Born in Georgia, USA
Daughter of William Nicholson Bruce
and Mary Susan (Bates) Bruce
Sister of
Louisa P Bruce [half], Lucy Estelle (Bruce) Griffin, Mary Susan (Bruce) Floyd, George William Bruce, Robert Lee Bruce, John Potter Bruce and Charles Benson Bruce
Wife of
William Andervail Gaines
— married
13 Nov 1902 in Decatur County, Georgia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Bruce (Gaines) Woodbury
Died
at age 89
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Feb 2017
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Sallie (Bruce) Gaines is buried in Oak City Cemetery.
Biography
Sallie was born in 1872 to William Bruce and Mary Bates. In 1880, the family was living in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[1]
Sallie married W. A Gaines on 13 Nov 1902 in Decatur County, Georgia.[2] She was his second wife.
In 1940, she was widowed and head of household. Her brother, Granice Bruce, and her daughter, Mary, and son-n-law, Milton Woodbury, and grandson, William, were living with her in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[3]
She passed away in 1962.[4] Her grave marker is inscribed: "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added unto you." Matt: 6-33.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LL-JQ9 : 15 July 2016), Sallie Bruce in household of William N Bruce, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 119D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0143; FHL microfilm 1,254,143.
- ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJG-K2X : 22 December 2016), W. A. Gaines and Sallie Bruce, 13 Nov 1902; citing Marriage, Decatur, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 249,482.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LX-YM3 : accessed 5 February 2017), Sallie B Gaines, Bainbridge, Militia District 513, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-3, sheet 7B, line 50, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 663.
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1/18/2017
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