GEORGE A. BRUTON 
Union Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
prepared by Randy DeCuir     
 


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From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p. 325.

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George A. Bruton is a successful planter of Union Parish and here
first saw the light of day on November 30,1843, the fourth of a family
of seven children born to Redrick P. and Sarah W. (Derden) Bruton, the
former of whom was born in North Carolina and the latter in South
Carolina.  The father settled in Union parish, La., in 1837, at which
time he was one of the pioneers of the northern part of the state, the
town of Monroe, forty miles away, being his nearest trading point.  He
was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and during the many
years that he labored in his Master's vineyard he did much for the cause
of Christianity.  
His death occurred in 1879, at the age of seventy-three years, his wife's 
death occurring the next year.  Five of their children grew to maturity, 
the four daughters being residents of Farmerville.  Their son, George A., 
was educated in Union parish, and at the age of seventeen years, or in 1861, 
he enlisted in the confederate service, becoming a member of Company C, 
Nineteenth Louisiana Volunteer infantry, known as the "Stars of Equality."  
His command was assigned to the Army of Tennessee and was in the engagements 
of Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, Mississippi, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and 
the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta.  Then with Hood in the engagements at 
Franklin and Nashville he saw some hard service.  Following this he was at 
home on ninety days' furlough, during which time news reached him of Lee's
surrender.  At the close of the war he turned his attention to farming,
and in December, 1866, he married Miss Fannie Thompson, a daughter of
William and Irene (Ellis) Thompson, and in 1872 settled on the
plantation on which he is now residing, which then consisted of 1,000
acres of forest land.  At that time Mr. Bruton was in debt $3,500, the
result of a mercantile venture at Farmerville.  He has now 200 acres of
open land, has paid off his indebtedness from the proceeds of the farm
and has bountifully cared for his family.  He has always taken an active
interest in local public affairs and is the present representative of
Union Parish in the state legislature, one of the invincible forty-two
who stood firm to uphold the honor of his state against the corrupting
influence of the Louisiana state lottery, while its hirelings were
endeavoring to obtain a new charter for twenty-five years.  He is a
member of Blue Lodge No. 53, of Farmerville, of which he is one of the
stewards and he is also a member of the K. of P., Pelican lodge No. 17,
of Farmerville.  Mr. and Mrs. Bruton are members of the Baptist church
and are considered worthy members of that church as well as acquisitions
to the social circles in which they move.  Their children are as
follows: Addie, Georgie, Carl, Lucille and Thompson.

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