From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean. 

p. 590
Charles LaRUE.  The LaRue Hotel, located at No. 1028 Market street, 
Wheeling, is under the capable management of Charles LaRue, who was born 
in Wheeling, October 16, 1868.  His father, Squire James LaRue, was born 
in Cameron, West Virginia, in 1832, and identified his fortunes with 
Wheeling about forty-three years ago.  For many years he was well known 
in railroad circles, and was a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio 
Railroad.  After coming to this part of the state he married Adaline 
Garl, a native of Wheeling, and of the 16 children born to this union 
the following are living:  Jennie, who married Isaac Shield; William ; 
James, Jr.; Edward; Charles; John; Richard; Frank; and Lottie.
	Before engaging in the hotel business Charles LaRue was in the 
employ of several important concerns, in all of which he gained a 
reputation for sobriety, industry and conscientious regard for the best 
interests of those who placed their trust in him.  He received the 
greater part of his education in the Sixth Ward school in Wheeling, and 
his first business experience was gained in the La Belle Iron Works, 
where he was a trusted employ for nine years.  He afterward worked in 
the Riverside Iron Works until 1889, and was then with the Wheeling Ice 
& Storage company until 1890.  From that connection he withdrew to 
engage in the saloon business on Market street.  In 1900 he assumed 
charge of the hotel which bears his name, and its general air of 
neatness, activity and enterprise is a sufficient guaarantee of his 
particular adaptability to a position requiring tact, discretion and 
good fellowship.
	January 28, 1899, Mr. LaRue married Mrs. Mary Letzkus, who was 
born in Wheeling, and who, by a previous marriage, had two children, 
Frances and Mayme.  Politically Mr. LaRue is a Republican, but has no 
desire for political recognition.  During the discharge of his various 
responsibilities in Wheeling he made many friends, and what is more, 
possesses the faculty of keeping them.