Family/Spouse: William AULLS, Sr.. William was born on 30 Apr 1730; died on 16 Feb 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigratn: 1767
• Note: 1775
• Note: 1793
• Census: 1810, Bath, Steuben, NY

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Immigratn:
Of Scotch ancestry, William came to the United States from Londonderry, Ireland. He returned within a short time and came to the US again in 1771 when he settled in New Jersey after a short period of teaching in Boston.

Note:
From the Aulls genealogy: "About 1775, Revolutionary War action being too close for comfort, he decided to go to the Scotch-Irish settlement in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he again engaged in the mercantile and milling business. All of his children except two were born there. During his stay in Pennsylvania he served in the Revolution with Captain James Clark's Company, 6th Battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia. Sometime later he decided to sell his property and join a cousin by the name of Calhoun who had come over with him on his second trip from Ireland and settled and prospered in South Carolina. After liquidating his property, Aulls found inflation setting in and his Continental currency badly depreciated, so he gave up his plans to move south and subsequently decided to homestead in the 'Genesee Country' of New York State. The 'Genesee Country' included at this time all of western New York and northern Pennsylvania. There were few roads and most travel was over Indian trails, often with directions only by blazed trees. In the spring of 1793 William Aulls accompanied by his younger son Thomas, a lad of 16, made the journey by horseback from his home in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to a locality called Pleasant Valley, between Harnmondsport and Bath, New York, near the southern end of Lake Keuka. They built a small log cabin and planted corn and potatoes. Tom was left on the site by his father, who returned south in August for the rest of the family--his wife, stepdaughter, son, and six daughters. When near Pleasant Valley on his return trip, William sent his older son, Ephraim, by a short cut over the hills to join Tom. Ephraim found Tom sick, but with the arrival of the family in September 1793, he was soon restored to health. Their crops that fall were 63 bushels of corn and an abundance of potatoes. William Aulls decided to settle permanently in the Valley, so, in 1793, he purchased 200 acres of land from the Pulteney Estate of England, through the resident agent, and thus became the first settler of Pleasant Valley, New York. He and his wife were among the founders of the Bath Presbyterian Church, Bath, New York and William served as an Elder in 1811, as attested by a plaque in the front of the present church edifice. He was a commissioner of highways for the town of Bath in 1797."

Note:
"Thomas Aulls, settled with his father, William Aulls, in the town of Urbana in 1793 and about 1800 removed to the farm in the town of Wheeler, now occupied by his son Ephraim Aulls. He there made the first clearing and erected a log house and afterwards made a frame addition thereto. He gave diligent attention to clearing and improving his farm. He was the first justice of the peace in that part of the town of Bath afterwards set off to Wheeler. He was a good man and a member of the Presbyterian Church and died on the farm he settled about 1847."

Pleasant Valley--(Town of Urbana.)

The settlement in that well known prolongation of the bed of Crooked Lake, famed as Pleasant Valley, was the first made under the auspices of Captain Williamson, and was for many years the most prosperous and one of the most important in the country. The soil was exceedingly productive, and yielded not only an abundance for the settlers, but furnished much of the food by which the inhabitants of the hungry Pine Plains were saved from starvation. For the young settlers in various parts of the county, the employment afforded by the bountiful fields of the valley during haying and harvest, was for many years an important assistance. In the midst of pitiless hills and forests that clung to their treasures like misers, Pleasant Valley was generous and free-handed--yielding fruit, grain and grass with marvelous prodigality.

The fist settlers of Pleasant Valley were William Aulls and Samuel Baker. Mr. Aulls, previous to the year 1793, was living in the Southern part of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1793, he made the first clearing and built the first house in the valley. In the autumn of the same year he brought up his family. The house which he built stood on the farm now occupied by John Powers, Esq.

Samuel Baker was a native of Bradford County, in Connecticut. When 15 years of age, he was taken prisoner by a party of Burgoyne’s Indians, and remained with the British army in captivity till relieved by the Surrender at Saratoga. After this event he enlisted in Col. Willett’s corps, and was engaged in the pursuit and skirmish at Canada Creek, in which Captain William Butler (a brother of the noted Col. John Butler), a troublesome leader of the Tories in the border wars of this State, was shot and tomahawked by the Oneidas. In the spring of 1787, he went alone into the West, passed up the Tioga, and built a cabin on the open flat between the Tioga and Cowenisque, at their junction. He was the first settler in the valley of the Tioga. Harris, the trader, was at the Painted Post, and his next neighbor was Col. Handy, on the Chemung, below Big Flats. Of beasts, he had a cow, of “plunder,” the few trifling articles that would suffice for an Arab or an Arapaho; but like a true son of Connecticut, he readily managed to live through the summer, planted with a hoe a patch of corn on the flats, and raised a good crop. Before autumn he joined by Captain Amos Stone, a kind of Hungarian exile. Captain Stone had been out in “Shay’s War,” and dreading the vengeance of the government, he sought an asylum under the southern shadow of Steuben County, where the wilderness was two hundred miles deep, and where the Marshal would not care to venture, even when backed by the great seal of the Republic. On Christmas day of 1786, Mr. Baker leaving Captain Stone in his cabin, went down the Tioga on the ice to Newtown as previously mentioned, and thence to Hudson ,where his family was living. At the opening of the rivers in the spring, he took his family down the Susquehanna to Tioga Point in a canoe. A great freshet prevented him from moving up the Chemung for many days, and leaving his family, he stuck across the hills to see how his friend Captain Stone fared. On reaching the bank of the river opposite his cabin, not a human being was seen, except an Indian pounding corn in a Samp-morter. Mr. Baker supposed that his friend had been murdered by the savages, and he lay in the bushes an hour or two to watch the movements of the red miller, who proved, after all, to be only a very good-natured sort of a Man-Friday, for at length the Captain came along driving the cow by the bank of the river. Mr. Baker hailed him, and he sprang unto the air with delight. Captain Stone had passed the winter without seeing a white man. His Man-Friday stopped thumping at the Samp-morter, and the party had a very agreeable re-union.

Mr. Baker brought his family up from Tioga Point, and lived here six years. During that time the pioneer advance had penetrated the region of which the lower Tioga Valley is a member. A few settlers had established themselves on the valley below them, and around the Painted Post were gathered a few cabins where now are the termini of railroads--the gate of coal and lumber trade, bridges, mills and machinery. Elsewhere all was wilderness.. The region, however, had been partially explored by surveyors and hunters. Benjamin Patterson, while employed as hunter for a party of surveyors, discovered the deep and beautiful valley which extends from the Crooked Lake to the Conhocton. Seen from the brink of the uplands, there is hardly a more picturesque landscape in the county, or one which partakes more strongly of the character of mountain scenery. The abrupt wooded wall on either side, the ravines occasionally opening the flank of the hills, the curving valley that slopes to the lake on one hand, and meets the blue Conhocton range on the other, form at this day a pleasing picture. But to the hunter, leaning on his rifle above the sudden declivity--before the country had been disfigured with a patchwork of farms and forest--the bed of the valley was like a river of trees, and the gulf, from which now rise the deadly vapor of a steam sawmill, seemed like a creek to pour its tributary timber into the broader gorge below.

In his wanderings the hunter occasionally stopped at the cabins of Tioga, and brought report of this fine valley. Mr. Baker did not hold a satisfactory title to his Pennsylvania farm, and was inclined to emigrate. Capt. Williamson visited his house in 1792, (probably while exploring the Lycoming Road,) and promised him a farm of any shape or size, (land in New York, previous to this, could only be bought by the township,) wherever he should locate it. Mr. Baker accordingly selected a farm of some three hundred acres in Pleasant Valley--built a house upon it in the autumn of 1793, and in the following spring removed his family from Tioga. He resided here till his death in 1842, at the age of 80. He was several years Associate and First Judge of the County Court. Judge Baker was a man of a strong practical mind, and of correct and sagacious observations.

Before 1795, the whole valley was occupied. Beginning with Judge Baker’s farm, the next farm towards the lake was occupied by Capt. Amos Stone, the next by William Aulls, the next by Ephraim Aulls, the next by James Shether. Crossing the valley, the first farm (where now is the village of Hammondsport,) was occupied by Capt. John Shether, the next by Eli Read, the next by William Barney, the next by Richard Daniels. Nearly all of these had been soldiers of the revolution. Capt. Shether had been an active officer, and was engaged in several battles. Of him, Gen. McClure says:--He was Captain of Dragons, and had the reputation of being an excellent officer and a favorite of Gen. Washington. He lived on his farm at the head of Crooked Lake in good style, and fared sumptuously. He was a generous, hospitable man, and a true patriot.” The Shethers were from Connecticut.

Judge William Read was a Rhode Island Quaker. He settled a few years after the revolution on the “Squatter lands” above Owego, and, being ejected, moved westward his household after the manner of the times. Indians pushed the family up the river in canoes, while the men drove the cattle along the trail on the bank. Judge Read was a man of clear head and strong sense of orderly and accurate business talent, and was much relied upon by his neighbors to make crooked matters straight.

The Cold Spring Valley was occupied by Gen. McClure in 1802, or about that time. He erected mills, and kept them in activities till 1814, when Mr. Henry A. Townsend entered into possession of the valley, and resided in the well known Cold Spring House till his death in 1839. Mr. Townsend removed from Orange County, in the state, to Bath in 1796. He was County Clerk from 1799 to 1814--the longest tenure in the catalogue of county officers.

Mr. Lazarus Hammond removed from Dansville to Cold Spring in 1810, or about that time, and afterwards resided near Crooked Lake till his death. He was Sheriff of the county in 1814, and, at a recent period, Associate Judge of the County Court.

Census:
The 1810 Federal Census of Bath, Steuben, NY lists a William Aulls with 1 male age 17-26, 1 male over 45 and 3 females age 17-26 and 1 female over 45.

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William married Elizabeth DANIELS on 11 Oct 1772 in NJ. Elizabeth was born in 1746; died on 17 Aug 1823; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1810, Bath, Steuben, NY

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Note:
The 1810 Federal Census of Bath, Steuben, NY lists a family of Ephraim Aulls with 1 male under 10, 1 male age 27-45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-16 and 1 female 27-45.

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Ephraim married Anna SANFORD about 1800. Anna (daughter of Rev. Rev. Ephraim SANFORD and Esther UNKNOWN) was born on 11 Jun 1778; died on 27 Apr 1844; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1776, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

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Died:
From the Steuben Farmers Almanac dated May 4, 1853. "Died - In Wheeler on Apr. 9th, Mrs. Jenette, consort of Mr. Alburtus Larrowe, mother of Judge Larrowe of Bath; 78 yrs. of age. She was born in Lancaster, PA in 1776, daughter of Mr. Aulls, who was one of the first settlers of the town. The family removed to this county in 1793. She was Married - about 22 yrs. of age and had 12 children, 11 of whom survive her. "

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Janette married Albertus LARROWE on 2 Aug 1798. Albertus was born on 29 Dec 1776 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 12 Jan 1858 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Between 1793 and 1800
• Census: 1810, Bath, Steuben, NY

Notes:

Note:
"Thomas Aulls, settled with his father, William Aulls, in the town of Urbana in 1793 and about 1800 removed to the farm in the town of Wheeler, now occupied by his son Ephraim Aulls. He there made the first clearing and erected a log house and afterwards made a frame addition thereto. He gave diligent attention to clearing and improving his farm. He was the first justice of the peace in that part of the town of Bath afterwards set off to Wheeler. He was a good man and a member of the Presbyterian Church and died on the farm he settled about 1847."

"At the first town meeting, held in 1821, Thomas Aulls was elected supervisor. He was re-elected in 1822. In 1823, Grattan H. Wheeler was elected, and was succeeded by Thomas Aulls again in 1824. How long Mr. Aulls continued to serve as supervisor we have no means of knowing. The records show no other name till 1830, when Jonathan Barney was elected."

Census:
The 1810 Federal Census of Bath, Steuben County, New York lists a Thomas Aulls with 4 males under 10, 1 male age 17-26, 1 male age 27-45, 1 female under 10, 1 female age 27-45 and 1 female over 45. This seems to fit this family, with the exception of the male 17-26 and female above age 45.

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Thomas married Ruth HAND on 24 Jan 1800. Ruth was born on 24 Jan 1778 in VA; died on 2 Mar 1816 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary YOUNGLOVE on 28 Nov 1816. Mary (daughter of Joseph YOUNGLOVE and Azubah SKINNER) was born on 11 Jul 1774 in Cambridge, Washington, NY; died on 11 Sep 1853; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Polly Aulls
• Note: 1800, Wheeler, Steuben, NY

Notes:

Note:
Jonathan and Mary settled in Wheeler about 1800 and lived there until their deaths. Jonathan was a farmer and served as a captain in the War of 1812. During the period 1830-1846 he served as a member of the County Board of Supervisors several times.

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Mary married Colonel Colonel Jonathon BARNEY about 1797. Colonel (son of Major Major David BARNEY and Elizabeth UNKNOWN) was born on 3 Mar 1777 in NH; died on 4 Dec 1851 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Andrew BROAT. Andrew was born in 1758; died in 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rhuhama married Joseph REED before 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rhuhama married Rufus RAYMOND on 12 Jul 1810. Rufus (son of Daniel RAYMOND and Lucy RICHMOND) was born on 12 Apr 1786; died on 28 Aug 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret married James WALLACE on 10 Mar 1810. James was born on 2 Jan 1785 in Wardsboro, Windham, VT; died on 9 Oct 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Col. Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER in 1814. Col. (son of Captain Captain Silas WHEELER and Sarah GARDNER) was born on 25 Aug 1783 in Providence, Providence, RI; died on 11 Mar 1852 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John B LaRue
• Census: 1830, Cohocton, Steuben, NY
• Census: 1840, Cohocton, Steuben, NY
• Census: 25 Sep 1850, Cohocton, Steuben, NY
• Census: 10 Sep 1860, Cohocton, Steuben, NY

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Census:
1830 census lists the following:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1

In addition to the parents would account for Franklin, Albert. There are 4 children I do not have record of, 2 boys and 2 girls. All records of this family record that John and Elizabeth had only 4 sons. Given the ages of John and Elizabeth it seems unlikely that they had 4 children prior to the birth of Franklin in 1823 when they were each only 22 years old. My guess is that the extra 4 were relatives.

Census:
1840 census lists the following:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1

In addition to the parents this would account for Franklin, Albert, Marcus, Susan and William.

Census:
1850 census shows John Larrowe, 49, farmer, b. NY; Elizabeth, 49, b. NY; child b. NY: William, 10. In the same household are the John and Pliny Bashford family as well as an Amanda Frink.
The next family enumerated includes a Susan Larrowe, age 16, b. NY. The family includes a set of one year old twins as well as a three year old, Susan may be there to help out.

Census:
1860 census at Cohocton, Steuben, NY shows John Larowe, 59, farmer, b. NY; Elizabeth, 59, b. NY; Wm., 21. Also enumerated are several "laborers."

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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HOLMES. Elizabeth was born in 1801; died on 17 Jan 1862; was buried in Larrowe Cemetery, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Normal, McLean, IL

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Census:
1880 census at Normal, McLean, IL enumerates Elizabeth living with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and William Brophy.

Family/Spouse: Major Major Richard BROWER. Major was born in 1804 in Hornell, Steuben, NY; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John F. BROWN. John was born in 1798 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married John ALLEN about 1830. John was born in 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Minerva married Flavius Josephus KINGSLEY on 27 Feb 1828 in Urbana, Steuben, NY. Flavius (son of Stephen KINGSLEY and Rebecca BIDWELL) was born on 10 Dec 1805 in Nelson, Madison, NY; died on 25 Jul 1893; was buried in Oldfield Cemetery, Hornby, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Jul 1850, Urbana, Steuben, NY
• Census: 13 Jun 1860, Urbana, Steuben, NY
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Urbana, Steuben, NY

Notes:

Note:
An early settler of Cohocton, a large landowner, and served as county judge 1843-1846 and 1851-1855.

Census:
1850 census at Urbana, Steuben, NY lists Jacob, age 42, lawyer, b. NY; Jenette, age 40, b. NY; Emily, age 16, b. NY; Eugene, age 14, b. ny; Lawrence, age 7, b. NY. A Catherine O'Donnell, age 14 b. Ireland in the household.

Census:
1860 census at Urbana, Steuben, NY lists Jacob, age 52, b. NY, occupation, Lawyer; Jennett, age 50, b. NY; Eugene, 24, b. NY, farmer; Lawrence, 17, b. NY, student.

Census:
1870 census at Urbana, Steuben, NY shows Jacob Larrowe (indexed Larrows), 62, grape grower, b. NY; Jennett, 61, b. NY; E. B., 34, works in vineyard; A. A., 30, b. NY; F. W., 5, b. NY; Albertus, 2; also enumerated is Dewitt Clark, 22, b. NY.

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Judge married Jeanette VAN WORMER in 1831. Jeanette (daughter of Lawrence VAN WORMER and Ann STALEY) was born on 22 Mar 1809; died on 9 Aug 1892 in Hammondsport, Steuben, NY; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Abt 1830
• Census: 13 Jul 1850, Putnam, Livingston, MI
• Census: 13 Jun 1860, Putnam, Livingston, MI

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Note:
From the History of Livingston County, Michigan: " James M. La Rue, also from Steuben Co., NY settled at Dexter, Washtenaw Co., Mich, as early, probably, as 1830. In the neighborhood of 1840 he moved into Putnam and located southeast of Pinckney, where his son, Charles F. La Rue, at present resides. Mr. La Rue subsequently moved into the village, where his death occurred.

Census:
1850 census at Putnam, Livingston, MI shows: Jas. LaRue, 41, b. NY, farmer; Fanny, 42, b. NY; children b. MI: Chas., 15, farmer; Charlotte, 12; Alace, 3.

Census:
1860 census at Putnam, Livingston, MI shows: James M. LaRue, 52, farmer, b. NY; Fanny, 52, b. NY; children b. MI: Charles F., 25; Ellen, 22; Alice, 14; also enumerated are Amanda, 24, b. NY and Emma, 3, b. MI. These are the wife and child of Charles F. LaRue.

Died:
The index lists the occupation of James M. LaRue as farmer, and cause of death as typhoid fever. It states that he is married, his parents are listed as Albertus and Jane LaRue and states they are both dead.

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Family/Spouse: Fanny ROSE. Fanny (daughter of Nathan ROSE and Ruth WHEELER) was born on 4 May 1808; died on 10 Jan 1869; was buried in Pinckney Cemetery, Pinckney, Livingston, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sarah ROSE between 1871 and 1873. Sarah (daughter of Nathan ROSE and Ruth WHEELER) was born on 20 Jul 1806; died on 29 Apr 1883; was buried in Pinckney Cemetery, Pinckney, Livingston, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Albertus LaRue Jr.
• Census: 4 Jun 1855, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
• Census: 1 Jul 1860, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
• Census: 27 Jun 1870, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
• Note: 1891, Wheeler, Steuben, NY

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Census:
1855 New York State census shows Albertus Larrowe Jnr, 43, b. Steuben Co., NY, farmer; Lucretia, 34, b. Yates Co., NY; Albertus Larrowe, father, 78, b. New Jersey; children b. Steuben Co., NY: Jenette, 10; Robert S., 7; John, 4; Fred, 1.

Census:
1860 census at Wheeler, Steuben, NY shows Albert Larrowe (indexed Lrrowe), 48, farmer, b. NY; Lucrecia, 40, b. NY; children b. NY: Jenett, 18; Robert, 12; John, 9; Fred, 5; George, 3.

Census:
1870 census at Wheeler, Steuben, NY shows Albertus Larrowe (indexed as Alburta Lawone), 58, farmer, b. NY; Lucretia, 58, b. NY; children b. NY: Jannette, 25; Robert, 22; John, 19; Fred, 15; George, 13.

Census:
1880 census lists: Albert LaRue, age 68, b. NY, parents b. NJ/PA; Lucretia, age 60, b. NY, parents b. CT/CT; children all b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Nettie, age illegible; John, age 34, George, age 22.

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1891 Steuben County Directory lists the following:
LARROWE ALBERTUS, r 39, farmer 300.
LARROWE GEORGE R., r 39, farmer with his father Albertus.
LARROWE JOHN, r 39, farmer with his father, Albertus.

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Family/Spouse: Lucretia COATES. Lucretia (daughter of Sanford COATES and Jerusha MINER) was born on 1 Aug 1819 in Yates Co., NY; died on 12 Mar 1887; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married Perry TOPPING on 30 Mar 1853 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY. Perry (son of Henry TOPPING and Patience READ) was born on 25 Feb 1816; died on 22 Feb 1891 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 31 Oct 1850, Lykens Township, Crawford, OH
• Census: 19 Jun 1860, Lykens Township, Crawford, OH
• Census: 2 Jul 1870, Lykens Township, Crawford, OH
• Will: 24 Dec 1879
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Lykens Township, Crawford, OH
• Probate: 4 Oct 1880

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Census:
1850 census at Lykens Township, Crawford, OH shows J. B. LaRue (indexed as J. B. Harlowe), 34, farmer, b. NY; Jane, 29, b. NY; children b. OH: Franklin, 8; Charles, 6; Crawford W., 3; Eli, 1.

Census:
1860 census at Lyeins, Crawford, OH shows J. B. Larow, 43, farmer, b. NY; Jane, 39, b. NY; children b. OH: Franklin, 17; Charles, 15; Comfort, 13; Levi, 10; Albertus, 2.

Census:
1870 census at Lykins, Crawford, OH shows Johathan B., 53 , farmer, b. NY, ; Jane, 49, b. NY; Albertus, 12, b. OH. Also enumerated is Charles Coonts, 15, b. OH, domestic servant.

Census:
1880 census at Lykins, Crawford, OH shows Jonathon Larue (indexed as P. B. Larne), 63, farmer, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Jane, 59, b. NY, parents b. CT/PA; O. E. Vanpelt, 16, niece, b. OH, parents b. NY/NY.

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Family/Spouse: Jane GRAY. Jane (daughter of Levi GRAY and Tryphena BAKER) was born on 4 Jan 1821 in NY; died on 23 Feb 1897 in Eden, Seneca, OH; was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Eden Township, Seneca, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: Amherst College; Obituary does not give location of college.
• Education: Van Rensselaer Institute, Troy, NY; Obituary states he studied civil engineering at Van Rensselaer Institute. A letter from the institute (1981) states that they have no record of his attendance.
• Occupation: Surveyor Or Civil Engineer
• Note: Between 1847 and 1859, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI
• Residence: Aft 1848, Lansing, Ingham, MI
• Census: 27 Jul 1850, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Lansing, Ingham, MI
• Census: 23 Jul 1870, Padua, McLean, IL
• Census: 22 Jun 1880, Mercer Township, Adams, IA
• Census: 1885, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Corning, Adams, IA
• Note: 10 Feb 1909, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
• Note: 29 Dec 1909, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 18 May 1910, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 2 Oct 1912, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 12 Oct 1912, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

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Note:
Franklin LaRue held various offices in Stockbridge Township. In 1847 he was Justice of the Peace, 1848, 1851 and 1852 he was Township Supervisor and in 1859 he was listed as a trustee of the township School District.

Census:
1850 census at Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI shows:|Franklin LaRue (indexed as Lakus), 31, b. NY, farmer; Amelia, 25, b. NY; "Maria", age 1/12, b. MI.

Census:
1860 census at Lansing, Ingham, MI shows: || F. LaRue, 41, b. NJ, Justice of the Peace; Amelia, 34, b. NJ; Myra, 10, b. MI; H.H., 8, b. MI; Eva, 4, b. MI; Amelia, 8/12, b. MI. Also in the household are Thomas Monahan, 21 a day laborer, born in Ireland and ?Lois? Marsh, age 16, a domestic, b. MI.

Census:
1870 census at Padua Township, McLean, IL shows: Frank LaRue, 52, farmer, b. NY; Amelia, 45, b. NY; Myra, 20, b. MI; Howitt H. 18, b. MI, laboring farm; Frank, 8, b. MI; Clara E., 5, b. IL.

Census:
1880 census at Mercer Township, Adams, IA shows: Franklin, age 61, b. NY, parents b. NY/NJ; Amelia, age 54, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA; Frank, age 18, b. MI, parents b. NY/MA; Clara, age 14, b. IL, parents b. NY/MA.

Census:
The 1885 Iowa State census shows: || Franklin Larue, age 66, b. NY; Amelia, 61, b. NY; Frank L., 22, b. MI; Daisey, 18, b. IL

Census:
1900 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows: Frank Larue, b. Dec 1815, age illegible, married 52 years, b. NY, parents b. NJ/illegible; Name illegible, b.illegible, married 52 years, 8 children born / 4 living, b. NY, parents b. MA/MA.

Note:
A news article regarding Franklin's 91st birthday.

Census:
1910 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Franklin Larue, 91, widower, b. NY, parents b. FRANCE(French)/NJ; Myra, daughter, 60, single, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY.
This is the first I've seen that Franklin lists his father as having been born in France - this is incorrect, but perhaps a clue as to nationality.
Franklin and Myra are listed on the census lines immediately after Sarah Kennon, widow of Albert, and her three daughters.

Obituary:
Obituary entitled Death of Franklin LaRue states:

On Monday September 30, about 12:30 p.m. there passed to his reward one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Adams county, Franklin LaRue, the cause of his death being largely old age. For a few days he had been suffering from a cold but his condition was not considered critical by his family. He was conscious to the last. The machinery of the body had done its full work and he peacefully passed away.
The subject of this sketch was born near Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., December 28, 1818, and at the time of his death was aged 93 years, 9 months, and 2 days. The funeral was held from the home in the northwest part of the city on October 2 at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. Norman McLeod of the Presbyterian church. Internment in Walnut Grove cemetery along side of his faithful wife who was buried there January 6, 1901.
In his young years he attended Amherst college and studied civil engineering at Van Rensaeller institute, Troy, N.Y.. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. When a young man he came west and located in Michigan and was engaged in surveying. Here he was married to Miss Amelia Chapin at Mason, Mich., Sept. 25, 1848. To this union were born eight children, six daughters and two sons, four of the daughters died at Lansing, Mich., for many years the family home, in their infancy. The two sons, H. H. and F. L. died and are buried in Corning. The living are Mrs. F. A. Kennon of Corning and Miss Myra LaRue who has made her home with her father.
The family came to Adams county in 1874 and settled in Mercer township. Soon after coming here Mr. LaRue was elected county surveyor and held the office for a number of years. He was an exceptionally good surveyor and much of the work done in this county was by him. In politics Mr. LaRue was a democrat and was a candidate for the state senate in Michigan on the ticket by James Buchanan in 1856. His first vote for president was cast in 1840 and in the present campaign he took a deep interest and from the start was an ardent admirer of Wilson and frequently remarked that he hoped he would live to cast a big vote for the New Jersey governor.
For thirty years he had lived in the home in which his death occurred in Corning, an honored and upright citizen whom it was a pleasure to meet and discuss the topics of the day and the events of many years ago. Until a few years ago he was a great reader and since he could not read on account of failing eyesight he had his daughter and others read to him and he was thoroughly posted on the topics of the day.

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Franklin married Amelia Wells CHAPIN on 25 Sep 1848 in Mason, Ingham, MI. Amelia (daughter of Levi CHAPIN and Achsah SMITH) was born on 17 Jul 1825 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 4 Jan 1901 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 6 Jan 1901 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charlotte married Selim B. ROSENKRANS on 3 Jun 1856. Selim (son of Aaron ROSENKRANS and Hannah AGER) was born on 27 Apr 1824 in Steuben Co., NY; died in 1902; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]