Papers, 1784-1953 (bulk 1890-1953) of the Bruce family of "Berry Hill," Halifax County, Va.

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Papers, 1784-1953 (bulk 1890-1953) of the Bruce family of "Berry Hill," Halifax County, Va.

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Papers of three generations of the Bruce family of "Berry Hill," Halifax County, Va. Include correspondence, 1856-1864, scattered accounts, 1848-1871, and land records, chiefly concerning "Berry Hill," 1784-1857, of James Coles Bruce (1806-1865); correspondence, 1853-1905, financial materials, 1854-1895, land and legal records, 1866-1897, and South Boston Improvement Company materials, 1890-1903, of Alexander Bruce (1833-1906); correspondence, 1854-1911, of Mary Evelyn (Anderson) Bruce (1835-1916); and memoir, correspondence, 1874-1953, financial materials, 1937-1950, and genealogical notes of Walter Coles Bruce (1868-1953) of South Boston, Va., and Montgomery, Ala. Also, correspondence, 1897-1947, financial and legal materials, 1907-1948 (in part concerning real estate developer Charles C.Heisen of Chicago, Ill.), and memoranda and commonplace books of Malcolm Graeme Bruce (1869-1948); correspondence, 1900-1952, and other papers, including photographs, of Ellen Douglas (Bruce) Crane (1873-1952) of "Westover," Charles City County, Va.; and miscellaneous papers of other members of the Bruce and related Anderson, Junkin, and Pendleton families. Reflected in the papers are courtship (see correspondence of Alexander Bruce with Mary Evelyn Anderson, and of Malcolm G. Bruce with Myrtle C. Heisen), family relationships (see especially correspondence of Mary E. (Anderson) Bruce with her sisters Frances Margaret Anderson and Anna Aylette (Anderson) Junkin); land speculation and real estate development in the South Boston area of Halifax County (South Boston Improvement Company), and in Rockbridge County, Va. (Glenwood Estate, and Rockbridge Co.), and the especially the close relationship between the three youngest of Alexander Bruce's children -- Walter, Malcolm, and Ellen -- and their love for "Berry Hill" and the heritage it represented.

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Anderson, Frances Margaret, 1836-1925.

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Anderson family.

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Pendleton family.

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Bruce, Walter Coles, 1868-1953

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Rockbridge Company (Glasgow, Va.)

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Bruce, James C. (James Coles), 1806-1865

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William Webb Wilkins (d. 1859?), James Coles Bruce (1806-1865), and James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) were partners in the ownership of sugar and cotton plantations, a saw mill, and a cooper's shop in Saint James Parish and Carroll Parish, Louisiana. From the description of Bruce, Seddon, and Wilkins plantation records, 1741-1865 (bulk 1847-1854). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505685 ...

Bruce, Mary Evelyn Anderson, 1835-1916.

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South Boston Improvement Company (Va.)

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Bruce, Malcolm Graeme, 1869-1948.

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Bruce, Myrtle Celia Heisen, 1885-1916.

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Junkin family.

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Bruce, Alexander, 1833-1906.

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Heisen, Charles Constantine Otto, 1854-1945.

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Junkin, Anna Aylette Anderson, 1833-1911.

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Crane, Ellen Douglas Bruce, 1873-1952.

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Crane family

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Bruce, Walter Coles, 1868-1953

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Bruce family.

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James Coles Bruce was the son of James Bruce (1763-1837) and his first wife Sally (Coles) Bruce (1770-1806). James C. Bruce married Elizabeth Douglas "Eliza" Wilkins (1809-1850) and had with her eight children, including Alexander Bruce. Alexander Bruce married Mary Evelyn Anderson (1835-1916), daughter of Francis T. Anderson of Lexington, Va. Alexander and "Mary E." had six children, four of whom lived to adulthood, including Walter Coles Bruce, Malcolm Graeme Bruce, and Ellen Douglas (Bruce) C...