Mother was Rebecca Bruce, daughter of Lemuel Bruce of Prince Edward County, Virginia.
'Blanche Kelso Bruce and his half-brother Henry Clay Bruce, sons of Polly Bruce, a slave, recollected childhoods mostly removed from the harsh realities of life for field slaves. Before their white mistress Rebecca's early death, she and Pettus had one child together, a son named William. Blanche K. Bruce, only a year younger than his white half-brother, served as William's playmate and received instruction from the same tutor. Following his wife's death, Pettus Perkinson moved his household to Missouri, back to Virginia, then to Mississippi before finally re-settling in northern Missouri.' (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruce-4047)
Contributor: Sharon Wilkey (48871448) • [email protected]
'Blanche Kelso Bruce and his half-brother Henry Clay Bruce, sons of Polly Bruce, a slave, recollected childhoods mostly removed from the harsh realities of life for field slaves. Before their white mistress Rebecca's early death, she and Pettus had one child together, a son named William. Blanche K. Bruce, only a year younger than his white half-brother, served as William's playmate and received instruction from the same tutor. Following his wife's death, Pettus Perkinson moved his household to Missouri, back to Virginia, then to Mississippi before finally re-settling in northern Missouri.' (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruce-4047)
Contributor: Sharon Wilkey (48871448) • [email protected]
Mother was Rebecca Bruce, daughter of Lemuel Bruce of Prince Edward County, Virginia.
'Blanche Kelso Bruce and his half-brother Henry Clay Bruce, sons of Polly Bruce, a slave, recollected childhoods mostly removed from the harsh realities of life for field slaves. Before their white mistress Rebecca's early death, she and Pettus had one child together, a son named William. Blanche K. Bruce, only a year younger than his white half-brother, served as William's playmate and received instruction from the same tutor. Following his wife's death, Pettus Perkinson moved his household to Missouri, back to Virginia, then to Mississippi before finally re-settling in northern Missouri.' (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruce-4047)
Contributor: Sharon Wilkey (48871448) • [email protected]
'Blanche Kelso Bruce and his half-brother Henry Clay Bruce, sons of Polly Bruce, a slave, recollected childhoods mostly removed from the harsh realities of life for field slaves. Before their white mistress Rebecca's early death, she and Pettus had one child together, a son named William. Blanche K. Bruce, only a year younger than his white half-brother, served as William's playmate and received instruction from the same tutor. Following his wife's death, Pettus Perkinson moved his household to Missouri, back to Virginia, then to Mississippi before finally re-settling in northern Missouri.' (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bruce-4047)
Contributor: Sharon Wilkey (48871448) • [email protected]
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