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James Morrison Bruce (Lexington, KY, physician )

b. 1822-09 d. 1881-01-31

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Bruce, James Morrison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199675 (November 12, 2026).

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