BEE SPRINGS CEMETERY (N.E. of Elkton), GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

BRUCE, Esq. John Ross, (29 Jun) 1865 - 1921.  (s/o Joel & Esther Amelia (Moores) Bruce) 4162/4163
BRUCE, Jennie Bell West, 1869 - (27 Jul) 1899. (w/o John Ross Bruce, married 26 Apr 1891; d/o William Cooper West; Ref: Terry Scruggs twscru@aol.com ) 4162/4163


Esq. John R. Bruce was county Judge of the 16th District 10 years as of 1904 when a County Business Magazine surveyed him. (text shown above.)
Birth: Jun. 29 1865 Dellrose, Lincoln County Tennessee
 
John R. Bruce was living as of 1904 as a Widower,  formally married to Jennie B. West who proceeded him in death 27 Jul 1899. They had one surviving child.
County Court 16th District, Also owned and operated a Cotton Gin in Dellrose as of 1904. Living in Dellrose as of 1904 all his life (bio in Bus News Mag 1904.
Compiled by C. Wayne Austin from the 1904 Lincoln County Business Magazine shown above.