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Bruce, Augustus Stebbins

Male 1815 - 1865  (50 years)


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  • Name Bruce, Augustus Stebbins 
    Born 29 Apr 1815  Vermont, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch Id KLBR-98Y 
    Died Oct 1865  Medina, Ohio, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6695  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Family Whiting, Jane Fidelia,   b. 29 Feb 1824, Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1846, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1841 
    Notes 
    • Cutler, Alpheus (1784-1864), stonemason, builder; born at Plainfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Married Lois Lathrop, 1808. Served in the War of 1812. Joined the Church in New York, 1833. Moved to Kirtland, Ohio, 1834; to Missouri, 1836; and to Illinois, 1839. Appointed to the Nauvoo high council, 1839; the committee to build the Nauvoo temple, 1840; and the Council of Fifty, 1844. Presided over the municipal council at Cutler’s Park, Nebraska during the Mormon exodus to the west. Rejected the leadership of Brigham Young and settled at Silver Creek, Mills County, Iowa. About 1853, moved to Manti, Fremont County, Iowa where he organized "The True Church of Jesus Christ." Died at Manti, Iowa.
    Children 
     1. Bruce, Robert Lagard,   b. 1843, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1871  (Age 28 years)
     2. Bruce, Almon Gardner,   b. Nov 1844, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1901, Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F3085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1850; Census Place: Chippewa, Wayne, Ohio; Roll M432_739; Page: 119; Image: 241.
      268/278 A S Bruce 35 male Landlord $1500 Vermont
      Nancy J 24 fem Ohio
      Lagard 07 male Ohio attended school
      Almond 05 male Illinois attended school
      Josephine 02 fem Ohio
      Emily 01 fem Ohio
      Franklin 12 male Michigan attended school
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      1860; Census Place: Lafayette, Medina, Ohio; Roll M653_1007; Page: 146; Image: 292.
      25/25 Augustus Bruce 41 male Farmer $2500/1300 Vermont
      Jane 35 fem Ohio
      Alma 15 fem domestic Ohio attended school
      Almon 14 male Illinois attended school
      Sophia 11 fem Ohio attended school
      Emma 10 fem Ohio attended school
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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.