Patrick Henry Clay Bruce

Birth Date

1818-05-05

Death Date

1906-02-13

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda Crawford Bruce in Lewis County on November 7, 1839. Father of Morgan L. Bruce, Martha A. Bruce, Thomas H. Bruce, John Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Laura Bruce, and Isabella Bruce. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Employed Richard Anderson in Lewis County in 1850. Postmaster at Rock Creek, Kentucky, from January 22, 1857, to June 29, 1859. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 1, p. 215B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 921.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film #000344051, p 57.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Roll 294, P. 118, (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Patrick Henry Clay Bruce (1818-1906)," Memorial #85273753, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85273753 (accessed March 31, 2020).

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