Lawrence County Recorder A. D. Bruce is a native of Lawrence County, Ohio. He was born in 1860, receiving his early education through the common schools and attending the National Normal University.
At 18, he began teaching school and continued right up to the time of taking his office in 1892. He is a man of the strictest integrity and sterling worth, and his work as a recorder has been marked by skill, honesty, and fidelity. Mr. Bruce has a wife and five children. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and a Republican in politics.
The Lawrence County, Ohio line of Bruce’s history recorded in the Hardesty Atlas of 1882 states:
Amasiah Bruce – was born in this county (Lawrence) on March 1, 1819, and died on May 12, 1865. His father, William Bruce, died November 1, 1822, aged 40 years, and his mother, Margaret (Ferguson) Bruce, died July 25, 1840, aged 50. They were settlers in this county in 1821. Mr. Bruce and Julia A. Paul was married in Lawrence County on November 23, 1845. She is a native of this county, born May 5, 1826. The following are their children:
- 1. Willington Bruce, b.18 Sept. 1846, resides in this county (Lawrence)
- 2. Bennington Bruce, b. 3 Sept. 1849, resides in this county.
- 3. Roxey Bruce b. 13 Mar 1852 d. 13 Mar 1852
- 4. Sarah J. Bruce, b. 1 Nov 1853, married a Wilson, resides in this county.
- 5. Victor Bruce, b. 26 Dec 1855, resides in this county.
- 6. Elizabeth Bruce b. 4 March 1858 married a Damarn; resides in Wayne Co. West Va.
- 7. Amasiah C. Bruce, b. 20 Dec. 1859, resides at home (1882). Amaziah Creighton Bruce and Sarah Ellen ( ) were married on 5 June 1888 in Louisa, Kentucky.
Amaziah Creighton Bruce (family book of records) was born on Dec. 20, 1859; Sarah Ellen Bruce (was this his wife?) was born on 23 Dec. 1864 at Fort Gay, West Virginia. “Mother died Jan. 20, 1934, at 3:20 a.m. Saturday at 70 years of age). My Father died at the age of 72 years. He had a stroke or paralysis. He died on May 20, 1931. He was 72 years old.
Children of Amaziah C. and Sarah Ellen ( ) Bruce:
- Wayne D. Bruce was born on Friday, May 10, 1889, d. Wed. night, August 17, 1949, at 10 o’clock in Columbus, Ohio, at his residence, he was 60 years old. (written down the side of the book page Wayne Bruce died Sept.1899 on the 6th)
- Taylor Vincent Bruce was born on Saturday, July 25, 1891 d. 6 Sept. 1899, at age 8
- Mabel Irene Bruce was born on Thursday, October 24, 1895. Mabel married Samuel Walstein Kouns. She died on 7 Feb. 1968 at one o’clock on Sunday.
- Alice Elizabeth Bruce was born on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1900. She died on 18 May 1980, age 79 years. She married Dr. O. A. Gray, who died at age 76. He died at 7 minutes after eleven at night at the St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Ky, on April 24, 1957, of a heart attack. Dr. Oscar Addison Gray b. 27 Oct. 1880. M. D., The oldest child of Leonard and Franklin Gray, was born in Hardin Co., Ky. He was 76 years old when he passed away. His mother’s name was Mary Alice Hynes (Hines) Gray. Alice E. Bruce was baptized on May 11, 1913, at the Ohio Baptist Church, Union Landing, Ohio, by Rev. E. E. White. She married Dr. O. A. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Franklin Gray. His mother was Mary Alice Hynes of Hardin Co. Ky. Dr. O. A. Gray was born Oct. 27, 1880, in Harden Co., Ky.
- 5. Vanilla Louise Bruce was born on 3 Sept. on Wednesday morning 1902.
- 6. William Bruce b. 20 Sept. 1863; resides at home (1882)
The parents of Mrs. Bruce are Nimrod and Jane (Forgy) Paul. The former died on Nov. 10, 1880. William M. Bruce, a brother of Amasiah, was a soldier in the late war; also, four brothers, Mrs. Bruce, served in the war. Sardine, Martin V. B. and Joshua Paul served in the Union Army and Claybourn Paul in the Southern Army. He lived in the South when the war broke out and was forced to enlist. Mrs. Bruce is a resident of Perry township, where she is engaged in farming. Address: Forest Dale, Lawrence County, Ohio.
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