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History of White County, Illinois
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W
illiam M. Bruce was born in Sumner County, Tenn., March 19, 1814. His father came to Illinois in 1817, and settled near the present site of Norris City, White County. Mr. Bruce came to Gallatin County in 1849 and entered eighty acres of Government land at $1.25 per acre. He now owns 250 acres of fine, well-improved farming land near the north fork of the Saline River. Mr. Bruce was elected Associate Justice of the County Court of Gallatin County, in 1857; was Justice of the Peace twenty-one years, always serving the public with fidelity and justice. He was married March 5, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce reared a family of four boys and two girls. Two sons, Robert and Franklin, were in the late war. Robert and Thomas were school-teachers for a number of years. Robert has been elected for the second time Sheriff of Gallatin County. Mr. Bruce has been a member of the Methodist church for the past forty years, and has been found ready to do his part in the work of the church.
Submitted by Linda Roberts
[Author unknown] 1883. History of White County, Illinois. 962.
Note: Although this biography is from the History of White County, it is from the section on New Haven Township, across the county line to the south in Gallatin County.
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