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Jefferson Davis Bruton
25 Jun 1861 – 31 May 1932
| Birth | 25 Jun 1861 |
| Death | 31 May 1932 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Mound Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Ed Elam on 11 Feb 2007 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9088150 |
Gravesite details
In same plot as May C. Bruton, Edna H. Bruton, Ada Lee Bruton & Billie Jeff Bruton
Bio
Sent to me by F.A.G. contributor Sherry Full name: Jefferson Davis Bruton Born in Dallas County, Texas Died in Dallas Co, Texas Spouse: 9088157 Mary Cornelia Bruton Father: Richard Bruton (born in Kentucky) Mother: Elizabeth Cox (born in Kentucky) Here is an article about this man at the time of his death: RITES WEDNESDAY FOR WELL KNOWN MESQUITE BANK PRESIDENT Funeral rites will be held on Wednesday afternoon for Jefferson Davis Bruton, 71, president of the First National bank of Mesquite and one time Dallas county commissioner, who died Tuesday at his country home at Buckner boulevard and Bruton drive. The Rev. James H. Hunt, pastor, will conduct the services at 4 o'clock at the Pleasant Mound Methodist church. Assisting will be the Rev. W. H. Wynn, pastor of the Forest Avenue Baptist church, and Dr. H. P. Buckner. Interment will be in the Pleasant Mound cemetery, with members of R. C. Buckner Masonic lodge in charge of the services at the grave. Mr. Bruton, who was active in civic affairs, was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Cox Bruton. He died on the same farm where he was born, his father having come to Dallas county in 1845. Mr. Bruton resided there all his life. Besides his banking business, he was actively interested in farming and ginning. He served as county commissioner from 1916 to 1920. He was a deacon in the Pleasant Grove Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Cornelia Bruton; four sons, Dr. Emmett Bruton and Olin Bruton of Dallas, Henry Bruton of Los Angeles and Robert Bruton, who lived with his father; three daughters, Miss Ada Bruton and Mrs. Edna Borchardt, who live at the Bruton home, and Mrs. W. A. Blair of the Pleasant Grove community; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Elder of Ennis and Mrs. J. D. Miller of Wills Point, and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers will be his nephews, as follows: Bill Miller, Jim Elder, Ed Bruton, D. H. Bruton, Charles Bruton, Gus Bruton, Bob Miller and H. M. Bruton. June 1, 1932, Dallas Daily Times Herald, Sec. I, p.3,col.1.
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- William Cox Bruton 1849–1884
- James Wesley Bruton 1852–1931
- Mary Ellen Bruton Elder 1855–1947
- Nancy Josephine Bruton Miller 1859–1934
- Henry Jackson Bruton 1863–1889
- Samantha Alice Bruton 1866–1874
- Nellie L Vogt Jonas 1914–1998
Children
- Ada Lee Bruton 1887–1978 FaG
- Dr Emmett B. Bruton 1892–1964 FaG
- Olin L Bruton 1893–1960 FaG
- Lucas Bruton 1894–1894 FaG
- Thelma Louise Bruton Blair 1900–1958 FaG
- Edna H. Bruton Burks 1902–1971 FaG
- William Jefferson "Billie Jeff" Bruton 1904–1915 FaG
- Robert Muse Bruton 1910–1986 FaG
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