James Coles Bruce (1806-1865)

of Berry Hill Plantation, Halifax County; Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

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He continued his father's business prowess and by 1860 he was said to have more than doubled his inheritance being worth some $4-million. His mansion - "Berry Hill" - was completed in 1844 by the same architect (John E. Johnson) who designed the altogether very different Gothic-Revival "Staunton Hill" for his brother, Charles. In 1829, he married Eliza, daughter of William Wyche Wilkins, of "Belmont" Northampton Co., North Carolina. They had 11-children of whom seven reached adulthood.

Parents (2)

James Bruce

of "Woodburn" Halifax County, Virginia

1763-1837

Sarah (Coles) Bruce

Mrs. Sarah (Coles) Bruce

1770-1806

Spouse (1)

Eliza (Wilkins) Bruce

Mrs. Eliza Douglas (Wilkins) Bruce

1809-1850

Children (11)

Lt. Thomas Bruce

of "Tarover" Halifax Co., Virginia; 2nd Lieutenant (Virginia Infantry), died of fever

1830-1861

Richard Bruce

Died in early adulthood, married, but without issue

1831-1857

Alexander Broadnax Bruce

of "Berry Hill" Halifax Co., Virginia

1833-1906

William Ballard Bruce

of "Morotock" Charlotte, Virginia

1834-1899

James Bruce

Died unmarried in early adulthood

1836-1858

Wilkins Bruce

of Halifax County, Virginia; served as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.

1838-1906

Robert Bruce

Died in Infancy

1840-1841

Capt. Charles Bruce

Captain in the Virginia Infantry, mortally wounded at the Battle of Malvern Hill

1841-1862

Ann Rebecca Bruce

Died in childhood

1843-1845

Walter Bruce

Died in Infancy

1846-1846

Eliza Douglas Bruce

Died in childhood

1847-1861

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