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Simeon Robert Bruce
December 3, 1839 - May 9, 1900
Born at Port Mills, Orange County, VT on December 3, 1839.
Left home in 1855 and lived for a while in Kane County, IL.
In fall 1859, moved to Montgomery County, TX, then went to Gonzales, Gonzeles
County, TX.
Mustered into Company E at Houston, TX on September 12, 1861.
Furloughed for unknown reason and scheduled to return May 1862.
Absent on duty with quartermaster department by June 1862.
Received gunshot wound to calf of leg at Perryville, KY in October 1862, and
left in enemy hands.
Another source reports that he was left with his brother, GH Bruce, to recuperate,
and when the brothers wrote to VT for some money and learned that two of their
brothers were fighting on the Union side.
Captured at Harrodsburg, KY in October 1862.
Exchanged at Vicksburg, MS in December 1862.
B. F. Weems Papers indicate he was assigned to saddle shop on October 8, 1862.
Published as deserter May 30, 1863.
On duty with quartermaster department by October 1863.
Paroled in Tuscaloosa, AL on May 22, 1865.
Resided in Oglethorpe, GA after the war.
SR Bruce and GH Bruce married two sisters in Macon County, GA.
Married Catherine Ann Reeves on November 14, 1865.
The brothers returned to TX in October 1866, bringing in-laws with them.
Settled in Hunt County, TX.
Moved to Mineola, Wood County, TX in January 1874 (resided on Johnson Street).
Operated a hotel for three years, then got a job as bookkeeper.
Occupied as cashier at Bank of Mineola after its founding.
Became partner in firm of S. R. Bruce & Co.
Acted as city treatsurer of Mineola, TX for four years.
Was a Mason.
Died at Mineola, Wood County, TX on May 9, 1900, leaving five
children.
Buried at Mineola City Cemetery, Mineola, Wood County, TX.
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| 1840 Census - VT, Orange County, Thetford, Page 147, (23/26) | ||
| Head of Houshold | David Bruce | |
| Free Whit Males Under 5 | 2 | |
| Free White Males 10 - 15 | 2 | |
| Free White Males 40 - 50 | 1 | |
| Free White Males 80 - 90 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 15 - 20 | 2 | |
| Free White Females 30 - 40 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 80 - 90 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | |
| Number of Persons Employed in Agriculture | 3 | |
| Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services | Joseph Bruce | |
| Ages | 82 | |
| 1850 Census - VT, Orange County, Fairlee, Page 97, Dwelling 96, Family 99, (13/14) | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Calvin Coburn | 53 | M | Farmer | $4,500 | VT | ||||
| Rachel Coburn | 46 | F | VT | ||||||
| Lemuel Coburn | 25 | M | Teacher | VT | |||||
| Louisa G. Coburn | 20 | F | VT | Y | |||||
| Sarah G. Coburn | 18 | F | VT | Y | |||||
| Joshua H. Coburn | 17 | M | VT | Y | |||||
| Mary W. Coburn | 15 | F | VT | Y | |||||
| Simeon Bruce | 10 | M | VT | Y | |||||
| Clarence Coburn | 2 | M | MA | ||||||
| Harvey Kibbie | 23 | M | VT | Y | |||||
| 1860 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image) | ||||||||||
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| 1870 Census - TX, Hunt County, Lone Oak, Precinct 4, Page 16, Dwelling 108, Family 102, (17/74) | |||||||||||
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| Simeon R. Bruce | 29 | M | W | Farmer | $950 | VT | |||||
| Katherine Bruce | 25 | F | W | Keeping House | GA | ||||||
| Robert Bruce | 3 | M | W | TX | |||||||
| Carolin Bruce | 5/12 | F | W | TX | |||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Wood County, ED 125, Page 289, Dwelling 195, Family 207, (19/62) | |||||||||
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| Robert H. Bruce | Son | M | W | 13 | TX | At School | VT | GA | |
| Carrie O. Bruce | Daughter | F | W | 10 | TX | At School | VT | GA | |
| Ernest L. Bruce | Son | M | W | 3 | TX | At Home | VT | GA | |
| Claude H. Bruce | Son | M | W | 11/12 | TX | At Home | VT | GA | |
| Martha Niblock | Servant | F | W | 40 | Scotland | Domestic Servant | Scotland | Scotland | |
| 1900 Census - TX, Wood County, Mineola, District 142, Page 4b, Dwelling 80, Family 80, (8/35) | |||||||||||||||
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| Catherine Bruce | Head | W | F | Mar 1845 | 55 | Wd | 6/5living | GA | NC | NC | Hotel keeper | O wn Home Free of Mortgage | |||
| Ernest L. Bruce | Son | W | M | Sep 1876 | 23 | S | TX | VT | GA | Lawyer | |||||
| Claud H. Bruce | Son | W | M | Jan 1879 | 21 | S | TX | VT | GA | At School | |||||
| Hellen R. Bruce | Daugh | W | F | Sep 1884 | 15 | S | TX | VT | GA | At School | |||||
| Henry C. Geddie | Boarder | W | M | Nov 1867 | 32 | S | AL | NC | AL | Lawyer | |||||
| Sam E. Cooper | Boarder | W | M | Jan 1874 | 26 | M 5yrs | TX | GA | AL | Clerk for RR | |||||
| Pliny H. Gerrells | Boarder | W | M | June 1875 | 24 | S | WI | NY | Germany | Stenographer | |||||
| Oscar A. Tunnel | Boarder | W | M | Nov 1871 | 28 | Wd | TX | AL | AL | Bank Bookkeeper | |||||
| Nathan Childs | Servant | W | M | June 1850 | 49 | S | MI | Germany | Germany | Servant | |||||
| Roy Jackson | Servant | B | M | May 1878 | 22 | S | TX | TX | TX | Servant | Illiterate | ||||
| Minnie Smith | Servant | B | F | July 1878 | 21 | S | TX | TX | TX | Servant | Illiterate | ||||
| James T. Drake | Boarder | W | M | Apr 1878 | 22 | S | AL | AL | AL | Pharmacist | |||||
| Nettie E. Cooper | Boarder | W | F | Mar 1875 | 25 | M 5yrs | 0 | TX | TX | TX | |||||
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R. F. Bunting Letter, November
25, 1862 |
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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Letter regarding Wharton's
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