Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

A. B. RUE, formerly a photographic artist of high repute in Louisville, is
a native of Mercer County, Ky,; was born in 1842, and is a son of Nelson
and Margaret (Adams) Rue, both natives of Kentucky, but whose parents came
from New Jersey at any early day and passed their lives in this State on a
farm.  A. B. Rue is the fourth in a family of nine children born to his
parents.  He remained on the home farm until 1861, when he enlisted in
Company F, Nineteenth Kentucky Volunteers, and was in active service the
three years following, being promoted to second-lieutenant in the
meanwhile, and mustered out as first-lieutenant at Louisville in 1865. He
took part in the following engagements: Mill Springs, Cumberland Gap (and
the campaign from the latter to the Ohio River), Arkansas Post, and in all
the engagements by Grant in the siege of Vicksburg.  At the latter place
he was taken ill and was unfit for duty about four months, after which he
returned to his regiment in New Orleans and remained with it until
mustered out as stated above, when he entered college at Cincinnati.  In
1866 he learned photography at Harrodsburg, Ky., and for seven years
followed his vocation in various towns through the State.  In 1881 he
located in Louisville at No. 341 Fourth avenue, where his merits as an
artist were soon recognized and where he was actively employed until 1888,
when he moved to Harrodsburg, Ky.  He was married, September 5, 1865, to
Jessie Anderson, a daughter of Henry T. Ambrose, so well known as a
Reformed minister.  Mrs. Rue is celebrated as a portrait painter, and has
studied under the best masters in America.  She has followed the art for
many years, and is an artist of superior talents.  Mr. and Mrs. Rue are the
parents of six children: Lelia, Insco, Zoe, Letcher, Margie, and one dead.
Mrs. Rue is now a member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Rue is a
member of the Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church; he is a member of the
G.A.R., I.O.O.F., K. of P., and K. of H.

Rue Adams Anderson
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Mercer-KY OH NJ

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