Person:Charles Bruce (17)

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Charles Bruce
b.17 Aug 1826 Halifax County, Virginia
d.6 Oct 1896 Charlotte, Virginia, United States
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m. 20 Apr 1819
  1. Charles Bruce1826 - 1896
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m. Bef 1849
  1. Thomas Seddon Bruce1849 -
  2. William Cabell Bruce, Esq.1860 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Charles Bruce
Gender Male
Birth[2] 17 Aug 1826 Halifax County, VirginiaStaunton Hill Plantation
Marriage Bef 1849 Charlotte, Virginia, United Statesto Sarah Alexander "Sally" Seddon
Death[2] 6 Oct 1896 Charlotte, Virginia, United States
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Staunton Hill Plantation in Charlotte county, Virginia, home of the Bruce Family
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Staunton Hill Plantation in Charlotte county, Virginia, home of the Bruce Family
References
  1. ↑ Family Recorded, in Steiner, Bernard Christian (Ph.D.); David Henry Carroll; Lynn Roby Meekins; and Thomas G Boggs. Men of mark in Maryland: biographies of leading men in the state ; illustrated with many full page engravings (in 4 Volumes). (Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: Johnson-Wynne and BF Johnson, 1907-1912)
    Vol 1, pp 68-69.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave.

    Charles Bruce
    Birth 17 Aug 1826
    Halifax County, Virginia, USA
    Death 6 Oct 1896 (aged 70)
    Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
    Burial
    Hollywood Cemetery
    Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA

    Civil War Confederate Army Officer. One of the wealthiest tobacco growers in pre-Civil War Virginia and builder of the elaborate Gothic Revivial mansion, Staunton Hill, in Charlotte County. In 1861 he raised and outfitted an Artillery Battery, known as the Staunton Hill Artillery, and served as its Captain. Two of his eight sons were Charles Morrelle Bruce, Governor of Arizona Territory, and United States Senator William Cabell Bruce.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7024395

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