SAMUEL BRUCE

SAMUEL BRUCE, SON OF HARRISON AND MARY BRUCE, WAS BORN OCTOBER 28, 1842 AT MARIETA, O. HE DIED AT HIS HOME SOUTH OF KELLERTON FEBRUARY 1, 1900 AGED 57 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. WHEN FOURTEEN YEARS OLD HE MOVED TO BOONE COUNTY, IOWA. IN 1861 HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. SERVICE AND WAS ASSIGNED A MEMBERSHIP IN COMPANY G., EIGHTH MISSOURI INFANTY. IN THIS CAPACITY HE SERVED THREE YEARS, AND RE-INLISTED IN COMPANY E. FIFTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY. WHEN HE DIED HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GETTYSBURG POST, NO. 241. MR BRUCE WAS MARRIED IN 1867 TO MISS ANNA M. PRATZ. SIX CHILDREN BLESSED THEIR UNION, FIVE OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING. ONE DAUGHTER HAD GONE BEFORE HIM OVER THE RIVER. HE MOVED TO FREEMONT COUNTY IN 1879 AND MOVED TO RINGGOLD COUNTY IN 1898. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND THOSE WHO KNOW HIM BEST KNEW HIM TO BE A WARM, TRUE, KIND FRIEND, A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER. THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED BY ELDER J.D. FORSYTHE FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN CHARGE OF THE G.A.R. POST. THE BODY WAS SHIPPED TO TOULON, ILLINOIS FOR BURIAL.