GENEALOGY OF BRUCE FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH

Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire"
located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/

Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire;
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim 
that these genealogies are accurate.

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BRUCE

Rev. John Bruce, b. Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 31, 1757, d. in Mont Vernon,
March 12, 1809, m. Lois Wilkins of Marlborough, Dec. 15, 1785, who after his
death m. Major Williams Bradford. She d. in Mont Vernon, Feb. 12, 1828, aged 67.
He settled in Mont Vernon in 1785, was the pastor of the Congregational Church
from 1785 until his death in 1809. He was called the "good Mr. Bruce." He lived
on the farm now occupied by Miles E. Walalce, west of village. Their ch. were b.
in Mont Vernon.
1. John, d. Dec 14, 1786, age 6 weeks, 6 days.
2. *John, b. Feb 11, 1788.
3. *James, b. Nov 15, 1789.
4. *William, b. Aug 7, 1791
5. Lois, b. 1793, m. William S. Stinson, Sept. 12, 1816, d. Oct 5, 1823, had
three sons.
6. *Nathaniel, b. 1794, d. March 2, 1874.
7. Fanny, m. Stephen Peabody, by whom she had children, lived in Montpelier Vt.

Deacon John Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Feb 11, 1788,
was representative, moderator, and deacon in the church here. He m. Dolly Durant.
He lived on his father's farm. He was also County Treasurer several years.
Their chidlren were b. Mont Vernon.
1. Maria Jane, b. Aug 21, 1814, m. Dec. 10, 1833, Dea. John A. Starrett,
d. Oct 20, 1869, had four children.
2. *John Erastus, b. Nov 4, 1817.
3. *Levi W., b. July 21, 1821.
4. *Alonozo Swan, b. July  3, 1826.
5. Emily Frances, m. Nov 15, 1849 William A. Starrett of Francestown [NH],
d. Mont Vernon, Aug 19, 1853, age 23.

James Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Nov 5, 1789,
m(1) Sarah, dau of Thomas Parker of New Boston [NH]. She was b. March 11, 1794,
d. at Mont Vernon, Nov 28, 1844, age 50 years. He m(2) Mrs. Elizabeth 
Wheelwright. She d. May 1, 1883, age 82. He d. July 19, 1869, age 79 years, 
8 months. He moved in Mont Vernon, moved to Lyndeboro', thence to Mont Vernon,
where he d. Children all by first wife:
1. John W., b. July 30, 1816, resides Medford, Mass.
2. Sarah, b. April 14, 1820, m. May 6, 1846, Nathan Richardson of Lyndeborough,
where she d. Aug. 3, 1888. She had four children, viz: 1. Edward B.; 2. Sarah E.,
m. Stephen H. Dunbar of Wilton; 3. Ella F., m. Eli Curtis of Wilton; 4. Harry J.
lives in Lyndeborough.
3. *Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1825.
4. Clarinda F., b. Jan 10, 1831, m. James Carr of Lyndeborough, has one son,
Frederic B. Carr.
5. James P., b. May 3, 1834, d. at Mont Vernon, April 11, 1854.

Capt. William Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Aug 7, 1791
in Mont Vernon. Lived in the village, was a blacksmith, m. Dec 1, 1814, Hannah,
dau of Peter and Betsey Woodbury Jones. She was b. Mont Vernon, Nov 20, 1793,
d. July 18, 1871. He d. July 21, 1871. Ch. b. Mont Vernon:
1. Jane T., b Jan 1, 1816, m. March 26, 1893 Stephen Dunbar of Milford, son of
Rev. ELijah Dunbar, d. Manchester [NH] Feb 8, 1890.
2. William G., b. Feb 1, 1819, mechanic, lived in the village; m. Augusta, dau
James and Hannah (Stevens) Whittemore. She was b. May 12, 1825, d. Sept 6, 1891.
He, while hunting in New Boston [NH] shot himself, and d. as a result,
Oct. 27, 1883. He was representative in 1862 and 1862, two years [Transcriber's
note: his tombstone in the Mont Vernon Cemetery is the one whose photograph
appears elsewhere on this website (with the stone dog)].
3. Frances E., b. 1821; m(1) Oct 6, 1852, *David Boardman, m. (2) *Chas R.
Beard. She d. Nov 13, 1873.
4. Nancy B., b. Oct 1, 1825, m. Sept. 23, 1843, *Thos. Haskell Richardson.
She d. June 6, 1892
5. Artemus F., d. July 18, 1831, aged 10 months, 15 days.

Nathaniel Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. 1795; m(1)
Frances Tay of Bedford [NH]; m(2) Lucy Butterfield of Lyndeboro' [NH].
She was b. Dec 12, 1803, d. Jan 11, 1880. He lived first in South District,
then in village where Walter Woods now lives. He d. March 2, 1874. He was a 
justice of the peace. He was Country Treasurer from 1843 to 1846. He was
appointed postmaster in 1861 to 1873, and representative in 1830, 1831, 1832,
1840, 1841. Children by first wife:
1. Maria, b. Feb 10, 1817, d. young.
2. Nathaniel F., b. May 25, 1819, m(1) Harriet N. Oliver of Stoneham, Mass.,
kept store in Wakefield and Billerica, Mass., 28 years (14 years in each place).
His ch. are: 1. Clarence M., a merchant of Billerica [MA]; 2. Jasper, res.
Billerica [MA]; 3. Romanzo L., Methodist preacher of Vermont Conference, lives
California; 4. Eva Caroline, m. Orlando Hoyt, res. Stoneham, Mass.; 5. Louis F.,
resides Stoneham [MA]; 6. Nathaniel E., m. Emily J. Hatch, resides Stoneham [MA].
3. Frances Maria, d. at 12 years of age.
4. Caroline, d. at 10 years of age.
5. Mary, m. John Oliver, d. Portsmouth NH where she resided.
6. Sarah Ann, m. Henry Oliver of Stoneham, Mass., d. there Jan 31, 1884.
7. Joseph Harvey Appleton, b. Oct 30, 1833, m(1) Emily, dau of Mark D. and
Mahala (Jones) Perkins of Mont Vernon. She d. June 19, 1860, age 26 years, 
9 months. He m(2) Elvira, dau of George Hoyt of Francestown [NH]. They had one
dau, Emilie (now Mrs. Chas. Abbe of Pittsburg, PA). He m(3) Mrs. Emma (Burton)
Hoyt of Wilton [NH]. He was representative in 1870 and 1871. He is the proprietor
of the summer hotel at Bethlehem NH and a winter hotel at Lakeland, FL.
8. Frances M., m. Henry Mosman, by whom she had three dau., Gertrude, Jennie,
Frances. He d. April 23, 1880. She m(2) June 1887, Daniel Holley, res.
San Jose, Cal.
By second wife, Lucy Butterfield Bruce:
9. *George Anson, b. Nov 19, 1839.
10. Lucy Augusta, b. May 28, 1841, m. July 10, 1861, Alfred Kirke, b.
Harrison Co., Ohio Feb 16, 1832. Children: Allen B., b. June 2, 1868;
Harold B., b. Sep 20, 1876. They reside in Chicago [IL].

John Erastus Bruce, b. Nov 4, 1817, went to Milford [NH] in 1849, was a merchant
there many years, m. June 16, 1846, Sarah J., dau of James and Hannah (Stevens)
Whittemore, b. Weymouth, Mass., May 22, 1827. Children:
1. Charles E., b. Mont Vernon, Dec 18, 1846, manufacturer, res. Elmira, N.Y.,
m. 1873, Fanny McMurray, Troy NY
2. Josiephine E. [spelled this way in history], b. Mont Vernon Aug 26, 1848,
teacher, res. Medford, Mass.
3. Ella A., b. Milford [NH] Nov 24, 1850, m. Nov 16, 1870, W.N. Robison,
has three children, res. Milford.
4. Emily F., b. July 2, 1853, m. Nov 1874, Judge Walter H. Sanborn, res.
St. Paul, Minn [MN].
5. Sarah W., b. Sep 6, 1859, m. April 29, 1891, *Edwin A. McCrillis, res. Milford

Levi W. Bruce, b. July 21, 1821, d. July 2, 1855, m. Dec 18, 1851 Alma, dau of 
Daniel and Olive (Proctor) Holt of Milford [NH]. She was b. Milford
May 24, 1834. She m. (2) 1857, *Dea. George E. Dean of Mont Vernon. She d.
Mont Vernon, Dec 31, 1891. Mr. Bruce was a merchant tailor and lived in
Milford. Children:
1. Augustus Levi, b. Milford [NH] Nov 24, 1854, grew up in Mont Vernon,
graudated McCollom Institute, graduated at a homeopathic school in Chicago, IL.,
is a successful physician of the osteopathy method at Utica, NY, has been an
instructor in the Atlantic School of Osteopathy, Wilkesbarre, PA.  He m.
Nov. 29, 1888, Miss Elizabeth Harris of Victory, NY.

Alonzo Swan Bruce, son of Deacon John and Dolly (Durant) Bruce, b. July 3, 1826,
d. April 27, 1892, m. May31, 1865, Maria N., dau of Robert and Nancy (Smith)
Tuten. She was b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 20, 1843. He was postmaster for several
years. Children:
1. John Alonzo, b. May 1, 1868, m. Nov 22 1894, Lizzie Blanche, dau of John F.
and Mary E. (Hatch) Amsden, one ch, is a clerk and res. in Milford [NH].
2. Alice Frances, b. Nov 22, 1874, d. Nov 12, 1895
3. Robert Tuten, b. Dec 26, 1876, res. at Mont Vernon

Elizabeth Bruce, dau of james and Sarah (Parker) Bruce, b. April 24, 1825,
m. Dea. Nathaniel F. McIntire of Lyndeborough [NH], April 12, 1848, 
d. Feb. 24, 19903 in Lyndeborough. Children:
1. Mary C. b Feb 28, 1851, m. June 9, 1874 *Jay M. Gleason, two children.
2. Lois E., b. Oct 11, 1854, lives in Lyndeboro'.
3. Herbert B., b. July 3, 1857, m. Ida Woodward of Marlborough NH, is a doctor
in Cambridge, Mass.

George Anson Bruce, son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Butterfield) Bruce, b. Nov 19,
1839, fitted for college at Mont Vernon, graduated at Dartmouth [College,
Hanover NH] in 1861, studied law one year with Hon. D.S. Richardson at
Lowell [MA].  In August 1862 he enlisted in the Thirteenth NH Regiment,
and went to the front as first lieutenant of Company B. He served with 
distinguished bravery until the close of the war, holding at its close the
position of brevet lieutenant-colonel. In 1865 he resumed his legal studies
at Lowell. In 1866 he represented Mont Vernon in the NH Legislature.
In 1866 he pursued his profession with an assured reputation as an able
consellor and advocate until recently. He is now retired. Establishing his
residence in the city of Somerville [MA], he was in 1877 elected its Mayor,
holding the office three consecutive years. In 1883 and again in 1884 he was
in the State Senate from his district, and the latter years its presiding
officer. He now lives in Boston [MA].  He m. Clara M. Hall of Groton, Mass. by
whom he has one child, who survives.
1. Clara Augusta, b. Nov 19, 1882.


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