Biography of Devolzo Bruce, page 682.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Devolzo Bruce, an honored and respected farmer of Keyser Township, was born 
in Cayuga County, N.Y., May 9, 1824, a son of Ezra and Anna (Glazier) Bruce, 
His father a native of  New York, and his mother of Massachusetts.  When he 
was a child his parents moved to Erie County, Pa., and about 1840 to Noble 
County, Ind., where his father died in 1854.  In his boyhood Mr. Bruce 
learned the carpenter’s trade, and followed it till within a few years, 
although at the same time he devoted the summer seasons to agricultural 
pursuits.  In 1855 he moved to De Kalb County and settled on section 8, 
Keyser Township, where he owns ninety acres of choice land all under a high 
state of cultivation.  Mr. Bruce was married Oct. 3, 1850, to Sarah M. Clark, 
daughter of Henry Clark, who came from New York to De Kalb county, Ind., in 
1841. They have three children---Charles E., Henry C. and Jennie.  
Politically, Mr. Bruce affiliates with the Republican party.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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