THOMAS SEDDON BRUCE
President of the Vulcan Iron Company of Richmond, Virginia, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, on July 23, 1849. He is a son of Charles and Sally Bruce, now living in Charlotte county, Virginia. His father was born in Halifax County, this State, the son of James Bruce; his mother is a daughter of Thomas Seddon of Fredericksburg, Virginia. His wife is Mary A., daughter of Gen. Joseph B. Anderson, of Richmond, in which city she was born. Her father is n Virginian, by birth and descent, born in Botetourt County. Her mother, whose maiden name was S. E. Archer, died in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce were married in Richmond, on April 7, 1875, and have five children, born in the order named: Sallie A., Charles, Jr., Joseph R. A., Seddon, Kathleen A.
Until Mr. Bruce was sixteen years of age, he was educated at his home in Charlotte County. At that age he attended school at Greenwood, Albemarle County, then the University of Virginia, completing his studies abroad, at the University of Berlin, Prussia. He came to Richmond in 1873, and engaged in the wholesale grocery business. In 1878 he went into the iron business in the works of which he is now president. Philip Alexander Bruce, his brother, has been associated with him for two years, and is secretary and treasurer of the company.
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