children
    • I.F.d.3 Samuel H. Weller
      • Born 1828. Died December 24, 1850. Was a California "Forty-Niner." Buried in California (at Pilot Hill)
    • I.F.d.4 Jacob F. Weller
      • (Late of Louisville, Ky.) Born 1830. Died in Louisville, Ky, 1903. His wife, Nannie M. Weller, died in 1898. They left two children.
    • I.F.d.5 George W. Weller
      • Born 1832. Died November 29, 1854.
    • I.F.d.6 Charles Weller
      • Born May 1, 1835. Died July 1, 1862. He was robbed and murdered while traveling on horseback collecting bills.
    • I.F.d.7. Elizabeth J. Weller
      • Born 1837. Died October 16, 1854..
    • I.F.d.8 Phebe Matilda Weller
      • Born December 14, 1839. Died in Chicago, Ill., January 17, 1889. Married March 13, 1860, to Dr. William Russell Van Hook (B. Sept 29, 1837). Left six children. She is buried at her old home, Illiopolis, Ill.. Descendants in various states. Dr. W.R. Van Hood was a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War.
    • I.F.d.9 Capt. John H. Weller
      • Born April 11, 1842. Died October, 1912. Married, January 16, 1867, Jennie Goodrich, of Oldham County, Ky. Capt. Weller lived in Louisville, but was a frequent visitor in LaRue county. During the Civil War he was an officer in the "Orphan Brigade" of the Confederate Army. From 1880 to 1892 he was Clerk of the Louisville Chancery Court.
  • I.F.e. Robert Hodgen LaRue
    • Born January 23, 1807. Died January 14, 1888. Buried at Nolynn Church, in LaRue County, Ky. Married, first, May 21, 1836, Lydia A. Miller (B. 1815. D. 1855); second marriage to Malinda Thurman (1810 - 1896), June 20, 1858.
    Children of Robert Hodgen LaRue (I.F.e) and Lydia A. LaRue
    • I.F.e.1 Willaim P. LaRue
      • Born 1837. Died September 23, 1855
    • I.F.e.2 Sara LaRue
      • Married Dr. Rolla Monin, of Nolin, Ky. Both dead. No children.
    • I.F.e.3 Mary LaRue;
      • Married William Truelock, Both dead. Descendants in Hart County, Ky.
    • I.F.e.4 Robert Hodgen LaRue:
      • Married ____ Turnham. He was living, in 1917, at Terrill, Texas.
    • I.F.e.5 Lydia LaRue
      • Married ____ Turnham. She was living in 1917, with a son, at Rocky Hill Station, Ky. Had several children.
    • I.F.e.6 Amanda LaRue
      • Married David Bratcher. Descendants in Hart County, Ky.
  • I.F.f William F. Larue
    • Born March 19, 1809. Married in 1847, Mary McDowell. He died in Edmonson County, Ky., about 1908. No living descendants. One child died in infancy.
  • I.F.g Sarah H. LaRue
    • Born June 30, 1810. Died at Carrollton, Ill., April 28, 1871. Married, first to Toliver Castleman, in 1833; second marriage, in October, 1842, to John j. Montague. Three sons.
  • Descendants of William LaRue (I.F.) and Sally Price LaRue, his second wife
  • I.F.h Hames E. LaRue
    • Born May 11, 1814. Died August 28, 1839.
  • I.F.i Martha J. LaRue
    • Born August 13, 1815. Married George W. Walker. September 26,1844. They were living in Hardin County, Ky., in 1848. She died in Texas in 1894.
  • I.F.k. John R. LaRue
    • Born December 13, 1816. Married ____ Burke. Was a physician at Woodbury, Ky., where he died, leaving one son.
    • I.F.k.1. Richard LaRue.
  • I.F.l. Samuel W. LaRue;
    • Born February 23, 1818. Died September 1, 1837.
  • I.F.m. Thomas Rathbone LaRue
    • Born November 28, 1819. Died January 25, 1896. Moved to Marion County, Mo., before 1848. Later moved to Perry, Pike County, Ill., where he died. Married, January 24, 1841, in Lewis County, Mo., Margaret Ann Williams, who was born in Hardin County, Ky., February 20, 1822, and died at Perry, Ill., March 7, 1896. Children:
    • I.F.m.1. Thomas W. LaRue
      • Born November 3, 1841. Died March 23, 1859.
    • I.F.m.2. Gillie LaRue
      • Born February 24, 1844. Died March 14, 1905, at Perry, Ill. Married April 1, 1874. Caleb T. Browning (B. June 23, 1827. D. Aug. 5, 1910). Six children.
    • I.F.m.3. Henrietta LaRue
      • Born Janary 4, 1847. Died (191_) at Perry, Ill., unmarried.
    • I.F.m.4 Sarah Elizabeth LaRue
      • Born September 23, 1849. Died April 8, 1913, at Perry, Ill., Married, November 13, 1870, to Thomas L. Dorsey, of Perry, Ill. (B. June 25, 1850) Six children.
    • I.F.m.5 John Samuel LaRue
      • Born May 6, 1854. Married, first, November 27, 1882, Angie A. Scott (B. October 14, 1862, D. September 13, 1898); second marriage to Mrs. Josephine (Small) Lyons. One son, from first marriage, died at age of nineteen years. John Samuel LaRue now resides at Placerville, California.
    • I.F.m.6. Mary Amanda LaRue
      • Born August 19, 1861. Died October 27, 1897, at Palmyra, Ill. Married, April 25, 1883, George E. Goodhead. Three Children.
  • I.F.n. George Washington LaRue
    • Born August 10, 1821. Moved first to Meade County Ky., then to Missouri, Married Polly Ashcraft. Died in Lewis County, Mo. Had eight children.

The children of Isaac LaRue, Sr., and Phebe Carman, his wife, were ten-