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Bruce-Mellon family of Maryland


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  Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known as Andrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., March 24, 1855. Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon (1817-1909); married 1900 to Nora McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; who married David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); granduncle of Richard Mellon Scaife. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920, 1924, 1928; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33. Episcopalian. Died in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., August 26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155 days). Original interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at Mellon Fountain, Washington, D.C.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Andrew Mellon: David Cannadine, Mellon : An American Life
  William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) — of Baltimore, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Charlotte County, Va., March 12, 1860. Son of Charles Bruce and Sarah (Seddon) Bruce; married, October 15, 1887, to Louise E. Fisher; father of James Bruce and David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1916 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1924; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian. Recieved a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed. Died in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md., May 9, 1946 (age 86 years, 58 days). Interment at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Garrison, Md.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Bruce (1892-1980) — of Eccleston, Baltimore County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 23, 1892. Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; married, May 24, 1919, to Ellen McHenry Keyser; brother of David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; vice-president, National Dairy Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.; director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway; director, American Airlines; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940 (alternate), 1952, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Moose. Died July 17, 1980 (age 87 years, 207 days). Interment somewhere in Baltimore, Md.
  David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore, Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1898. Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (1901-1969; divorced 1945; daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married, April 23, 1945, to Evangeline Bell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. Died, as a result of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Mellon Scaife (b. 1932) — also known as Richard M. Scaife — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., July 3, 1932. Grandnephew of Andrew William Mellon; son of Alan Scaife and Sarah (Mellon) Scaife. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964 (alternate), 1972. Still living as of 2010.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

 

 


 
   
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