When Robert Tildon LaRue was born on 10 February 1877, in LaRue, Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Hodgen LaRue Jr, was 27 and his mother, Artemitia Frances Turnham, was 23. He married Charity Ophelia Chambers on 28 May 1898, in Johnson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 18 February 1965, in Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, United States.