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Joseph Thomas La Rue served as an alderman on Athens' first city council in 1901. The town of La Rue, 13 miles southeast, was named for him. He was an educator, merchant, civic leader, banker, humanitarian, prohibitionist, Democrat, and historian. On March 16, 1892, he married Stella Elvira Parsons, and they had seven children.
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