U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce, Willis W. (b. 1855) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 400 WILLIS W. BRUCE, a native of Pennsylvania, born January 9, 1855, son of Riley Bruce and Mary Dean, and a grandson of George Bruce, and a Miss Cox of Virginia. His grandfather was a native of Scotland, immigrating to the United States just before the war of 1812, and was nearly related to the Bruces of Maryland. The subject of this sketch was raised in Pennsylvania, educated in the public schools, Grove City College and McElwain Institute. For fifteen years he worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and for ten years at the plumbing business in Erie, Pa. In 1895, he came to Mannington, W. Va., and after a short stay there, went to Parkersburg to pursue his calling. He arrived in Buckhannon November, 1899, and opened up a large plumbing shop, preparatory to doing work for those who would be willing and ready to receive gas, which arrived in January, 1900. He followed the plumbing business here eighteen months and was promoted to the Superintendency of the Buckhannon Gas Company March, 1901. He still holds this position under the West Virginia Central Gas Company. He married Miss Lottie C. Anderson, daughter of M. J. Anderson of Warren, Pa., 1880. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------