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From: "Mollie H Simpson" <>
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] Lemuel Bruce and Bruce Family, Dickson Co. TN
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:12:07 -0600
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Christine,
I am a little confused but I need to seperate the names on paper , like on
a family group sheet then I will be able to to determine what you saying..
My line runs from Lemuel to Beverly Bruce (male) who married Levica Craft
and then their son , Franklin C. Bruce who married Arminta Black and their
daughter my grannie Sallie Bruce,Now I show Lemuel and Permilia have a son
also named Anderson Bruce..Now I have found as I am sure you have as well
how family members will carry on a first name, actually that is what makes
it so confusing sometimes.. But I look forward to hearing from you ..
Mollie'


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Subject: [TNDICKSO] Lemuel Bruce and Bruce Family, Dickson Co. TN


> Mollie, most of what I have is just guesswork at this time. I am
> presently
> researching census records to see if I can pin it down more. Here is
> what I
> can tell you for now, and will get back with you, hopefully this weekend.
>
> My ggg grandmother is Luvicy (or Lavicy) Bruce. Family story says her
> father
> is an A. Bruce. In my years of research, I have run across Manning A.
> Bruce
> in Illinois. He is on the 1840, 50, 60, 70, and 80 census in that state.
> On
> the 1850 census there is a Thomas Bruce next door to Manning. Thomas is
> 10
> years younger than Manning, but was also born in Tennessee (born about
> 1820).
> Manning was born in Tennesse in about 1810. Manning married Jane Phenix
> Campbell. in Illinois. Jane's brother, Preston Kemper Phenix, married
> Luvicy (and
> husband Obediah Nix) daughter Mary Arminda. The Nix family was in
> Illinois on
> the 1830, 40 and 50 census before moving to Texas. Manning is on a couple
> of
> legal papers with Obediah. Also, Obediah Nix and Luvicy Bruce's youngest
> son
> is Manning Lafayette Nix. Ii have long suspected that Manning was a
> borther
> to my Luvicy. No one had ever been able to find out what Manning's middle
> name was. Manning's obituary states he had a brother named Thomas.
>
> Earlier this year I was in contact with a man in Illinois who is descended
> from my Nix family. He happens to live in the same town that Manning
> married
> for the second time. His wife made a trip to the courthouse for us, and
> got the
> marriiage license - if only all marriage license had the information that
> one
> did, boy would we all be better off. It gave his full name, Manning
> Anderson
> Bruce, stated he was born in Rutherford Co. TN, and that his father was
> Anderson Bruce and his mother was Sarah Manning.
>
> On a search on Rootsweb.Com, I did a search for a Lemuel Bruce. When it
> came
> up, I then narrowed the search by stating mother's name of Sarah. I found
> a
> site that had a Sarah Bruce and an unknown Mr. Bruce as parrents of Lemuel
> Bruce who married Permellia England. It listed their 12 kids. It also
> listed 3
> siblings for Lemuel and stated he was born abt 1796 in S.C.; a Franklin F.
> Bruce born abt 1800; Spartan Bruce born abt 1810 and James Bruce born abt
> 1813 in
> TN. Sarah Bruce was born about 1770 in S.C. The 1860 Dickson Co. census
> has
> a L. Bruce age 62. In the household with his was his mother Sarah, age
> 90 -
> that means she would have been born abt 1770.
>
> In addition to locating Manning Bruce born 1810, and Thomas Bruce born
> 1820,
> I have been corresponding with other people and we believe there are 2
> other
> siblings to my Luvicy. One is Charlotte born abt 1797, who married
> William
> Gabriel Pickens in Maury Co. TN in 1816 (By the way, there is an Anderson
> Bruce
> on the 1820 Maury Co. census, one household away from Milly Nicks. Milly
> is
> the mother of Obediah Nix, who married Luvicy Bruce about 1819.) The
> other
> Bruce find is Harriet Bruce, who married Turley Hopper. There were on the
> 1850
> census in Madison Co. TN - and Harriet died a couple of years after the
> census.
> There is an Anderson Bruce on the 1840 Madison Co. TN census. Both
> Harriet
> and Charlotte named sons Anderson and Thomas.
>
> If you run the kids mentioned in the Roots Web find, and my Luvicy and
> those
> we suspect, it works out pretty close to the census records I have found
>
> Lemuel b 1796
> Charlotte b 1797
> Luvicy born 1798
> Franklin F. born 1800
> Spartan born abt 1810
> Manning born abt 1810
> James born abt 1813
> Harriet born abt 1815
> Thomas born 1820
>
> I hope I haven't so confused you that you think I am crazy. As you can
> see,
> all is very circumstantial at the present time. I hope someone can help
> with
> some proof.
> Christine
>
>
>
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