1887
Bruce, W., Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Middle Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, page 156]

1888
Bruce, Walter, Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, page 168]

1889
Bruce, Walter, Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, page 176]

1890
Bruce, Walter, Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page 123]

1891
Bruce, Walter, Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 137]

1892
Bruce, Walter, Nashville, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, page 144]

1893
Bruce, Walter, Lebanon, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, page 146]

1894
Bruce, Walter, Lebanon, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, page 161]

1895
Bruce, Walter, Lebanon, Tenn.
Candidate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1895, page 168]

1895
Bruce, W. J. - A.B. - West Nashville, Tenn.
Heurethelian, Class President
Senior Literary Class - President - Cumberland University
[Source: The Phoenix, 1895, pages 29, 86, 88-89]

1896
Bruce, Walter, New West Nashville, Tenn.
Licentiate - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Ash Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Pleasant Dale Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Harpeth Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, pages 154 & 244-245]

1896
W. J. Bruce, West Nashville, Tenn.
A.B., Cumberland University; Heurthelian; Class President '95.
Junior Theological Class - Cumberland University
[Source: The Phoenix, 1896, pages 46-47, 79-80]

1897
Bruce, W. J. (student), Franklin, Tenn.
Minister - Lebanon Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Ash Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Harpeth Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1897, pages 207-208 & 275]

1897
W. J. Bruce - West Nashville, Tenn.
Cumberland University; Class President, 95.
Junior Theological Class 1897
[Source: The Phoenix, 1897, pages 19 & 21]

1898
Bruce, W. J., charge, Pulaski, Tenn.
Minister - Richland Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, page 298]

1899
Bruce, W. J., charge, Pulaski, Tenn.
Minister - Richland Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Pulaski Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, pages 129a & 201a]

1900
Bruce, W. J., charge, Pulaski, Tenn.
Minister - Columbia Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Pulaski Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Pulaski, Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 202a]

1901
Bruce, W. J., charge, Pulaski, Tenn.
Minister - Columbia Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Pulaski Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Pulaski, Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, pagea 165a & 260a]

1902
Bruce, W. J., charge, Pulaski, Tenn.
Minister - Columbia Presbytery - Tennessee Synod
Pastor - Pulaski Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Pulaski, Tennessee
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, pagea 155a & 165a]

1903
Bruce, W. J., charge, Holdenville, I.T.
Minister - Cherokee Presbytery - Indianola Synod
Pastor - Henryetta Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Holdenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Wetumka Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, pages 106a & 199a]

1904
Bruce, W. J., charge, Springfield, Mo.
Minister - Springfield Presbytery - Missouri Synod
Pastor - Springfield Ave. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, pages 112a & 193a]

1905
Bruce, W. J., charge, Springfield, Mo.
Minister - Springfield Presbytery - Missouri Synod
Pastor - Springfield Ave. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, pages 93a & 172a]

1906
Bruce, W. J., charge, Springfield, Mo.
Minister - Springfield Presbytery - Missouri Synod
Pastor - Springfield Ave. Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906, pages 85a & 162a]

1907
Ordained Ministers Dismissed and Seceding to Other Denominations
Name: W. J. Bruce
Presby.: Springfield
Synod: Missouri
Denomination: Not Listed
Date: Oct. 3, 1906
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1907, page 8b]

1951
Ministerial Necrology
Name: Bruce, Walter J.
Occupation: Honorably Retired
Presbytery: Nashville
Place of Death: Lebanon, Tenn.
Date of Death: June 30, 1951
Age: 80
[Source: Minutes of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., 1952, page 915]