J. L. Bruce (b. 1815)

BRUCE, FOSOM

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/23/2005 at 23:03:48

Bruce, J. L., farmer, Section 25; PO Strawberry Point; born in Broomfield, Hampton Co., Mass. in 1815; traveled several years before coming West; went to Winnebago Co., Illinois in 1844, thence to this county in 1851. Married Miss Elizabeth Fosom in 1847; she was born in New Hampshire in 1823; have six children --- Ann Eugenie, born Sept. 1855; Alfred A., born Sept. 7, 1857; Carrie J., born Sept. 1859; Lyman D., born June 15, 1861; Hattie E., born Sept. 1863; George H., born Sept. 1865. He is a Democrat; has been Township Assessor two years; he was the first member of the Board of Supervisors in this township; has been School Director two terms. He owns 444 acres of land worth $25 per acre. He is the oldest resident of the township.

Page 617, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
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