Son of Alexander Bruce and Amanda Bragg.
Married:
(1) Mary Elizabeth Connor (25 Jun 1830, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY-1866) on 8 Jul 1850, Livingston Co., KY.,
(2) Casandra E. Caines abt. 1873.
Children:
Sidney Conner Bruce (1852-1938) m. Richard F. Cruce
Mary Washington Bruce (1853-1935) m. Rev. W. F. Alexander in 1906
Thomas Leech Bruce (1856-1927)
Samuel Ellis Bruce (1858-1938)
William Elliott Bruce (1862-1940)
John Logan Bruce (1866-1944)
Elsa B. Bruce (1874-1959) m. John Shepherd Kline
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Henry Clay Bruce was born and reared in Lewis County and while still a mere youth became a pilot on a steamboat, later becoming Clerk on board Captain Thos. Redden's boat, "Hunter," in 1836, and finally Captain. He spent thirty years on the river, operating principally between Cincinnati and New Orleans. After retiring from river navigation he engaged in the general merchandise business at Vanceburg, continuing to be identified with that line of enterprise until 1906. He died in 1909, at the age of eighty-five years. He represented Lewis and Mason counties in the State Senate in the sessions of 1882 and 1884 and it was due largely to him that in the one hundred day fight for the United States senate Joseph Blackburn was eventually successful. One of the first Democrats ever elected to the state senate from his section.
His wife Mary Elizabeth Connor, was the daughter of Major William Conner, a native of Ireland and a member of a pioneer family in Kentucky. Major Conner was a small child at the time of his parents' emigration to the United States.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Bruce were born six children: Sidney is now the wife of Richard F. Cruce, a brother of the present (1911) governor of Oklahoma, and they reside at Gentry, Arkansas; Mary is the wife of W. F. Alexander, of Tampa, Florida; Thomas L. maintains his home at Sherman, Texas; Samuel E. is the immediate subject of this review; William E. is a prominent physician and surgeon at Herbertson, West Virginia; and John L. resides at San Antonio, Texas. The mother died when these children were young, and Mr. Bruce afterward married Casandra E. Caines, of Vanceburg. There was one child by this marriage, Mrs. Elsa B. Kline, of Vanceburg.
Married:
(1) Mary Elizabeth Connor (25 Jun 1830, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY-1866) on 8 Jul 1850, Livingston Co., KY.,
(2) Casandra E. Caines abt. 1873.
Children:
Sidney Conner Bruce (1852-1938) m. Richard F. Cruce
Mary Washington Bruce (1853-1935) m. Rev. W. F. Alexander in 1906
Thomas Leech Bruce (1856-1927)
Samuel Ellis Bruce (1858-1938)
William Elliott Bruce (1862-1940)
John Logan Bruce (1866-1944)
Elsa B. Bruce (1874-1959) m. John Shepherd Kline
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Henry Clay Bruce was born and reared in Lewis County and while still a mere youth became a pilot on a steamboat, later becoming Clerk on board Captain Thos. Redden's boat, "Hunter," in 1836, and finally Captain. He spent thirty years on the river, operating principally between Cincinnati and New Orleans. After retiring from river navigation he engaged in the general merchandise business at Vanceburg, continuing to be identified with that line of enterprise until 1906. He died in 1909, at the age of eighty-five years. He represented Lewis and Mason counties in the State Senate in the sessions of 1882 and 1884 and it was due largely to him that in the one hundred day fight for the United States senate Joseph Blackburn was eventually successful. One of the first Democrats ever elected to the state senate from his section.
His wife Mary Elizabeth Connor, was the daughter of Major William Conner, a native of Ireland and a member of a pioneer family in Kentucky. Major Conner was a small child at the time of his parents' emigration to the United States.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Bruce were born six children: Sidney is now the wife of Richard F. Cruce, a brother of the present (1911) governor of Oklahoma, and they reside at Gentry, Arkansas; Mary is the wife of W. F. Alexander, of Tampa, Florida; Thomas L. maintains his home at Sherman, Texas; Samuel E. is the immediate subject of this review; William E. is a prominent physician and surgeon at Herbertson, West Virginia; and John L. resides at San Antonio, Texas. The mother died when these children were young, and Mr. Bruce afterward married Casandra E. Caines, of Vanceburg. There was one child by this marriage, Mrs. Elsa B. Kline, of Vanceburg.
Son of Alexander Bruce and Amanda Bragg.
Married:
(1) Mary Elizabeth Connor (25 Jun 1830, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY-1866) on 8 Jul 1850, Livingston Co., KY.,
(2) Casandra E. Caines abt. 1873.
Children:
Sidney Conner Bruce (1852-1938) m. Richard F. Cruce
Mary Washington Bruce (1853-1935) m. Rev. W. F. Alexander in 1906
Thomas Leech Bruce (1856-1927)
Samuel Ellis Bruce (1858-1938)
William Elliott Bruce (1862-1940)
John Logan Bruce (1866-1944)
Elsa B. Bruce (1874-1959) m. John Shepherd Kline
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Henry Clay Bruce was born and reared in Lewis County and while still a mere youth became a pilot on a steamboat, later becoming Clerk on board Captain Thos. Redden's boat, "Hunter," in 1836, and finally Captain. He spent thirty years on the river, operating principally between Cincinnati and New Orleans. After retiring from river navigation he engaged in the general merchandise business at Vanceburg, continuing to be identified with that line of enterprise until 1906. He died in 1909, at the age of eighty-five years. He represented Lewis and Mason counties in the State Senate in the sessions of 1882 and 1884 and it was due largely to him that in the one hundred day fight for the United States senate Joseph Blackburn was eventually successful. One of the first Democrats ever elected to the state senate from his section.
His wife Mary Elizabeth Connor, was the daughter of Major William Conner, a native of Ireland and a member of a pioneer family in Kentucky. Major Conner was a small child at the time of his parents' emigration to the United States.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Bruce were born six children: Sidney is now the wife of Richard F. Cruce, a brother of the present (1911) governor of Oklahoma, and they reside at Gentry, Arkansas; Mary is the wife of W. F. Alexander, of Tampa, Florida; Thomas L. maintains his home at Sherman, Texas; Samuel E. is the immediate subject of this review; William E. is a prominent physician and surgeon at Herbertson, West Virginia; and John L. resides at San Antonio, Texas. The mother died when these children were young, and Mr. Bruce afterward married Casandra E. Caines, of Vanceburg. There was one child by this marriage, Mrs. Elsa B. Kline, of Vanceburg.
Married:
(1) Mary Elizabeth Connor (25 Jun 1830, Vanceburg, Lewis Co., KY-1866) on 8 Jul 1850, Livingston Co., KY.,
(2) Casandra E. Caines abt. 1873.
Children:
Sidney Conner Bruce (1852-1938) m. Richard F. Cruce
Mary Washington Bruce (1853-1935) m. Rev. W. F. Alexander in 1906
Thomas Leech Bruce (1856-1927)
Samuel Ellis Bruce (1858-1938)
William Elliott Bruce (1862-1940)
John Logan Bruce (1866-1944)
Elsa B. Bruce (1874-1959) m. John Shepherd Kline
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Henry Clay Bruce was born and reared in Lewis County and while still a mere youth became a pilot on a steamboat, later becoming Clerk on board Captain Thos. Redden's boat, "Hunter," in 1836, and finally Captain. He spent thirty years on the river, operating principally between Cincinnati and New Orleans. After retiring from river navigation he engaged in the general merchandise business at Vanceburg, continuing to be identified with that line of enterprise until 1906. He died in 1909, at the age of eighty-five years. He represented Lewis and Mason counties in the State Senate in the sessions of 1882 and 1884 and it was due largely to him that in the one hundred day fight for the United States senate Joseph Blackburn was eventually successful. One of the first Democrats ever elected to the state senate from his section.
His wife Mary Elizabeth Connor, was the daughter of Major William Conner, a native of Ireland and a member of a pioneer family in Kentucky. Major Conner was a small child at the time of his parents' emigration to the United States.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Bruce were born six children: Sidney is now the wife of Richard F. Cruce, a brother of the present (1911) governor of Oklahoma, and they reside at Gentry, Arkansas; Mary is the wife of W. F. Alexander, of Tampa, Florida; Thomas L. maintains his home at Sherman, Texas; Samuel E. is the immediate subject of this review; William E. is a prominent physician and surgeon at Herbertson, West Virginia; and John L. resides at San Antonio, Texas. The mother died when these children were young, and Mr. Bruce afterward married Casandra E. Caines, of Vanceburg. There was one child by this marriage, Mrs. Elsa B. Kline, of Vanceburg.
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