Person:James Bruce (30)

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James Bruce
b.20 Mar 1763 Virginia, United States
d.12 May 1837 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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m. 20 Apr 1819
  1. Charles Bruce1826 - 1896
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Name[1] James Bruce
Gender Male
Birth? 20 Mar 1763 Virginia, United StatesSoldier's Rest Plantation
Marriage 20 Apr 1819 Virginia, United States[she is the widow Henry]
to Elvira Cabell
Residence? Charlotte, Virginia, United StatesStaunton Hill Plantation
Death[2] 12 May 1837 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesdied the wealthiest man in Virginia
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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
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  1. ↑ James Bruce, in Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial website.

    [Last accessed 17 Oct 2012]
    ... Ten years later [after the 1804 death of Patrick Henry Jr.] the widow Elvira married James Bruce who became first “agriculture” millionaire in America. At his death, he was the third wealthiest man in America.

  2. ↑ 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, p 68.
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