LaRue Wirt Langston (1888 - 1927)

Born 14 Jun 1888 in Newberry, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Son of William James M. Langston (1854-1935) and Nancy Elizabeth Finley (1855-1911), LaRue was born in Ward 5 of Greenville, South Carolina in 1888.^[1] He came from a large family:

Mary Fannie (bc 1880)

Annie (bc 1882)

Laura P (bc 1884)

Grace P (bc 1886)

William C (bc 1890)

Henry L (bc 1893)

His father was a minister, and took in boarders to make ends meet. By 1910, he father had been transferred to a church in Conway, South Carolina.^[2]

LaRue also became a minister, and took a position with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission in Conway, South Carolina, and claimed exemption from the draft. His draft card described him as a tall man of medium build, with blue eyes and black hair, with a wife and two children.^[3] LaRue had married Marjorie G. Quattlebaum He died at the age of 39 and is buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Conway.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TM-9JZ : accessed 22 April 2020), Larue W Langston in household of William J Langston, Greenville City Ward 5, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 6B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,529.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DP-SB8 : accessed 22 April 2020), Wort L Langston in household of William J Langston, Conway Ward 4, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 10A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1463; FHL microfilm 1,375,476.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6S-R4H : 24 August 2019), Larue Wirtz Langston, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKP-2G7Y : 13 December 2015), LaRue W. Langston, 1927; Burial, Conway, Horry, South Carolina, United States of America, Lakeside Cemetery; citing record ID 47297932, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.