Isaac Bruce (abt. 1835 - 1888)

Born about 1835 in Hardy County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Died 18 Mar 1888 at about age 53 in Williamsport, Hardy, West Virginia, USA

Biography

Isaac Bruce is a part of US Black heritage.

Isaac Bruce was the son of Charles Bruce and his wife Mary.^[1] He was born in Hardy County, Virginia in the early 1830s^[2][3] although he claimed to be only 35 when he married 22 year old Mary Boley on 7 April 1879 at the home of Rev Wm George in Grant County, West Virginia.^[1]

By 1880, Isaac and Mary had a daughter, Lura Lee, and were sharing their home with three of Isaac's siblings, Emanuel, Abram, and Annie.^[3]

Isaac died of consumption (tuberculosis) on 18 March 1888 in Williamsport, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.^[4] His estate was probated in the same county.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Grant County, West Virginia, Register of Marriages unknown vol #, pg # 241, Isaac Bruce & Mary Boley, 7 April 1879; West Virginia Division of Culture and History, database with images, "Vital Research Records - Deaths" (http: //www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcsearch.aspx : accessed 10 February 2021)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZH7-1ZT : 2 January 2021), Isaac Bruce in entry for Charles Bruce, household 271, page 40 (260B stamped), Grant, Grant County, West Virginia; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) micropublication M593, roll 1686. [age 35, born about 1835]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RL-32V : 14 November 2020), Isaac Bruce, Grant, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 217A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,402. [age 49, born about 1831]
4. ↑ Grant County, West Virginia, Register of Deaths unknown vol #, pg # 30, Isaac Bruce, 18 March 1888; West Virginia Division of Culture and History, database with images, "Vital Research Records - Deaths" (http: //www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx : accessed 10 February 2021)
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985" > Grant > Wills, Vol 1-2, 1876-1942 > image 94 of 485, volume 1, pages 120 and 121 for official record transcript of Last Will & Testament for Isaac Bruce, entered into the official record on 10 April 1888 Ancestry Record 9087 #339729 with attached Image; Wills; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Grant County); Probate Place: Grant, West Virginia; Notes: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1876-1942. [The official record transcription shows that the Will was dated 22 March while the Death Register indicates he died on 18 March.]

See Also:

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRXD-LY8 : 11 February 2018), Isaac Bruce and Mary Boley, 07 Apr 1878; citing Grant, West Virginia, v 1 p 241, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 810,250.