Soldier Information
Name: Alexander Larue
Alias:
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Complexion: Yellow
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7.5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: C Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, KY
Mustered Out Date: November 23, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Enlisted without consent of enslaver-Warren Larue.
Appointed as Sergeant at enlistment 7/12/1864.
Reduced to Private 6/8/1865.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: June 10, 1914
Cause of Death: Bright’s disease and dilatation of the heart
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: March 15, 1890
Application No.: 761817 Certificate No.: 1022136
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: July 3, 1914
Application No.: 1030555 Certificate No.: 787198
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State:
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Pension Notes:
Both the soldier’s invalid and widow’s applications were filed from Indiana, and were approved. Veterans Administration Pension payment cards were retrieved for Alexander Larue and his widow, at Familysearch.org
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Father’s name listed as Thomas LaRue.
Alexander La Rue
Date and no. of Application: 12/15/1866 #1163
Name of Master: Warren La Rue
Height and complexion: 5 ft. 9 in. Light brown
Father: Thomas La Rue
Regiment and company: Co. C. 107th U.S.C.I.
Place of birth: Hardin Co. KY
Residence: Elizabethtown, KY
Occupation: Farmer
Written from bottom to top: Book delivered
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Thomas Father Last Name: LaRue
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Martha Maiden Name: Woods
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: William H. Larue 1867
Mary Bell Larue 1869
James Larue 1871
Susan Larue 1874
Thomas Larue 1876
Horace 1879 Larue
Family Notes:
Martha Larue survived Alexander, and filed an application for widow’s benefits. She was approved. A full pension file was not available for review during the search. Martha’s death was documented in a 1923 Indiana death certificate. The link has been attached to her family tree profile.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Entire Alex Larue family was indexed as White by Ancestry.com; however, the enumerator listed them as Mulatto and Black, respectively.
Alex Larue, Age 24, Mulatto
Laborer, can’t read or write
Martha Larue, Age 23, Black, Wash woman
Wm. H. Larue, Age 3, Mulatto, At home
Mary B. Larue, Age 1, Mulatto, At home
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Alexander Larue, Head, age 45, Mulatto, Laborer
Can’t read or write
Martha Larue, Wife, Age 40, Black, Cook at hotel
Wm. H. Larue, Son, Age 15, Mulatto
Mary Bell Larue, Daughter, Age 13, Mulatto
James Larue, Son, Age 9, Mulatto
Susan Larue, Daughter, Age 6, Mulatto
Thomas Larue, Son, Age 4, Mulatto
Horace Larue, Son, Age 10/12, Mulatto
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Warren Larue Location:
Previous Enslaver:
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1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $7,300 1860 Personal Estate Value: $9,515
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 9
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found