Joseph Thomas La Rue

(Nov. 18, 1864-Feb. 13, 1930)

Alderman on Athens' first city council (1901). La Rue (Town 13 mi. SE) was named for him.

Educator, merchant, civic leader, banker, humanitarian, prohibitionist, democrat, historian. Married March 16, 1892, Stella Elvira Parsons. They had seven children.

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Thomas Joseph

(Feb. 11, 1823 - Mar. 10, 1905)

Born in Hartford, Conn., Thomas Miller Joseph came to Galveston about 1841 with his mother Annis (Rogers) (d. 1879) and the family of his Uncle Alexander Edgar. Admitted to the bar, he became ...