Generation No. 1

1. BRIGHT B. BRUCE was born 1815 in Tennessee, and died July 1905 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married MARTHA CLARK April 07, 1841 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

   Children of BRIGHT BRUCE and MARTHA CLARK are:

   1. MARY A. BRUCE, b. December 11, 1841, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. October 18, 1919, Sumner County, Tennessee. (never married)
   2. MARTHA L. BRUCE, b. 1845, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. 1914, Sumner County, Tennessee. (never married)
   2. iii. JAMES ROBERT BRUCE, b. 1853, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. 1902, Gallatin City Cemetary, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
   4. SALLIE E. BRUCE, b. May 15, 1854, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. November 17, 1919, Sumner County, Tennessee. (never married)
   5. JOHN T. BRUCE, b. 1858; d. 1907. (never married)

Generation No. 2

2. JAMES ROBERT BRUCE (BRIGHT B.) was born 1853 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died 1902 in Gallatin City Cemetary, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee. He married (1) BETTIE W. NEWTON December 25, 1876 in Sumner County, Tennessee, daughter of JACOB NEWTON and LUCINDA JACKSON. He married (2) MARY HULLETT Abt. 1890. Children of JAMES BRUCE and BETTIE NEWTON are:
   3. i. CHARLES GRIDER3 BRUCE, b. June 12, 1879, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. 1933, Oklahoma.
   2. MINNIE BRUCE, b. September 21, 1877; d. March 23, 1884.
   4. iii. ANNIE IDELLA BRUCE, b. January 15, 1881; d. May 14, 1915.

   Children of JAMES BRUCE and MARY HULLETT are:

   4. WILLIE3 BRUCE, b. 1899.
   5. MAGGIE BRUCE, b. 1901.

Generation No. 3

3. CHARLES GRIDER BRUCE (JAMES ROBERT, BRIGHT B.) was born June 12, 1879 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died 1933 in Oklahoma. He married (1) LILLIE M. GOURLEY March 05, 1902 in Sumner County, Tennessee, daughter of WILLIAM GOURLEY and MARY RAMSEY. He married (2) ANNIE OUTLAW March 19, 1919 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

   Children of CHARLES BRUCE and LILLIE GOURLEY are:

   1. ELLA LUCILLE BRUCE, b. February 19, 1903, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. March 22, 1930, Soper Cemetary, Sumner County, Tennessee.
   5. ii. JAMES ROBERT BRUCE, b. December 26, 1904, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; d. March 22, 1981, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

4. ANNIE IDELLA BRUCE (JAMES ROBERT, BRIGHT B.) was born January 15, 1881, and died May 14, 1915. She married NORMAN S. CALDWELL March 14, 1897 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

   Child of ANNIE BRUCE and NORMAN CALDWELL is:

   1. PERCY CALDWELL, b. 1899; d. 1920.

Generation No. 4

5. JAMES ROBERT BRUCE (CHARLES GRIDER, JAMES ROBERT, BRIGHT B.) was born December 26, 1904 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, and died March 22, 1981 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He married MARY RUTH ELIZABETH CARROLL June 08, 1927 in Wrencoe, Tennessee, daughter of EDWARD CARROLL and EMMA CARLTON.

   Children of JAMES BRUCE and MARY CARROLL are:

   1. LILLIAN ELIZABETH BRUCE, m. RICHARD LEE PERSON, December 17, 1949, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
   2. BONNIE ROSE BRUCE, b. June 18, 1929; d. July 17, 1929, Soper Cemetary, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
   3. JAMES ROBERT BRUCE, JR., m. MARILYN GAIL NOLAND, November 01, 1952, Montgomery, Alabama.
   4. REBECCA CARROLL BRUCE, m. (1) ANDREW MADISON SULLIVAN, November 18, 1953, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; m. (2) JOSEPH P. DOYLE, January 29, 1966, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
   5. JOHN EDWARD BRUCE, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; m. HARRIET ELIZABETH HAWKINS, September 02, 1961.
   6. RUTH ANN BRUCE, m. DUDLEY LOONEY, November 24, 1989.