Greeting all, I have to comment on this one because I think that after reading you will agree that we could only hope for an Obit. such as this after we pass on to our long rest...almost brought a tear to m'eye ~Chadd p.s. "Family" The Joshua H. referred to in this Bio. is the Brother of Samuel Milton Bruce who married Sarah E. Layman, their daughter was Minnehaha Angeline Bruce, who was the mother of Arah Mullin,who was the mother of Letmond Levine Rose, who married G-ma Fern. Transcribed from: Hisory of Stearns County Minnesota William Bell Mitchell Volume II Chicago, H.C. Cooper, JR., & Co. 1915 Page 989 "JOSHUA H. BRUCE" Joshua H. Bruce, now deceased, for many years a leading man in the western part of Stearns County, was born at Ladoga, Indiana, March 22, 1833, and there spent the first thirty years of his life. In October of 1863, Mr. Bruce moved to Sauk Center, in this county, and purchased a quarter section of land on Melrose Road. Ten years later he exchanged with S. M. Beidleman, for the farm in Getty Grove, on which he lived for many years. Embracing 400 acres, the farm was one of the best in Central Minnesota, and the acres were as well known for fertility as the home was for hospitality. Modest and unassuming, a thorough farmer in theory and practice, he had little time for anything that would divide his attention. Aside from holding school district and township offices, he shrank from anything that savored of publicity. Nevertheless in 1886, wholly unsaught, he received the nomination for a seat in the lower house of the State Legislature from a peoples convention, and was elected without opposition. He served the state and his constituency faithfully and conscientiously, but declined renomination. He preferred home to the turmoil of legislative life. His death in 1894 came after a brief illness. He had known of his approaching end and had gone to his long rest with courage and fortitude. At the time of his death it was said of him, " The death of an upright man and an enterprising citizen is a public calamity. When, in additioned thereto, the deceased is posessed of a warm heart, sympathetic nature, liberality of action, purity of life, nobility of character and disinterestedness of motive, it strikes deeper and becomes a personal bereavment to all who knew him. Such a man was Joshua H. Bruce. To him flowed out the esteem and admiration of all who knew him, and his memory will be revered long after his mortal frame shall have crumbled to dust." Mr. Bruce was married in 1855, to Sarah E. LaFollette and to this union were born 4 sons and 4 daughters: Joshua H. Jr. is deceased, Mary P. married David Love, Sarah M. married Edward L. Mantor, Ella E. married John H. Love, Mabel L. married Charles L. Gray, Charles R. is a farmer in/of Ashley Twnp., Wallace is deceased, James M. lives in Elrosa, MN. Regards, Chadd Rose mailto: tuckman5@intrepid.net ************************************** GENEALOGY - I'M DOING IT!!! After much deliberation And due consideration I have the inclination To look for my relation. So, with much perspiration And a lot of inspiration I'll assume the obligation To trace their emigration. I'll start with the location -- Look through every publication Listing things like embarkation, Occupation and taxation. Then, I'll hope for revelation To help me follow their migration And find proof of immigration To this blessed and great nation. Oh, what joy! What jubilation! Comes with the realization That I've found the combination That will link my generation! >Author Unknown< mailto: tuckman5@intrepid.net