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1866 - 1917 (51 years)
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Name |
BRUCE James Smiley |
Born |
15 Jun 1866 |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
26 Jun 1917 |
Buried |
UNKNOWN |
Milford Baptist Church, Greer, SC [1] |
Person ID |
I2608 |
Combo |
Last Modified |
22 Aug 2009 |
Father |
BRUCE George W., b. 27 Sep 1823, Spartanburg County, SC , d. 31 May 1906, Lyman, SC (Age 82 years) |
Mother |
BABB Narcissa, b. 12 May 1829, Laurens County, SC , d. 4 Jul 1894, Lyman, SC (Age 65 years) |
Married |
16 Jan 1848 |
Greenville County, SC |
Family ID |
F0982 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Never married, per Rayond Bruce.
From the book "The Upper Part of Greenville County, SC", page 155
On Tuesday afternoon, during an electric storm which passed through the upper part of the county the barn of Dr. J. S. Bruce of Sandy Flat was struck by lightning and burned to the ground almost before anyone had detected the fire. Six head of horses together with all of the feed stuff, were demolished in the fire, causing a loss of about $2500 with only a very small amount of insurance (GDN, June 10, 1909).
Dr. Bruce lived in Sandy Flat and made house calls over the area for fifty cents. A farmer who lived near Double Springs Church had a daughter who complained of being sick and was not able to work. The farmer seeing Dr. Bruce coming up the road in his buggy went out to the road and stopped him and asked the doctor to check his daughter. When the doctor had completed his examination, the farmer asked him what was wrong with the girl; to which Dr. Bruce replied, "Laziness!"
Notes from Raymond Bruce April 2006. Raymond said he had contacted an elderly cousin who told him she remembers staying with Dr. Smiley Bruce when she was a young child. She asked Dr. Bruce if there was something she could do to make herself useful while he was out calling on patients. He said she and her sister could polish his shoes. She told Raymond she had never seen so many shoes in all of her life! They polished and polished until they couldn't polish any more.
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