Northern Alabama, historical and . m tliree daughters and one son. ?^«:< ««?? JOHN BRUCE, Judge of the United StatesDistrict Court for the Jliddle and Northern Dis-tricts of Alabama, was born in Sterlingshire,Scotland, February 16, 18:W, and came with hisparents, James and .Margaret (F.,iddell) Bruce, toAmerica in 1840. The family located in WayneCounty, Ohio, and there the two old people areburied, Mr. Bruce dying in 1848, at the age ofsixty-eight years, and his widow in 1874, at theage of seventy-two. The subject of this sketch was educated atFranklin College, from which in
Northern Alabama, historical and . m tliree daughters and one son. ?^«:< ««?? JOHN BRUCE, Judge of the United StatesDistrict Court for the Jliddle and Northern Dis-tricts of Alabama, was born in Sterlingshire,Scotland, February 16, 18:W, and came with hisparents, James and .Margaret (F.,iddell) Bruce, toAmerica in 1840. The family located in WayneCounty, Ohio, and there the two old people areburied, Mr. Bruce dying in 1848, at the age ofsixty-eight years, and his widow in 1874, at theage of seventy-two. The subject of this sketch was educated atFranklin College, from which institution he wasgraduated as A. B. in 1854. From college, hewent to Keokuk. Iowa, there read law with lian-kin & Miller, the latter now a Justice of the Su-preme Court of the United States, and, in 1856,was admitted to the bar at Burlington. Associa-ted with George W. McCreary, afterward Secre-tary of War, he began the practice of law at Keo-kuk, and was there at the outbreak of the latewar. As cajitain of Company A. Nineteenth Iowa. pl/^ aJiJ^-^c^ NORTHERN ALABAMA. 623 Volunteer Infantry, John ]{riu;e entered theUnited States service in 18G:i. From captain hewas soon afterward jjromoted to major. In 1863,lie was made lieiitenaiit-ooloiiel, and in 1804, wascommissioned colonel. At the close of the w-ar, in consideration of distiiiguislied valor andmeritorious services, Colonel Uruce was [jronio-ted to the rank of brevet brigadier-general. Dur-ing hostilities. Colonel Bruce participated in thebattles of Prairie (Jrove, Ark., the seige of Vicks-burg, Yazoo City, Port Hudson, New Orleansatid Banks to Texas. From Browns-ville, Tex., his command returned to New Orleansin 18(14, and, as landsmen, took part in tiie attackon Fort Morgan. He was afterward engaged inthe battles around Mobile and at the surrender ofSpanish Fort. Being mustered out of the service in 18G5, atDavenport, Iowa, General Bruce returned to Keo-kuk, and, the following fall, came Soutli for thepurpos
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