City: Joppa
BRUCE, Daniel Hoge, farmer, surveyor, public official; born Bland Co., Va., Sept. 3, 1839; English-Irish and Scotch descent; son of Harvey and Susan (Hodge) BRUCE; educated in the local schools of Va.; reared on a farm, and enlisted in the Confederate army during civil war, in Co. “A” 51st Va., Infantry with rank of Sergeant, later promoted to Capt., and served as such until close of war; wounded at New Market, Va., June 15, 1864; served under Gen. Early last of war; married Nov. 16, 1866; member Rising Star Lodge No. 44, A. F. & A. M., Rutledge, Tenn., now Chaplain of same; former Sheriff of Wolf Co., Va.; Justice of the Peace in Va., in 1880; member of the M. E. church, South; interested in farming and stock raising at Joppa, Tenn.
