Edmund A. Bruce Biography


	This biography appears on pages 313-314 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				EDMUND A. BRUCE.  

	Edmund A. Bruce, an active figure in real-estate circles in 
Yankton, largely confining his attention to farm lands, was born in 
Keokuk, Iowa, July 15, 1865. His father, James E. Bruce, was a native 
of Charleston, South Carolina, and after living for some years in Iowa 
removed to Yankton in 1878. Here he established a dry-goods business, 
in which he remained for about twenty years, being numbered among the 
enterprising and successful merchants of the city. On the expiration of 
that period he removed to Portland, Oregon, where he passed away in 
1912, at the very venerable age of ninety-two years. His wife, who bore 
the maiden name of Antoinette La Favre, was a native of St. Louis and a 
descendant of one of the old French families of that city. She survives 
and still makes her home in Portland, Oregon. Their children are: 
Nellie; Wallace J.; Annette V.; Edmund A., of this review; William L.; 
Corrine, who married Morris C. Wells, of Portland, Oregon; James E., of 
Boise City, Idaho; Madeline; Louis P., who lives in Portland; Marie, 
also a resident of that city; and Louise.  

	In the public schools of Yankton Edmund A. Bruce acquired his 
early education and afterward attended Yankton College, being one of 
its first students. When his college days were over he turned his 
attention to the real-estate and loan business, in which he has since 
continued. He has always made a specialty of handling farm properties 
and is still largely interested along that line, handling only Dakota 
lands. He possesses a comprehensive knowledge of realty values, knows 
the property that is upon the market and has so wisely and 
energetically directed his efforts that substantial and gratifying 
results have accrued. Moreover, he was one of the promoters of the long 
distance telephone company, an independent corporation, of which he is 
serving as the president.  

	On the 26th of June, 1901, Mr. Bruce was united in marriage to 
Miss Ethel C. Washburn, and they have two children, Edmund L. and 
Janet, aged respectively nine and four years. His religious faith is 
that of the Catholic church and he is interested in various charities, 
possessing a benevolent spirit that prompts him to extend a helping 
hand on many occasions. He votes with the democratic party, but has 
never been a candidate for any office. He belongs to the Commercial 
Club and cooperates heartily in its various movements for the welfare 
and upbuilding of the city along business lines and in the field of 
civic improvement. Close application to business and faith in the 
future of this country have been salient factors in winning him success 
in the real-estate field. He knows that South Dakota has been richly 
endowed by nature and that its broad prairies must ultimately become 
thickly settled. He has, therefore, been a factor in promoting its 
growth through his real-estate operations and in the conduct of his 
business has won a well merited reputation for enterprise and 
reliability.