Alexander
Bruce
Born in Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Bruce
and Elizabeth Povall (Clay) Bruce
Brother of
John Bruce Jr., Henry Clay Bruce, Richard Preston Bruce, Sophia (Bruce) Palmer, George Washington Bruce, Clara (Bruce) Withers, Peregrine Pickle Bruce, Horatio Bruce, Tabitha Clay (Bruce) Arnold and Constatine Bruce
Husband of
Amanda (Bragg) Bruce
— married
18 Feb 1819 in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 53
in Vanceburg, Lewis, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Mar 2015
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Biography
Alexander Bruce was born on 5 Sep 1797 in Garrard, Kentucky. General Alexander Bruce was the son of John Bruce 1748–1827 and Elizabeth Povall (Clay) Bruce 1755–1832.[1]
Twin Brother of Constatine Bruce
He married Amanda (Bragg) Bruce 1803–1852, on 18 Feb 1819 in Lewis County, Kentucky. [2] The couple had the following children: Brunette Proctor Bruce Redden (1820 - 1908), Thomas Joseph Bruce (1822 - 1896), Henry Clay Bruce (1824 - 1909), John Logan Bruce (1825 - 1915), Nancy Birney Bruce Elliott (1828 - 1898) and Horatio Washington Bruce (1830 - 1903).
Alexander Bruce died on 18 Apr 1851 (aged 53) in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky.
BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky.
Research Notes
Some places list his father as Henry Clay Bruce (1777 - 1815)
Sources
- ↑ * Find A Grave: Memorial #61695982
- ↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 – Record of the marriage of Alexander Bruce and Amanda M. F. Bragg Marriage Date 18 Feb 1819 Marriage Place Lewis, Kentucky Spouse's Father's Name Thomas Bragg Source Details BK-A,Roll140,cn258 Cite This Record "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBQ-HVZ : 23 February 2021), Alexander Bruce, 1819.
See also:
- Find a Grave Maintained by: dcterri Originally Created by: John Blakemore Sellers Record added: Mar 29, 2009; Find A Grave: Memorial #61695982
- Marriage: "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965"
Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61372 #1799376 (accessed 29 August 2022)
Alexander Bruce marriage to Amanda M. F. Bragg on 18 Feb 1819 in Lewis, Kentucky, USA. - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository: Ancestry.com.
- History of Lewis County, Kentucky ( Press of Jennings and Graham, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912) Page: 375
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Thomas Bruce
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #134779
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~3.12%
Richard Coan :
23andMe, GEDmatch BF158791C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BF158791C1 [compare], Ancestry member desertlisa
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch BF158791C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #B56717
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BF158791C1 [compare]
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~1.56%
Harley Miller :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Lisa Coan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A920967 [compare], Ancestry member desertlisa
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~0.78%
Amy (Withers) Riedl :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Tim Barnes :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
John Burt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JohnABurt
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~0.78%
Thomas Bruce :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ThomasBruce1955
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~0.78%
Don Bedford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EG6815513 [compare], Ancestry member dbedford11
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~0.78%
Christiane Honeycutt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BL7201757 [compare]
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~0.78%
Carol (Koepke) Primas :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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Rejected matches › William Bruce (abt.1795-)
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