Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Bruce, James
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

James BRUCE, quarryman; P. O. Joliet; born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 11, 1823, 
where he lived until 20 years of age, and followed the millwright business until he 
emigrated to America, in 1844, and settled in Will Co., IL, and engaged as foreman on 
the Illinois & Michigan Canal until its completion, when he engaged with Norton & Co., 
at Lockport, as millwright, following this business two years, when he engaged in the 
quarry business, which he has since followed. He owns one-half of what is known as Bruce 
& Co.'s quarry, situated just east of the Illinois Penitentiary in Joliet. He was married 
July 12, 1852, to Jane STEPHEN she was born in Scotland, Oct. 8, 1833 they are the parents 
of nine children; the living are Bella G., William, Margaret, Ebenezer, James and Harry; 
the deceased are Georgiana, Frank and Jennie.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.