Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Bruce, L. M. November 23 1852 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   L. M. BRUCE, druggist of Good. Water, Ala., is a son of Wilson and Alice
(Gallin) Bruce, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina. When he was
quite young his father's family moved to Greene county, and he was reared and
married there. He lived there until 1836 when he removed to Troup county,
settling in the southwestern part and lived there until his death in 1888, at
the age of eighty-seven. By occupation he was a planter, and he was also a
Missionary Baptist preacher. Though not a college bred man he obtained a good
English education. He reared his family of seven children mostly in Troup
county, Ga. These children were as follows: H. S., a practicing physician of
Waverly, Ga.; W. P., a farmer of Troup county, Ga.; S. A., a soldier in the
Confederate army, killed in battle; Emeline, single and living with W. P.; E.
D., a farmer and stock raiser of Atlanta, Ill., and L. N. The mother of these
children still lives on the old homestead with W. P. and Emeline. Grandfather
Bruce was a native of Scotland and emigrated to this country early in this
century, settling in North Carolina. Grandfather Gallin emigrated from England
to New Jersey, and afterward removed to Greene county, Ga. He was killed in the
Creek Indian war of 1836, at some point in Alabama. L. M. Bruce was born
November 23, 1852, in Troup county, Ga., and was educated in the country schools
of that county. He was thoroughly drilled in the higher branches of an English
education by a noted teacher, Prof. J. T. Johnson, whose place he took when he
resigned. He began teaching when eighteen years of age, teaching the home school
for nine years. Then he taught a year at Waverly, Ala., and three years at Camp
Hill. Next he taught at Good Water five years. After being in Good Water one
year he became interested in a drug store, and at the end of his five years he
discontinued teaching and devoted his entire attention to the drug business. He
was married at Camp Hill, Ala., December 28, 1882, to Miss Josie N. Hicks,
daughter of Samuel Hicks, and by her he has three children, viz,: Hixie M.,
Clio, and Ernestine. Politically Mr. Bruce is a democrat, and he is a master
Mason, a Knight of Honor and a Knight of Pythias, and he is a member of the
Missionary Baptist church. He is one of the most intelligent citizens of the
county and takes great interest in everything pertaining to its welfare.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 724-725

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