E. Wilson Bruce went to Iowa about 1852.

The evidence

• “E. Wilson Bruce went to Iowa about 1852 ; was there about five months, came back to Turtle and was there two years, then went to Cottage Grove, Washington Co ; was there about ten years, engaged in farming most of the time ; returned to Turtle and has been there ever since, in the old homestead; has 180 acres under cultivation ; has a brick residence; pays particular attention to raising fancy stock ; has fourteen head of as fine Durham short-horns as can, be found in the county ; has taken many premiums at State and county fairs, and has been eminently successful in breeding this fine stock, which he originally purchased of Winstow's sons; some of this stock recently sold' for $1,000 per head; also rai.«es blooded horses, having fine Norman and Clydesdale stock. Married, July 4, 1855, in Prescott, Wis., Angeline Crippen, daughter of William Crippen ; have had three children — ^Wilmarth is in Minnesota ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/23-bios-turtle.md, PDF p. 796 / book p. 800

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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