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- Before and After Mt. Pisgah page 123
Nauvoo Temple Record page 395-398
Death Date year 1846 Calhoun Co. Michigan History
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Calhoun County, Michigan
By Chapman Brothers, Chapman Brothers
Page 469
Almon G. Bruce, M.D. This gentleman is one of the prominent medical men of Albion, to which place he came a fe years since in order that his children might have the benefit of attendance at Albion College. He had previously practiced his profession within the bound of the "State and had the many calls of a busy and successful man. He comes of good old stock, and by inheritance and training the many traits of character and mental abilities of his progenitors have been strengthened and developed in him, making him a worthy representative of the family.
Jesse Bruce, grandfather of our subject, was a resident of Franklin County, Vermont, where on April 29, 1815, the father of our subject was born. This child was christened Augustus S. and was six years of age when his parents changed their residence to Hiram, Ohio. There he grew to maturity and married Jane Fidelia Whiting, a native of the Buckeye State, who bore him two children, Almon G, and Robert L. The latter served three years during the Civil War, in the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry; he died January 8, 1871. The wife and mother passed away in 1846, and Augustus Bruce subsequently married Miss Jane Hare. This lady was a daughter of Jacob Hare, the first settler of Columbus, Ohio, and the maker of the original plat of that city. Mr. Hare accumulated a large property, and eventually became quite wealthy and at his death willed all of his property to the needy and destitute of the city of Columbus, Ohio; the estate was valued at $200,000 and the city built of this fund what is known as Hare’s Orphan Asylum. Mr. Bruce was a Whig until the Republican party was organized, when he gave it his support, affiliating with it until his death. That event transpired in 1868.
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In Quincy, Illinois, November 6, 1844, Almon G. Bruce opened his eyes to the light of day. His school days were spent in Medina County, Ohio, and he gained a good knowledge of the branches taught in the common and high schools. Young as he was when the Civil War began, he was roused to enthusiasm and nothing but his youth prevented him from taking his stand with the defenders of his country. As soon as it was possible to do so he entered the army, enlisting for three months and being enrolled in Company G, Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry. Going into Virginia the company did guard duty until their time had expired and they were mustered out. In July, 1864, young Bruce again enlisted and as a member of Company C. One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, took his place in front of Nashville, Tenn. He was detailed as clerk at gen. Rousseau's headquarters and retained the position until the close of the war.
Returning to his Buckeye home Mr. Bruce began reading medicine in the office of Dr. Henry Warner, a prominent physician of Spencer. In 1866 he began attending lectures in Charity Hospital Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio from which he received his degree in 1870. Three years later he left the buckeye State to establish his home in Corunna, Michigan, where he worked up a good practice. In 1882 he removed to Detroit and a year later came to Albion. Here, as before stated, he has taken a high stand among medical men and secured a large following of citizens. He is earnest and thoughtful in all that pertains to his profession, expending his time and energy upon it to the fullest extent. He is a Prohibitionist, an outspoken and earnest worker in the cause of temperance and has received a number of nomnations for office in the city and in the State legislature and Congress ast different times.
In Spencer, Ohio, the marriage rights were solemnized between Dr. Bruce and Permelia A, daughter of the Rev. Abel Wood. The bride was born in 1851, in the town win which her wedding was celebrated. She is well informed, devoted to her family, and possess the character that wins and retains friendship. The children born to dr. and Mrs. Bruce are three in number, named respectively, Carrie Maude, Lottie E. and Bessie. The elder is now the wife of Professor E. C. Glen, of the Upper Peninsular Business College in Marquette this State. She is a young lady of cultuire, having been graduated from AlbionCollege in 1889. Socially the Doctor is Past Commander of E. W Holing Post No. 210, G. A.R., and has been a member of the Masonic order since 1865 and is now the High Priest of Albion Chapter, No. 32, R.A.M. also Three Illustrious Master of Albion Council No. 57, R & S Masters. He and his family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church in which the Doctor is Steward.
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States.
DEATH: Also shown as Died 19 Jun 1915
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