James
Thomas
Bruce
Born in Campbell County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Coleman Bruce
and Elizabeth R. (Swinney) Bruce
Brother of
Alfred Thomas Bruce, Martha Jane (Bruce) Jackson, Moten Bruce, Richard Bruce, Mary Ann (Bruce) Cary, John Bruce, George W. Bruce, Hattie Bruce [half], Robert Bruce [half], Nancy (Bruce) Alexander [half], Scott Bruce [half], Hester Ann Bruce [half], Pinkney Bruce [half], Virginia (Bruce) Cheatham [half], Moses Paine Bruce [half] and Unnamed Bruce [half]
Husband of
Francis Susan (Vivian) Bruce
— married
19 Mar 1846 in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Coleman Robert Bruce, Alpha A. (Bruce) Stephens, Balsora Evelyn (Bruce) Dalton, Alfred Pleasant Bruce, James Alexander Bruce, Jonathan Willis Bruce, Susan J. (Bruce) Clay, Richard Henry Bruce Sr., Morton Bruce, Charles F. Bruce, Wesley Albert Bruce, Dora Lee Bruce, George W. Bruce, Katie V. Bruce and Adam Vivian Bruce
Died
at age 72
in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2020
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Biography
James is the son of Coleman Bruce and Elizabeth R. Swinney.
1846 March 19 James married Frances Susan Vivian in Moniteau County, MO.
1850 Moniteau County, MO as head of household, as James Bruce, age 26, born VA, farmer.
1860 Big Creek Township, Cass County, Mo as head of household as Thos J Bruce, age 38, born VA, farmer.
1870 Big Creek Township, Cass County, Mo as head of household as James T Bruce, age 46, born VA, farmer.
1880 Big Creek Township, Cass County, Mo as head of household as James T Bruce, age 55, born VA, farmer.
James is buried in Union Baptist Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Mo.
Sources
- Marriage Record of James Bruce and Frances Vivian, Moniteau County, MO Marriages, Book 1, page 11.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZX-FHC : 29 February 2020), James Bruce, Moniteau county, Moniteau, Missouri, United States; citing family 868, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZS-8ZH : 19 March 2020), Thos J Bruce, 1860.
- "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKPD-BNPZ : 16 October 2019), Thomas J Bruce, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X6-MFG : 18 March 2020), James T Bruce, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M662-B97 : 7 September 2017), James T Bruce, Big Creek, Cass, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 86, sheet 121C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,679.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #74499319
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Gay (Irby) Balter
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Alva (Balter) Noonan :
23andMe, GEDmatch B160180 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Nicolette (Slusser) Toussaint :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CG7248614 [compare], yourDNAportal NICab0347d9, Ancestry member thymetoblossom
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~0.78%
Greg Balter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare], FTDNA kit #862690
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