Hon.
Hugh
McElroy
LaRue
I
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Hodgen LaRue
and Sarah Cumming (McElroy) LaRue
Brother of
Jabez Hodgen LaRue, William Thomas LaRue [half], Sarah (LaRue) Durrett [half] and Mary Elizabeth (LaRue) Durrett [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth Marion Lizenby
— married
1858 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2020
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Biography
Hugh was born about 1830 in Kentucky. He was the son of Jacob LaRue and Sarah McElroy. His family moved to Lewis Co, Missouri around 1839, after which Hugh proceeded to California in 1849. A California state pioneer, he was Sheriff of Sacramento county 1873-74, and member of the 2nd California Constitutional Convention in 1879. He served on the University of California Board of Regents 1879-1880 and 1882. He was President of the California State Agricultural Association in 1879-1880 and 1882, and later organized its pavilion at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He was a California State Legislator in 1883-84. He was the Northern California State Railroad Commissioner 1891-95. He passed away in 1906.
Sources
- Mather, Otis. Six Generations of the LaRues and Allied Families. Hodgenville or Louisville KY: C T Dearing, 1921, pp51-53.
- 1860 US Census for American Twp, Sacramento Co CA: Hugh M LaRue-30bKY, E M LaRue-25bMO, J E Larue-10months/bCA.
- 1870 US Census for American Twp, Sacramento Co CA. Hugh M LaRue-40bKY, Elizabeth LaRue-35bMO, Jacob E LaRue-11bCA, C Lee LaRue-8bCA, May V LaRue-6bCA, Hugh M LaRue-4bCA, John LaRue-2bCA.
- 1880 US Census for Sacramento Twp, Sacramento Co CA: H M LaRue-50bKY, Elizabeth LaRue-44bMO, Eugene LaRue-20bCA, Lee C LaRue-18bCA, Virginia LaRue-15bCA, Hugh LaRue-13bCA, John LaRue-11bCA.
- 1900 US Census for Sacramento Ward 8, Sacramento Co CA: Hugh M LaRue-69bKY, Elizabeth M LaRue-64bMO, Hugh M LaRue-34bCA.
- California Death Index indicates death in Sacramento County. Some sources have claimed death in neighboring Yolo County.
- usgwarchives bio of Hugh McElroy LaRue: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/larue333bs.txt
- Univ of California website biography, incl birth and death data: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/overview/regents/biographies_l.html
- Univ of California Board of Regents website: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/_documents/pdf/regentslistb.pdf
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