James Morrison Bruce

Birth Date

1822-09

Death Date

1881-01-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Fayette County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Norton Bruce. Father of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bruce, John T. Bruce, and Charlotte Bruce. Physician in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Physician in Lexington in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 140A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 521.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 426.
Find A Grave, "Dr James Morrison Bruce (1822-1881)," Memorial #100465277, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100465277 (accessed June 1, 2021).
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019820, All County Deaths, File #29522.

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