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Lucien N. Bruce

L. Dr. Bruce
Full Name: Lucien N. Bruce
Birth date: January 21, 1835
Death date: June 12, 1896

Terms of Service

  • House, 17th (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
(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 Notes and Resources

Photographs

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

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 . 1880 1870
  • 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 .
  • 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) .
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