L. Dr. Bruce

Lucien N. Bruce

Full Name: Lucien N. Bruce
Date of birth: January 21, 1835
Date of death: June 12, 1896

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 57 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Mastersville / McLennan   McLennan

(1) Democrat, 11/4/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Mastersville, McLennan County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Waco, McLennan County, physician, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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House District 57
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mastersville / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

(1) Democrat, 11/4/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Mastersville, McLennan County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Waco, McLennan County, physician, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • L.N. Bruce, M.D., birth date 1/21/1835, death date 6/12/1896, burial in Bruceville-Moore Cemetery, Bruceville, McLennan County. Includes biographical sketch from Handbook of Waco and McLennan County Texas. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1870 - Lucien Bruce, McLennan County, age 35, born circa 1835 in North Carolina, physician.
    Census of 1880 - L.N. Bruce, McLennan County, age 45, born circa 1835 in North Carolina, doctor.
    FamilySearch. 1870 1880
  • BRUCEVILLE-EDDY, TEXAS. "Bruceville was named for Lucien N. Bruce, who donated land for the railroad station." Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Dr. Lucien N. Bruce. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 668-669, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. "In 1879 he was elected to represent the county in the Lower House of the State Legislature, which position he filled during the years of 1879-'80." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

  • Photograph. L. Dr. Bruce, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881
County and County Boundaries  
Lunatic Asylum Building  
Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas  
State Asylums (Chair) 

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