George A. Bruce

George Anson Bruce
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1884[1] – 1884[1]
Preceded by	George G. Crocker
Succeeded by	Albert E. Pillsbury
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] First Middlesex District[2]
In office 1882[1] – 1884[1]
Preceded by	Elisha S. Converse[2]
Succeeded by	Eliazer Boynton[2]
Fourth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts[3]
In office January 1878[3] – January 1881[4]
Preceded by	Austin Belknap[3]
Succeeded by	John A. Cummings[4]
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[5] Ward 2[5]
In office January 1876[1][5] – January 1877[1][5]
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives[1]
In office 1866[1] – 1866[1]
Personal details
Born	November 19, 1839[1] Mont Vernon, New Hampshire[1]
Died	1929[6]
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Clara M. Hall
Children	Clara Augusta Hall, born November 19, 1882.
Alma mater	Dartmouth, class of 1861[1]
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union[1]
Service/branch	Union Army[1]
Years of service	August 1862[7]-July 3, 1865[1]
Rank	Private, First Lieutenant, 1862 ;[1] Major, (1864);[8] Lieutenant Colonel, (1865).[8]
Unit	Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers[1]
Battles/wars	American Civil War *Richmond-Petersburg Campaign[8] *Capture of Fort Richmond at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm[8]

George Anson Bruce (November 19, 1839 – 1929) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, on the Board of Aldermen and as the fourth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts; and as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.^[1]

Early life

Bruce was born to Nathaniel and Lucy (Butterfield) Bruce^[7] in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire^[1] on November 19, 1839.^[1]

Family

Bruce married Clara M. Hall of Groton, Massachusetts, they had one daughter, Clara Augusta, who was born November 19, 1882.^[7]

Writings

• The capture and occupation of Richmond (1900).
• The twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865 (1906).

Notes

1. Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 468.
2. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 184.
3. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 192.
4. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 194.
5. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 191.
6. New York Times (February 1, 1929), GEORGE A. BRUCE, 89, DEAD; Former Lawyer in Boston Was Officer in Civil War., New York, NY: The New York Times Co., p. 18.
7. Smith, Charles James (1907), History of the town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Boston, MA: Blanchard Printing Co., p. 288.
8. Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 85.

External links

• George Anson BRUCE