Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1913 — Bruce Family Gathered in First Reunion in Several Years. [ARTICLE]

Bruce Family Gathered in First Reunion in Several Years.

The home of B. D. Comer, in Union township, was the scene Sunday of k reunion of the Bruce family, all six of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Bruce, deceased, being present, as well as several grandchildren, great grandchildren and a few other relatives: , The children are: Edwin L. Bruce, of Rensselaer; Mrs. George Barcus, of Wabash; Charles Bruce, of Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. W. B. Rowley, of Mitchell, 8. Dak.; Mrs. B. D< Comer, of Union township, and George Bruce, of Stutgart, Ark., and all were on hand for the ' reunion. Charles Bruce is accompanied by his wife and son, Eldon, and Mrs. Rowley is accompanied by her son, Leo. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Bruce, of Crawfordsville; Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Bruce, of Rensselaer, and Mr. and Mrs. John Culp, ot Pleasant Grove, children of E. L.Bruce, were also present. Another E. L. Bruce, of Lawrence, Kans., and Miss Edith Bruce, daughter of another George Bruce, of Lafayette, cousins of the other Bruces, were present to enjoy the big turkey roast and reunion, and the day was most enjoyably spent. The reunion continued over today, when all gathered at the former Henry C. Bruce farm, southeast of town for a basket dinner, and also visited the Crockett cemetery, where Father and Mother Bruce were laid to pest some years ago.