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• Note: 5 Jun 1917, Rupert, Minidoka, ID

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On June 5 1917, Frank filled out his Selective Service registration card. He states his date of birth is October 11, 1887 and that he was born in Corning,Iowa. He indicates his occupation is "merchant" and that he has a wife and three children to support. He does not claim exemption from service but does list that he has a disability, "With defective sight in right eye." The registrar notes he is tall and slender, has blue eyes, brown hair and is not bald.

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Frank married Lucille SHILLING about 1911 in ID. Lucille (daughter of Watson Newton SHILLING and Angelina HARRISON) was born in Sep 1887 in UT; died on 20 Jun 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Rupert, Minidoka, ID
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Rupert, Minidoka, ID

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Census:
1920 census at Rupert, Minidoka, ID shows: Luciel LaRue, widow, 3X (illegible), b. UT, parents b. US/ENGLAND; children b. ID: Jane, 7; Frank, 5; Marion, 3; Annie, 1 x/12.

Census:
1930 census at Rupert, Minidoka, ID shows: Lucille LaRue, widow, 42, first married at age 23, b. OH, parents b. OH/ID, no occupation listed; children b. ID: Jane, 17; Frank, 15; Marion, 13; Annie, 12.

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• Residence: 1881, Creston, Union, IA
• Occupation: Abt 1888, Adams Co., IA; Elected County Treasurer, served one term
• Occupation: Abt 1890, Corning, Adams, IA; Cashier Corning State Savings Bank
• Occupation: Abt 1900, Corning, Adams, IA; President, Corning State Savings Bank
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 5 Mar 1904, Corning, Adams, IA

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1900 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Frank LaRue, b. Feb 1862, age 38, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, illegible; Anna, b. Dec 1865, age 34, b. OH, parents b. OH/OH; Frank, b. Oct 1887, 12, b. IA, parents b. MI/OH.

Obituary:
Frank's obituary, entitled "Death of Frank LaRue" states:
The death of Frank L. LaRue under such sad and tragic circumstances was a shock such as seldom comes to any community. That he was a man of numerous and strong friendships was abundantly proved by the feeling of depression and sadness which existed. Mr. LaRue had lived so long in this county, had been prominent for so many years in the business affairs of the town and county, so helpful in all cases calling for public or private charity and so unostentatious in bestowing it, so ready to grant favors and so highly esteemed as a friend and companion, that his death brings a keen sense of loss to hundreds and is a deep personal grief to them. Generous in the extreme, liberal and public- spirited, a friend to every man in need and helpful in his friendships, there are hundreds of people who will always remember him in kindness and whose sorrow for his troubles and their terrible end will be deep and genuine. Although a comparatively young man himself scores of young men owe their start in life to him and he was always ready to assist them with advice and in more substantial ways. Few men received so many requests for favors of all kinds and fewer still had such a habit of granting them. A genial and pleasant companion, a likable and popular man, with personal and social qualities such as attracted others to him, his death is sincerely mourned. For the family which was so dear to him, to the wife and son, the aged father and the sisters, the utmost sympathy is felt.
Frank Lander LaRue was born in Lansing, Mich., February 27, 1862 and was the youngest son of Franklin and Amelia Chapin LaRue. He came west with his parents in childhood, their home being for a time at Creston. He was a member of the high school class of 1881 in that city and left school three months before graduation to assist his father in business in this county. He also took a six months’ business course while in Creston of J. N. Mehan, afterwards founder of the Capital City Commercial College of Des Moines. In 1882 he entered the office of county treasurer of Adams county under J. M. Frederick. After six years’ service as deputy he was elected county treasurer, serving one term. He declined a renomination to accept a position as cashier of the Corning State Savings Bank, in whose organization he was prominent and whose doors were opened for business in 1890. About four years ago upon the retirement of A. F. Okey from the bank he was elected president of the institution.
The funeral, which was in charge of the masonic order, was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A brief service was held at the house by Dr. Ewing and Rev. M. V. Higbee and the remains were then taken to the cemetery under the escort of the Masons and the Knights Templar, a large delegation of the latter being present from Creston. At the grave Rev. Ira P. Clark conducted the masonic services, which were very impressive.

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Frank married Anna BEYMER in 1886. Anna (daughter of Arthur McIntyre BEYMER and Amine Lydia STRICKLAND) was born in Dec 1865 in Clyde, Sandusky, OH; died on 23 Nov 1951 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Rupert, Lincoln, ID
• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Rupert, Minidoka, ID

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1910 census at Rupert, Lincoln, ID shows: Anna LaRue, 44, widow, 1 child born / 1 child living, b. OH, parents b. OH/OH; Frank J., 22, b. IA, parents b. OH/OH, retail merchant, hardward, lumber. Anna and Frank are enumerated next door to Arthur F. Beymer, age 28, b. IA, parents b. OH/OH, retail merchant, hardward, lumber and his wife Ruth, age 25, b. IA, parents b. OH\\NY.

Census:
1920 census at Rupert, Minidoka, ID shows: Anna LaRue, 53, widow, b. OH, parents b. OH/OH, no occupation listed. Also enumerated with her is Ada Robertson, lodger. This is followed by Lucille LaRue and her children.

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Watson married Angelina HARRISON on 16 Dec 1871 in Malad, Oneida, ID. Angelina was born in ENGLAND; died on 30 Jun 1912; was buried in Hailey, Blaine, ID. [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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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• Occupation: School Teacher
• Religion: Member of Presbyterian Church
• Birth: 17 Jun 1825, Camillus, Onondaga, NY
• Obituary: 10 Jan 1901, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 15 Jan 1901, Corning, Adams, IA

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The Aulls Geneology, by Leslie Aulls Bryan lists Amelia's parents as Uriel and Anna (Pratt) Chapin - this is incorrect. It also gives an incorrect date for her birth (1Aug1825).

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Obituary:
Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

The community was saddened Saturday by news of the death of Mrs. Franklyn LaRue, which occurered the night previous. She had been sick less than a week, having been confined to her bed only since the Sabbath before, and in the morning she had seemed to be in her usual health. Her death resulted from fever of the lungs with the complication of heart trouble. The funeral was held at the home Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. M.V. Higbee assisted by Revs. T.D. Ewing and J.A. Lovejoy. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Amelia Chapin was born in New York and was seventy-five years of age. Hers had been a life of activity of mind and body and even down to the last days she was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of those about her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Those surviving her are H.H. and F.L. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Kennon of this city and Miss Myra LaRue of Omaha. Twenty-eight years of family life have been spent in and near Corning. Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Presbyterian church and had ever taken an earnest interest in its progress. She was a woman of serene and cordial temperment and in all the relations of life did more than her full duty. To her aged companian who has lost the helpmate of a life time and to the sons and daughters who have lost a loving mother the entire community tenders its sympathy.




Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

The sudden and sad news passed around from person to person at an early hour on Saturday morning that Mrs. LaRue, of north Corning, had died during the night of Friday, January 4th 1901. Mother LaRue, as her friends loved to call her, was a kind neighbor, a loyal wife and a loving mother. Columns of type could not tell more in expressing her daily life. Her immediate family consisted of H.H. LaRue, the lumber merchant; Frank L. LaRue, president of the Corning Savings bank; Mrs. Fred Kennon, and Miss Myra LaRue as her children and her honored husband. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. The GAZETTE tenders its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Her children have met with the greatest loss that can ever befall them. While it is true they have reached an age of manhood and womanhood, they will find, as others have, that no one can take the place in their hearts and homes of a mother who has gone to the other shore.

Died:
Death Certificate lists cause of death as heart failure.

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Arthur married Amine Lydia STRICKLAND on 26 Jul 1865 in Sandusky Co., OH. Amine was born on 11 Nov 1848 in Clyde, Sandusky, OH; died on 30 Dec 1904; was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Peter married Marie ROGERS. Marie died in 1900 in Paw Paw, Van Buren, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]