PHINEAS BRUCE

Bruce, Phineas (1762-1809), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Mendon, Worcester, Mass., June 7, 1762; received a classical education and was graduated from Yale College in 1786; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Machias, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts); member of the Massachusetts house of representatives 1791-1798 and in 1800; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress commencing March 4, 1803, but was prevented by illness from qualifying; died in Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass., October 4, 1809; interment in the Old Burying Ground; reinterment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Parents: George Bruce, Hannah Lovett
Spouse: Jane Savage
Born: 1768
Died: 1856 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 29 Mar 1795 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts


Sources:
Vital Records
U.S. Federal Census
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0818093-0818095
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell