When James Hillard Bruce was born on 14 August 1922, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, William Charles Bruce, was 43 and his mother, Rindia Catherine Williams, was 32. He had at least 2 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 25 September 1954, in Thurber, Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.