Born in Jeddo, Michigan
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph B. Chadwick
and Sarepta Ann (Hartwick) Chadwick
Sister of
Charles Waters Chadwick, Joseph Henry Chadwick, Percis Ann (Chadwick) Bruce, Elmer Reed Chadwick, Frederick Ellsworth Chadwick, Emma (Chadwick) Bruce and Franklin Louis Chadwick
Wife of
Arthur Lester Bruce
— married
6 Jun 1906 in Gaylord, Otsego County, Michigan
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2013
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Biography
Sources
CASS CITY CHRONICLE-. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2/1964 - Page 7.
Services Held for Mrs. Arthur Bruce Mrs. Martha L. Bruce, 86, lifelong area resident, died Monday, Dec. 23, in the Tuscola County Nursing Home where she had been a patient for eight months. She was born Sept. 18, 1877, in Jeddo, Mich., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chadwick. She and Arthur Bruce were married in Gaylord in June of 1906. He died in October of 1947. She was a member of the Deford Methodist Church and of Puritan Chapter OES, Kingston. Surviving are: a stepdaughter, Mrs. Walter Kelley of Cass City; two stepsons, Wilburt Bruce of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Clinton Bruce of Oxford; seven grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Deford Methodist Church Thursday, Dec. 26, with the Rev. Alan Weeks officiating. Little's Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Burial was in Novesta Cemetery.
"Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC84-633 : accessed 02 Jul 2013), Sherepta Hartwick in entry for Arthur L Bruce and Martha L Ware Or Chadwick, 06 Jun 1906
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