THE GRANDISON R. & CHARLOTTE J. (LEATHERMAN) WALLACE FAMILY
1844 - 1920 1844 - 1898
Grandison Royston Wallace Charlotte Jane Leatherman
Grandison Royston Wallace (or Gran de Royston Wallace) was born on March 14, 1844 (according to his tombstone) (or August 20, 1845, according to his death certificate) in Arkansas; his parents were Druallen Wallace ("Dru") and Jane Hoppen.
(Personal note: There was a lawyer/ Congressman named Grandison Delaney Royston who was born on December 9, 1809 and died on August 14, 1889. I wonder if Grandison Royston Wallace could have been named for him? Royston was a prominent Arkansas politician who was born in Carter county, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and in the Arkansas State Senate in 1858. He represented the state in the 1st Confederate Congress from 1862 - 1864. He died at age 79 at Washington in Hempstead county, Arkansas and is buried at the Old Washington cemetery in that town. He believed that the "peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient, but also ordained of God and upheld in Holy Scripture. He stood for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession).
Grandison Royston Wallace married Charlotte Jane Leatherman ("Lottie") on January 10, 1867, possibly in Donahoe, Texas (Bell county); they were married by C.M. Brown, an ordained minister. Lottie was born on July (one source says March) 25, 1844 in Louisiana (one source says Texas). Her family came to Texas in 1853 and settled at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. Grandison (Grandeson) and Lottie made their home in the Donahoe community, where he was a farmer. She died in Bartlett in 1898 and is buried at the Donahoe cemetery in a fenced plot. Her parents were Samuel Gibbs Leatherman and Hellen Koonce; they are buried next to Lottie.
The Donahoe cemetery is located on land that was set aside by Lottie's father for that purpose. Larry Wallace relayed the following about Grandison Wallace's farm in Vilas, Texas: "Grandison Royston Wallace had a peach orchard at his farm in Vilas, Texas. He was a perfectionist. He would have his kids sweep the dirt under the peach orchard. If his kids took the harness or tools and didn't return it to it's rightful place, they got a thrashing. My father Jessie that he got many a thrashing with a wet rope. Grandison would actually outline the place of the objects on the barn wall."
Grandison was a mule trader; he bought and sold mules. Jessie Wallace told his son Larry that "Grandison always carried a wad of money that would choke a mule."
Grandison served in the Confederate service during the Civil War. He came to Texas when the war was over. After his first wife's death, he married a second time to (2) Mrs. Dora Alice Burgess Graham on January 1, 1900 in Bell county, Texas. (Note: The marriage date comes from her Confederate pension application. Dora lists both January 1, 1900 and June 3, 1900 as their wedding date in different parts of the application). They made their home in the Val Verde community. She was born on August 22, 1867 in Schulenberg, Fayette county, Texas and died at 12:30 pm on November 23, 1953 in Holland, Texas (of a coronary occlusion due to a fractured hip). The Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Belton, Texas handled funeral arrangements. She was buried on November 25th at Val Verde cemetery. Her parents were William Burgess and Sallie Eslinger.
Larry Wallace relayed the following story, "When Grandison Wallace was dying, Jim Wallace (his oldest son) was on one side of the bed and Jessie (his youngest child) was on the other side of the bed. Grandison grabbed both of their hands and told Jim to take care of little Jessie." Grandison died of a hemorrhage on December 15, 1920 in Holland, Texas (Bell county). He was buried the next day at the Val Verde cemetery in Val Verde, Texas.
The Civil War Record of Grandison Royston Wallace:
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry was organized and mustered into Confederate service during the summer of 1862. Almost all of the members were recruited in the counties of Pike, Polk, Sevier, and Montgomery. Grandison Wallace's post office address at the time of his enlistment was: Caddo Gap, Montgomery county, Arkansas; this was his place on elistment. He was eighteen years old and served as a private in his regiment. Grandison enlisted on June 24, 1862 and served until 1865. There is no record of capture or parole for Grandison Wallace (Note: Dora Wallace stated his name as "Granderson"). (Dora Wallace said the regiment was first called "Grinsted's Regiment", then later called the "33rd Regiment"). The 33rd Arkansas Infantry was frequently known by other designations derived from the name of it's commanding officer; some of the names used were:
H.L. Grinsted's Infantry
Thomas D. Thomson's Infantry
Washington L. Dickson's Infantry
Oliver H. Overstreet's Infantry
W.L. Crenshaw's Infantry
H.W. McMillan's Infantry
William T. Steele's Infantry
Gen. ____, St. John's College
Nov. 13, 1862
Private G.R. Wallace of Co. I, Grinstead's
Regiment, having applied for a certificate
of disability, upon which to ground on
application for forlough, in do certify that
we have carefully examined said soldier,
and find him unable to perform military
duty, because of debility, consequent upon
Pneumonia. We further certify, that in
our opinion said soldier will be unable
to resume his duties for the period of thirty
days and recommend that a furlough
for that length of time be granted him.
Duplicates
(Doctor Signatures)
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry served west of the Mississippi river throughout it's career, serving in both the Army of the Trans-Mississippi and the Trans-Mississippi Department. The specific higher command assignments for this regiment were:
September 28, 1862: Parson's Brigade, Hindman's Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
January 31, 1863: McRae's Brigade (Arkansas Brigade), Hindman's Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
April 30, 1863: McRae's Brigade, Price's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
January 31, 1864: Churchill's Brigade, Price's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
April 20, 1864: Gause's Brigade, Arkansas Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
September 30, 1864: First Arkansas Infantry Brigade, First Arkansas Infantry Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
March 20, 1865: Roane's Brigade, Churchill's Division, Second Corps, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
During the summer of 1864, a Lieutenant John M. McCarge of the 37th Arkansas Infantry began to unlawfully recruit members of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry to join a new unit of mounted sharpshooters to be commanded by him and a Captain R.A. Watkins, also of the 37th Arkansas Infantry. Colonel Grinsted, commanding the 33rd Arkansas Infantry, reported that between June 8th and July 29th, McCarge's efforts had induced one Lieutenant and thirty-three enlisted to leave the regiment, without proper authority, and that Captain Oliver Overstreet's entire company was on the verge of leaving the regiment. At this point, Provost authorities stepped in, arrested the Lieutenant, and brought those members of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry back to their proper command. Some of the individuals involved in this affair were ordered to stand trial, but nothing has been found in the Official Records to indicate whether these trials were held, or, if they were, what the findings of the court proved to be.
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry participated in a small number of various types of engagements during it's career; these are listed below. (Note: Numbers refer to map locations)
1862:
December 7: Battle, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville (Illinois Creek), Arkansas (Map, # 1).
December 28: Skirmish, Dripping Springs, Arkansas.
December 28: Capture, Van Burne, Arkansas (Map, # 2).
1863:
July 4: Attack, Helena, Arkansas (Map, # 3).
August 1 - September 14: Operations against Steele's Expedition against Little Rock, Arkansas (Map, # 4).
August 27: Action, Bayou Metoe (Reed's Bridge), Arkansas (Map, # 5).
September 10: Engagement, Bayou Fourche, Arkansas (Map, # 6).
September 10: Evacuation, Little Rock, Arkansas (Map, # 4).
Subsequent reports of the unit's activities are confused. It is known from higher command assignments found that the regiment existed as a unit until at least the closing days of the war. Reports concerning the regiment's activities in engagements following the evacuation of Little Rock, however, have not been located. It is probable that the regiment was merged or consolidated into one of the higher number Arkansas infantry regiments created in 1863 and that its activities in engagements were included in the reports of the unit in which it was consolidated.
Larry Wallace said, "Grandison Royston Wallace told his son Jessie that his job during the Civil War was to drive a team of six red mules to carry ammo to the front lines." (Note: I wonder if the mules belonged to Grandison since he was a mule trader?). Larry also heard from his father that when Grandison was in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, they were to take over a plantation that was sending cotton to the North. (Note: Did Grandison meet Mattie Minerva Wallace at Claiborne Parish?).
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1. Sam Wallace
2. Helen Wallace
3. Dru Wallace
4. Mattie Wallace
5. Frank Wallace
6. Jennie Wallace
7. Mary Wallace ("Wavy")
8. Cora Wallace
9. (A friend)
10. Verna Wallace
11. Grandeson Royston Wallace ("Grand")
12. Charlotte Jane (Leatherman) Wallace ("Lottie")
13. Jim Wallace (He went into New Mexico, got government land, and became rich).
I. James A. Wallace ("Jim"):
He was born on May 1, 1868 in Texas. He married Winnie (or "Ninnie") Parker on November 25, 1896. Winnnie was born in February of 1876 in Texas. Her parents were born in Texas. Jim was a wheat farmer. He and Winnie lived in Clovis, New Mexico; they were associated with the Church of Christ.
Jim and Winnie both died in Clovis, New Mexico. They had the following children:
A. Riley Wallace: He was born on December 28, 1897 in Texas; he was a wheat farmer like his father. He married a girl named Bonnie. They were both members of the Church of Christ and died in Clovis, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Jerry Wallace:
2. Jimmy John Wallace:
B. Charlotte Wallace ("Lottie"): She was born on October 23, 1899 in Texas. She married Walter Arnold. They had no children. Walter died in Clovis, New Mexico.
C. Ruth Wallace: She was born on January 8, 1901. She married Clyde Rayl, who died in Clovis, New Mexico (2116 Gidding. Clovis, New Mexico 88101). They had the following children:
1. Charlene Rayl:
2. Janie Rayl:
D. James A. Wallace Jr. ("Hi"): He was born on November 1, 1904. He was a wheat farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. He married a girl named "Ted"; she was still living in Clovis, New Mexico in 1980. James died and is buried in Clovis. They had no children.
E. Len Hugh Wallace: He was born on December 16, 1906 and is now deceased.
F. Wilbur Wallace: He was born on January 7, 1909. He married a girl named Leta Mae. He died in Portales, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Phyllis Wallace:
2. Jean Wallace:
3. Betty Wallace:
4. (girl).
II. Mary Leanna Wallace ("Mary" or "Wavy"): She was born on July 11, 1869. She married Walter Hiram Dolehite ("Walter") on December 4, 1898. She died in 1945 at Rogers, Texas and is buried at the Val Verde cemetery in Val Verde, Texas. They had the following children:
A. Clinton Everett Dolehite: He was born on January 1, 1900. He married Glendy Williams. They had the following children:
1. Walter Hiram Dolehite:
B. Walter Ray Dolehite: He was born on April 18, 1901. He died in infancy.
C. Lee Roy Dolehite: He was born on September 10, 1902. He married Buell Parmer; they had the following children:
1. Mary Sue Dolehite:
2. Walter LeRoy Dolehite:
D. Samuel Perry Dolehite ("Sam"): He was born on March 6, 1904. He married Beatrice Violet White. They had no children.
E. Rubye Virginia Dolehite: She was born on June 3, 1906. She married William Wesley Murphy ("Wess"). They had the following children:
1. Wesley Wayne Murphy:
Mary Leanna Wallace had the following summary of the Wallace history:
III. Francis M. Wallace ("Frank"): He was born on November 23, 1870. He married S. Virginia Covington ("Jennie") on December 22, 1889. He is buried in the North Belton cemetery in Belton, Texas (Bell county). They had the following children;
A. Earl R. Wallace:
B. Clarice M. Wallace:
C. Bernard E. Wallace:
IV. Helen Jane Wallace ("Helen"): She was born on September 5, 1872 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married Benjamin Franklin Burns ("Frank") on July 5, 1891; he was a sheriff. He was born on June 27, 1872 in the Donahoe community. They lived in Bartlett, Texas. Helen died on October 27, 1902. Frank died on January 16, 1942. They had the following children:
A. Sparks Frank Burns: He was born on September 14, 1892 in Bell county, Texas; he died on July 6, 1893.
B. Idenia Lillian Burns: She was born on April 5, 1895 in Bell county, Texas. She married Hiram Wesley Walker on August 15, 1920 in Bartlett, Texas. They now reside in Bartlett. Hiram Wesley Walker was born on February 24, 1891 in Taylor, Texas (Williamson county).
C. Verda Erin Burns: She was born on October 7, 1894 (or October 1, 1896) in Bell county, Texas. She died on November 5, 1896.
D. Euel Crosthwait Burns: He was born on August 13, 1900 (?) in Bell county, Texas. He married Ruth ________; they live in Bartlett, Texas. They have the following children:
1. Frankie Louise Burns:
V. Mattie Minerva Wallace ("Mattie"): She was born on March 9, 1874. She married William Seaborn Digby ("Will") (some sources say "Seburn Will Digby") on December 27, 1896. Will Digby was born on January 12, 1872. His parents were Martin Van Buren Digby and Tennessee (Barnes) Digby. Will was a farmer and later owned a furniture store in Belton, Texas. Will and Mattie went to the Disciples of Christ church. She died on October 1, 1936 in Belton, Texas and is buried in the North Belton cemetery. Will Digby's second wife was (2) Lilly ( ) Haire. Will Digby died on February 11, 1952 in Belton and is buried alongside his wife. They had the following children;
A. Loraine Anise Digby ("Loraine"): She married (1) Ralph Jones and, later (2) Herbert Orlando Blair.
B. Mack Flanagan Digby ("Mack"): He married Vera Barnett.
C. Sidney Alleen Digby ("Sidney"): She married John Henry Wilson.
D. Emmette Doyle Digby ("Emmette"): He married (1) Alta Ray, then later (2) Elvera Hash.
E. Corinne Lillian Digby ("Corinne" or "Cody"): She married Odell Hyer.
F. Martin Van Digby ("Mart"): He married Pearl Griffin.
G. Alta Merle Digby ("Merle"): She married Leonard Cosper.
VI. Dru A. Wallace ("D.A."): He was born on December 23, 1875. He married Lula Joiner on December 5, 1897. She was born about 1880. D.A. died in Belton, Texas and is buried at the Holland cemetery in Holland, Texas (Bell county). He was a member of the Holland chapter of Modern Woodmen of America. Lula died of typhoid fever at her home in 1911 when she was thirty one years old; she is buried alongside her husband. They had the following children:
A. Bert Allen Wallace: He was born on June 16, 1903. He married Dellie Mae (Gunn) Perkins. (Note: Dellie Mae's first marriage to Mr. Perkins resulted in the birth of their daughter, Dorothy. Dorothy married Leroy Barak. They had a daughter named Pamela Jean Barak. Pamela Jean married Harry Kershaw; they had two children: Kimberly Kay and Craig Kershaw). Bert and Dellie Mae had the following children:
1. Madelyn Wallace:
B. Winburn Crosswaite Wallace ("Wndy"): He was born on November 23, 1908. He married Pearl Lorraine (Hooks) Wallace Whitlow ("Bill"). They had the following children:
1. Arthur Allen Wallace:
2. Kenneth Ray Wallace ("Dude"):
3. Larry Wilson Wallace:
VII. Lucy Corinne Wallace ("Cora"): She was born on December 8, 1877 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married John William Aycock ("John") on July 5, 1896 in Rogers, Texas. He was born on December 6, 1872 in Arkansas; he died on November 16, _____. They owned a grocery store and lived in West Columbia, Texas and in Rogers, Texas. She died on April 11, 1966 in Rogers, Texas; she is buried in the McCann cemetery. They had the following children:
A. George Curtis Aycock: He was born on May 12, 1897 in Rogers, Texas. He married a girl named Sadie _______; she had a previous marriage to a Mr. Simpson. They had two children: Roy and Evelyn Simpson Foster. George Curtis Aycock's second marriage was to (2) Ocia Peterson; they were married in 1934 in Mont Belview, Texas. They had the following children:
1. Charles Richardson Aycock:
B. William Theodore Aycock: He was born on November 5, 1898 in Rogers, Texas. He died in infancy.
VIII. Samuel Gibbs Wallace ("Sam"):
He was born on February 7, 1881 in Texas. In 1900, he was living with the James A. Wallace family in Bell county, Texas; he was a blacksmith. He married Lillie Liles (Lyles?) on July 29, 1905. He lived and died in New Mexico. Sam and Lillie had the following children:
A. Byron Douglas Wallace: He was born on March 23, 1908. He married (1) Minnie Lee (?); they had no children. His second wife was (2) Anni Sievakowski. They were married during World War II in Germany; they had no children.
B. Charlotte Murl Wallace ("Charlie"): He was born on February 20, 1911. He married Leora Jurnigan in Portales, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Samuel Thomas Wallace:
C. Helen Wallace: She was born on October 5, 1913. She married Edward Adlock.
D. A.M. Wallace: He was born on May 9, 1919. A.M. had two children by his first wife:
1. (boy) Wallace.
2. Judith Wallace.
A.M. Wallace had several children by his second wife:
1. Sam Wallace.
2. Murl Wallace (boy):
3. (boy) Wallace.
4. Adele Wallace.
5. Leona Wallace.
6. Cheryl Wallace.
E. Mary Edith Wallace: She was born on November 8, 1921. She married Edward L. Walker.
IX. Verna Lee Wallace ("Verna"): She was born on September 1, 1884 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married Harvey James Williams ("Harvey") on September 25, 1904 in Belton, Texas. He was born on February 24, 1887, possibly in Milam county, Texas. His second wife was (2) Elsie High Blackwell; they were married on February 9, 1924 in Waco, Texas. They later divorced. Elsie was born on January 7, 1895 in Somervell county, Texas. She and Harvey had one daughter, Dorothy Nannette Williams, who was born on May 6, 1927 in Vilas, Texas. (Note: Dorothy married Ernest Fred Luker on July 18, 1947 in Austin, Texas. They had two children: Jack David Luker, born March 29, 1953 in Houston, Texas and Terri Ann Luker, born March 9, 1955 in Houston, Texas. Terri Ann Luker married John Mark Watson on November 1, 1975 in Houston; he was born in February of 1952). Harvey James Williams third wife was (3) Ruth Burns. Harvey James Williams died on August 16, 1968. Verna died on April 24, 1916. Harvey and his first wife, Verna, had the following children:
A. Lottie Belle Williams: She was born on October 24, 1905 in Vilas in Bell county, Texas. She married James Mercer Crabb ("Jim") on February 12, 1927 in Angleton, Texas. They live in Crosby, Texas. Jim was born on February 27, 1901 in Madison county, Texas. They had the following children:
1. Jimmie Belle Crabb:
2. Charles Lee Crabb:
3. Cora Marie Crabb:
4. James Curtis Crabb:
5. Dale Ed Crabb:
6. Joe Fred Crabb:
7. Ben Harvey Crabb:
B. Audra Edward Williams: He was born on May 14, 1908 at Big Springs, Texas. He married Gladys Ellen Smith on November 28, 1927 in Granger, Texas. They live in Holland, Texas (Bell county). Gladys Ellen Smith was born on February 14, 1909 at Noble, Montana (Ozark county). They had the following children:
1. Jan Yvonne Williams:
2. Kay Frances Williams:
3. Linda Jo Williams:
4. Billie Jon Williams:
C. Harvey Travis Williams: He was born on December 25, 1911 in Vilas, Bell county, Texas. He married Cora Jane Acton in 1940. She was born on November 21, 1921 in Copperas Cove, Texas and died on May 4, 1963. Harvey Travis Williams died on December 20, 1965. They had the following children:
1. John Patrick Williams:
D. Carmen Lehelen Williams: She was born on May 8, 1914 in Vilas, Bell county, Texas. She married (1) Eric Enevol Edling in 1931 in Bay City, Texas. They divorced in 1934. Carmen died in West Columbia, Texas. They had the following children:
1. John Enevol Edling:
Dora Burgess married (1) Frank Graham. They had two children. The family story is that they both starved to death (but the accuracy of this story has not been confirmed). Grandison Wallace was Dora's second husband.
Grandison and Dora Wallace had the following children:
I. Regina Wallace: She was born on July 30, 1901, possibly in Bell county, Texas. She married Herman Green Mosley ("Herman"). Regina Mosley paid for her mother's funeral expenses.
II. Gran. R. Wallace Jr.: He was born on October 22, 1903. He married Jessie Merle Harris (or Harrell).
III. John Ray Wallace: He was born on September 29, 1906. He married Della Mae Wallace ("Dellie") for a brief time; she was Bert Wallace's widow.
IV. Jesse (Jessie) Walter Wallace: He was born on December 8, 1910. He married Yvonne (Evonne?) Latham.
SOURCES:
1. Billy & Susan Blair discussion with Violet (White) Dolehite on December 27, 1979 (one of main sources).
2. Grandison Royston Wallace death certificate, Bell county, Texas.
3. M.A. Wallace, San Antonio, Texas.
4. Commander R.A. Wallace, Norfolk, Virginia.
5. Julianne (Mrs. Karl Barsun), San Antonio, Texas.
6. Robert E. Wallace, German Town, Tennessee.
7. Donald L. Wallace, Raleigh, North Carolina.
8. Grand Wallace death certificate (vol. 4, page 56), Bell county, Texas courthouse records.
9. Billy Blair discussion with Pearl (Griffin) Digby on November 24, 1979.
10. Charlene Rayl (granddaughter of James A. Wallace) would be a good contact for family history on Wallace family.
11. Whittingtons Here & There by Lottie Belle Williams Crabb.
12. Census Records:
a. 1850 Montgomery county, Arkansas (Druallen Wallace family). Gap Township, page 390 (page 2), line 33, dwelling # 52. Enumerated by G. Whittington on October
b. February 5, 1920 Bell County, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
29, 1850. (Micro copy 432, roll 28 - Fort Worth downtown library).
c. June 15, 1880 Bell county, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
d. April, 1910 Bell county, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
13. Regiment history of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry (Grandison Wallace's unit). Confederate Reearch Center, Hill County College in Hillsboro, Texas.
14. Mrs. Dora Wallace's Confederate Pension Application # 46831. Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
15. Death certificate of Mrs. Dora Alice (Burgess) Wallace.
16. Stories about Grandison Royston Wallace that were told by Jessie Wallace to his son Larry Wallace, who told them to Billy Blair.
17. Civil War Soldier Records (National Archives). Broadfoot Publishing Company. 1907 Buena Vista Circle. Wilmington, North Carolina 28411-7892. (Certificate of Disability for Grandison Royston Wallace due to pneumonia).
18. Conversations between Billy Blair and Larry Wallace.
19. Leatherman/ Wallace genealogy (sent to Billy Blair by Arthur Wallace and his daughter, Judy Couch).
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| Grandison Royston Wallace |
Grandison Royston Wallace (or Gran de Royston Wallace) was born on March 14, 1844 (according to his tombstone) (or August 20, 1845, according to his death certificate) in Arkansas; his parents were Druallen Wallace ("Dru") and Jane Hoppen.
(Personal note: There was a lawyer/ Congressman named Grandison Delaney Royston who was born on December 9, 1809 and died on August 14, 1889. I wonder if Grandison Royston Wallace could have been named for him? Royston was a prominent Arkansas politician who was born in Carter county, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and in the Arkansas State Senate in 1858. He represented the state in the 1st Confederate Congress from 1862 - 1864. He died at age 79 at Washington in Hempstead county, Arkansas and is buried at the Old Washington cemetery in that town. He believed that the "peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient, but also ordained of God and upheld in Holy Scripture. He stood for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession).
Grandison Royston Wallace married Charlotte Jane Leatherman ("Lottie") on January 10, 1867, possibly in Donahoe, Texas (Bell county); they were married by C.M. Brown, an ordained minister. Lottie was born on July (one source says March) 25, 1844 in Louisiana (one source says Texas). Her family came to Texas in 1853 and settled at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. Grandison (Grandeson) and Lottie made their home in the Donahoe community, where he was a farmer. She died in Bartlett in 1898 and is buried at the Donahoe cemetery in a fenced plot. Her parents were Samuel Gibbs Leatherman and Hellen Koonce; they are buried next to Lottie.
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| Grandison Royston Wallace Family June 15, 1880 Bell County, Texas Census (Bottom part of page; Source: Ancestry.com) |
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| Grandison Royston Wallace Family April, 1910 Bell County, Texas Census (bottom of page; Source: Ancestry.com) |
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| Grandison Royston Wallace Family February 5, 1920 Bell County, Texas Census (Lower middle of page; Source: Ancestry.com) |
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| Map of Vilas, Texas area (Quickly drawn by Larry Wallace) |
Grandison was a mule trader; he bought and sold mules. Jessie Wallace told his son Larry that "Grandison always carried a wad of money that would choke a mule."
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| Grandison R. Wallace & brother, Miles Wallace (right) |
Grandison served in the Confederate service during the Civil War. He came to Texas when the war was over. After his first wife's death, he married a second time to (2) Mrs. Dora Alice Burgess Graham on January 1, 1900 in Bell county, Texas. (Note: The marriage date comes from her Confederate pension application. Dora lists both January 1, 1900 and June 3, 1900 as their wedding date in different parts of the application). They made their home in the Val Verde community. She was born on August 22, 1867 in Schulenberg, Fayette county, Texas and died at 12:30 pm on November 23, 1953 in Holland, Texas (of a coronary occlusion due to a fractured hip). The Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Belton, Texas handled funeral arrangements. She was buried on November 25th at Val Verde cemetery. Her parents were William Burgess and Sallie Eslinger.
Larry Wallace relayed the following story, "When Grandison Wallace was dying, Jim Wallace (his oldest son) was on one side of the bed and Jessie (his youngest child) was on the other side of the bed. Grandison grabbed both of their hands and told Jim to take care of little Jessie." Grandison died of a hemorrhage on December 15, 1920 in Holland, Texas (Bell county). He was buried the next day at the Val Verde cemetery in Val Verde, Texas.
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| Grandison Royston Wallace grave (front) |
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| Grandison Royston Wallace Death Certificate |
The Civil War Record of Grandison Royston Wallace:
Company I, 33rd Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A.
(Captain Erwin's Co, Grinsted's Regiment)
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry was organized and mustered into Confederate service during the summer of 1862. Almost all of the members were recruited in the counties of Pike, Polk, Sevier, and Montgomery. Grandison Wallace's post office address at the time of his enlistment was: Caddo Gap, Montgomery county, Arkansas; this was his place on elistment. He was eighteen years old and served as a private in his regiment. Grandison enlisted on June 24, 1862 and served until 1865. There is no record of capture or parole for Grandison Wallace (Note: Dora Wallace stated his name as "Granderson"). (Dora Wallace said the regiment was first called "Grinsted's Regiment", then later called the "33rd Regiment"). The 33rd Arkansas Infantry was frequently known by other designations derived from the name of it's commanding officer; some of the names used were:
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| G.R. Wallace: Disability Certificate |
Thomas D. Thomson's Infantry
Washington L. Dickson's Infantry
Oliver H. Overstreet's Infantry
W.L. Crenshaw's Infantry
H.W. McMillan's Infantry
William T. Steele's Infantry
Gen. ____, St. John's College
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| G.R. Wallace: 30 day furlough recc. for pneumonia |
Private G.R. Wallace of Co. I, Grinstead's
Regiment, having applied for a certificate
of disability, upon which to ground on
application for forlough, in do certify that
we have carefully examined said soldier,
and find him unable to perform military
duty, because of debility, consequent upon
Pneumonia. We further certify, that in
our opinion said soldier will be unable
to resume his duties for the period of thirty
days and recommend that a furlough
for that length of time be granted him.
Duplicates
(Doctor Signatures)
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry served west of the Mississippi river throughout it's career, serving in both the Army of the Trans-Mississippi and the Trans-Mississippi Department. The specific higher command assignments for this regiment were:
September 28, 1862: Parson's Brigade, Hindman's Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
January 31, 1863: McRae's Brigade (Arkansas Brigade), Hindman's Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
April 30, 1863: McRae's Brigade, Price's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
January 31, 1864: Churchill's Brigade, Price's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
April 20, 1864: Gause's Brigade, Arkansas Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department.
September 30, 1864: First Arkansas Infantry Brigade, First Arkansas Infantry Division, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
March 20, 1865: Roane's Brigade, Churchill's Division, Second Corps, Army of Trans-Mississippi.
During the summer of 1864, a Lieutenant John M. McCarge of the 37th Arkansas Infantry began to unlawfully recruit members of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry to join a new unit of mounted sharpshooters to be commanded by him and a Captain R.A. Watkins, also of the 37th Arkansas Infantry. Colonel Grinsted, commanding the 33rd Arkansas Infantry, reported that between June 8th and July 29th, McCarge's efforts had induced one Lieutenant and thirty-three enlisted to leave the regiment, without proper authority, and that Captain Oliver Overstreet's entire company was on the verge of leaving the regiment. At this point, Provost authorities stepped in, arrested the Lieutenant, and brought those members of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry back to their proper command. Some of the individuals involved in this affair were ordered to stand trial, but nothing has been found in the Official Records to indicate whether these trials were held, or, if they were, what the findings of the court proved to be.
The 33rd Arkansas Infantry participated in a small number of various types of engagements during it's career; these are listed below. (Note: Numbers refer to map locations)
CIVIL WAR ENGAGEMENTS OF THE 33RD ARKANSAS INFANTRY:
.1862:
December 7: Battle, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville (Illinois Creek), Arkansas (Map, # 1).
December 28: Skirmish, Dripping Springs, Arkansas.
December 28: Capture, Van Burne, Arkansas (Map, # 2).
1863:
July 4: Attack, Helena, Arkansas (Map, # 3).
August 1 - September 14: Operations against Steele's Expedition against Little Rock, Arkansas (Map, # 4).
August 27: Action, Bayou Metoe (Reed's Bridge), Arkansas (Map, # 5).
September 10: Engagement, Bayou Fourche, Arkansas (Map, # 6).
September 10: Evacuation, Little Rock, Arkansas (Map, # 4).
Subsequent reports of the unit's activities are confused. It is known from higher command assignments found that the regiment existed as a unit until at least the closing days of the war. Reports concerning the regiment's activities in engagements following the evacuation of Little Rock, however, have not been located. It is probable that the regiment was merged or consolidated into one of the higher number Arkansas infantry regiments created in 1863 and that its activities in engagements were included in the reports of the unit in which it was consolidated.
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| 33rd Arkansas Infantry Civil War Locations |
Larry Wallace said, "Grandison Royston Wallace told his son Jessie that his job during the Civil War was to drive a team of six red mules to carry ammo to the front lines." (Note: I wonder if the mules belonged to Grandison since he was a mule trader?). Larry also heard from his father that when Grandison was in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, they were to take over a plantation that was sending cotton to the North. (Note: Did Grandison meet Mattie Minerva Wallace at Claiborne Parish?).
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| The Grandison Royston Wallace Family |
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1. Sam Wallace
2. Helen Wallace
3. Dru Wallace
4. Mattie Wallace
5. Frank Wallace
6. Jennie Wallace
7. Mary Wallace ("Wavy")
8. Cora Wallace
9. (A friend)
10. Verna Wallace
11. Grandeson Royston Wallace ("Grand")
12. Charlotte Jane (Leatherman) Wallace ("Lottie")
13. Jim Wallace (He went into New Mexico, got government land, and became rich).
THE CHILDREN OF GRANDISON & LOTTIE (LEATHERMAN) WALLACE:
I. James A. Wallace ("Jim"):
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| Winnie (Parker) & Jim Wallace |
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| Winnie (Parker) Wallace |
He was born on May 1, 1868 in Texas. He married Winnie (or "Ninnie") Parker on November 25, 1896. Winnnie was born in February of 1876 in Texas. Her parents were born in Texas. Jim was a wheat farmer. He and Winnie lived in Clovis, New Mexico; they were associated with the Church of Christ.
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| Jim Wallace's home in Clovis, New Mexico |
Jim and Winnie both died in Clovis, New Mexico. They had the following children:
A. Riley Wallace: He was born on December 28, 1897 in Texas; he was a wheat farmer like his father. He married a girl named Bonnie. They were both members of the Church of Christ and died in Clovis, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Jerry Wallace:
2. Jimmy John Wallace:
B. Charlotte Wallace ("Lottie"): She was born on October 23, 1899 in Texas. She married Walter Arnold. They had no children. Walter died in Clovis, New Mexico.
C. Ruth Wallace: She was born on January 8, 1901. She married Clyde Rayl, who died in Clovis, New Mexico (2116 Gidding. Clovis, New Mexico 88101). They had the following children:
1. Charlene Rayl:
2. Janie Rayl:
D. James A. Wallace Jr. ("Hi"): He was born on November 1, 1904. He was a wheat farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. He married a girl named "Ted"; she was still living in Clovis, New Mexico in 1980. James died and is buried in Clovis. They had no children.
E. Len Hugh Wallace: He was born on December 16, 1906 and is now deceased.
F. Wilbur Wallace: He was born on January 7, 1909. He married a girl named Leta Mae. He died in Portales, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Phyllis Wallace:
2. Jean Wallace:
3. Betty Wallace:
4. (girl).
II. Mary Leanna Wallace ("Mary" or "Wavy"): She was born on July 11, 1869. She married Walter Hiram Dolehite ("Walter") on December 4, 1898. She died in 1945 at Rogers, Texas and is buried at the Val Verde cemetery in Val Verde, Texas. They had the following children:
A. Clinton Everett Dolehite: He was born on January 1, 1900. He married Glendy Williams. They had the following children:
1. Walter Hiram Dolehite:
B. Walter Ray Dolehite: He was born on April 18, 1901. He died in infancy.
C. Lee Roy Dolehite: He was born on September 10, 1902. He married Buell Parmer; they had the following children:
1. Mary Sue Dolehite:
2. Walter LeRoy Dolehite:
D. Samuel Perry Dolehite ("Sam"): He was born on March 6, 1904. He married Beatrice Violet White. They had no children.
E. Rubye Virginia Dolehite: She was born on June 3, 1906. She married William Wesley Murphy ("Wess"). They had the following children:
1. Wesley Wayne Murphy:
Mary Leanna Wallace had the following summary of the Wallace history:
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III. Francis M. Wallace ("Frank"): He was born on November 23, 1870. He married S. Virginia Covington ("Jennie") on December 22, 1889. He is buried in the North Belton cemetery in Belton, Texas (Bell county). They had the following children;
A. Earl R. Wallace:
B. Clarice M. Wallace:
C. Bernard E. Wallace:
IV. Helen Jane Wallace ("Helen"): She was born on September 5, 1872 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married Benjamin Franklin Burns ("Frank") on July 5, 1891; he was a sheriff. He was born on June 27, 1872 in the Donahoe community. They lived in Bartlett, Texas. Helen died on October 27, 1902. Frank died on January 16, 1942. They had the following children:
A. Sparks Frank Burns: He was born on September 14, 1892 in Bell county, Texas; he died on July 6, 1893.
B. Idenia Lillian Burns: She was born on April 5, 1895 in Bell county, Texas. She married Hiram Wesley Walker on August 15, 1920 in Bartlett, Texas. They now reside in Bartlett. Hiram Wesley Walker was born on February 24, 1891 in Taylor, Texas (Williamson county).
C. Verda Erin Burns: She was born on October 7, 1894 (or October 1, 1896) in Bell county, Texas. She died on November 5, 1896.
D. Euel Crosthwait Burns: He was born on August 13, 1900 (?) in Bell county, Texas. He married Ruth ________; they live in Bartlett, Texas. They have the following children:
1. Frankie Louise Burns:
V. Mattie Minerva Wallace ("Mattie"): She was born on March 9, 1874. She married William Seaborn Digby ("Will") (some sources say "Seburn Will Digby") on December 27, 1896. Will Digby was born on January 12, 1872. His parents were Martin Van Buren Digby and Tennessee (Barnes) Digby. Will was a farmer and later owned a furniture store in Belton, Texas. Will and Mattie went to the Disciples of Christ church. She died on October 1, 1936 in Belton, Texas and is buried in the North Belton cemetery. Will Digby's second wife was (2) Lilly ( ) Haire. Will Digby died on February 11, 1952 in Belton and is buried alongside his wife. They had the following children;
A. Loraine Anise Digby ("Loraine"): She married (1) Ralph Jones and, later (2) Herbert Orlando Blair.
B. Mack Flanagan Digby ("Mack"): He married Vera Barnett.
C. Sidney Alleen Digby ("Sidney"): She married John Henry Wilson.
D. Emmette Doyle Digby ("Emmette"): He married (1) Alta Ray, then later (2) Elvera Hash.
E. Corinne Lillian Digby ("Corinne" or "Cody"): She married Odell Hyer.
F. Martin Van Digby ("Mart"): He married Pearl Griffin.
G. Alta Merle Digby ("Merle"): She married Leonard Cosper.
VI. Dru A. Wallace ("D.A."): He was born on December 23, 1875. He married Lula Joiner on December 5, 1897. She was born about 1880. D.A. died in Belton, Texas and is buried at the Holland cemetery in Holland, Texas (Bell county). He was a member of the Holland chapter of Modern Woodmen of America. Lula died of typhoid fever at her home in 1911 when she was thirty one years old; she is buried alongside her husband. They had the following children:
A. Bert Allen Wallace: He was born on June 16, 1903. He married Dellie Mae (Gunn) Perkins. (Note: Dellie Mae's first marriage to Mr. Perkins resulted in the birth of their daughter, Dorothy. Dorothy married Leroy Barak. They had a daughter named Pamela Jean Barak. Pamela Jean married Harry Kershaw; they had two children: Kimberly Kay and Craig Kershaw). Bert and Dellie Mae had the following children:
1. Madelyn Wallace:
B. Winburn Crosswaite Wallace ("Wndy"): He was born on November 23, 1908. He married Pearl Lorraine (Hooks) Wallace Whitlow ("Bill"). They had the following children:
1. Arthur Allen Wallace:
2. Kenneth Ray Wallace ("Dude"):
3. Larry Wilson Wallace:
VII. Lucy Corinne Wallace ("Cora"): She was born on December 8, 1877 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married John William Aycock ("John") on July 5, 1896 in Rogers, Texas. He was born on December 6, 1872 in Arkansas; he died on November 16, _____. They owned a grocery store and lived in West Columbia, Texas and in Rogers, Texas. She died on April 11, 1966 in Rogers, Texas; she is buried in the McCann cemetery. They had the following children:
A. George Curtis Aycock: He was born on May 12, 1897 in Rogers, Texas. He married a girl named Sadie _______; she had a previous marriage to a Mr. Simpson. They had two children: Roy and Evelyn Simpson Foster. George Curtis Aycock's second marriage was to (2) Ocia Peterson; they were married in 1934 in Mont Belview, Texas. They had the following children:
1. Charles Richardson Aycock:
B. William Theodore Aycock: He was born on November 5, 1898 in Rogers, Texas. He died in infancy.
VIII. Samuel Gibbs Wallace ("Sam"):
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| Sam & Lillie Wallace |
He was born on February 7, 1881 in Texas. In 1900, he was living with the James A. Wallace family in Bell county, Texas; he was a blacksmith. He married Lillie Liles (Lyles?) on July 29, 1905. He lived and died in New Mexico. Sam and Lillie had the following children:
A. Byron Douglas Wallace: He was born on March 23, 1908. He married (1) Minnie Lee (?); they had no children. His second wife was (2) Anni Sievakowski. They were married during World War II in Germany; they had no children.
B. Charlotte Murl Wallace ("Charlie"): He was born on February 20, 1911. He married Leora Jurnigan in Portales, New Mexico. They had the following children:
1. Samuel Thomas Wallace:
C. Helen Wallace: She was born on October 5, 1913. She married Edward Adlock.
D. A.M. Wallace: He was born on May 9, 1919. A.M. had two children by his first wife:
1. (boy) Wallace.
2. Judith Wallace.
A.M. Wallace had several children by his second wife:
1. Sam Wallace.
2. Murl Wallace (boy):
3. (boy) Wallace.
4. Adele Wallace.
5. Leona Wallace.
6. Cheryl Wallace.
E. Mary Edith Wallace: She was born on November 8, 1921. She married Edward L. Walker.
IX. Verna Lee Wallace ("Verna"): She was born on September 1, 1884 at the Donahoe community in Bell county, Texas. She married Harvey James Williams ("Harvey") on September 25, 1904 in Belton, Texas. He was born on February 24, 1887, possibly in Milam county, Texas. His second wife was (2) Elsie High Blackwell; they were married on February 9, 1924 in Waco, Texas. They later divorced. Elsie was born on January 7, 1895 in Somervell county, Texas. She and Harvey had one daughter, Dorothy Nannette Williams, who was born on May 6, 1927 in Vilas, Texas. (Note: Dorothy married Ernest Fred Luker on July 18, 1947 in Austin, Texas. They had two children: Jack David Luker, born March 29, 1953 in Houston, Texas and Terri Ann Luker, born March 9, 1955 in Houston, Texas. Terri Ann Luker married John Mark Watson on November 1, 1975 in Houston; he was born in February of 1952). Harvey James Williams third wife was (3) Ruth Burns. Harvey James Williams died on August 16, 1968. Verna died on April 24, 1916. Harvey and his first wife, Verna, had the following children:
A. Lottie Belle Williams: She was born on October 24, 1905 in Vilas in Bell county, Texas. She married James Mercer Crabb ("Jim") on February 12, 1927 in Angleton, Texas. They live in Crosby, Texas. Jim was born on February 27, 1901 in Madison county, Texas. They had the following children:
1. Jimmie Belle Crabb:
2. Charles Lee Crabb:
3. Cora Marie Crabb:
4. James Curtis Crabb:
5. Dale Ed Crabb:
6. Joe Fred Crabb:
7. Ben Harvey Crabb:
B. Audra Edward Williams: He was born on May 14, 1908 at Big Springs, Texas. He married Gladys Ellen Smith on November 28, 1927 in Granger, Texas. They live in Holland, Texas (Bell county). Gladys Ellen Smith was born on February 14, 1909 at Noble, Montana (Ozark county). They had the following children:
1. Jan Yvonne Williams:
2. Kay Frances Williams:
3. Linda Jo Williams:
4. Billie Jon Williams:
C. Harvey Travis Williams: He was born on December 25, 1911 in Vilas, Bell county, Texas. He married Cora Jane Acton in 1940. She was born on November 21, 1921 in Copperas Cove, Texas and died on May 4, 1963. Harvey Travis Williams died on December 20, 1965. They had the following children:
1. John Patrick Williams:
D. Carmen Lehelen Williams: She was born on May 8, 1914 in Vilas, Bell county, Texas. She married (1) Eric Enevol Edling in 1931 in Bay City, Texas. They divorced in 1934. Carmen died in West Columbia, Texas. They had the following children:
1. John Enevol Edling:
The Children of Grandison Royston & Dora Alice (Burgess) Graham Wallace:
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| Grandison R. Wallace, Regina, Gran, and Dora (Burgess) Graham Wallace |
Dora Burgess married (1) Frank Graham. They had two children. The family story is that they both starved to death (but the accuracy of this story has not been confirmed). Grandison Wallace was Dora's second husband.
Grandison and Dora Wallace had the following children:
I. Regina Wallace: She was born on July 30, 1901, possibly in Bell county, Texas. She married Herman Green Mosley ("Herman"). Regina Mosley paid for her mother's funeral expenses.
II. Gran. R. Wallace Jr.: He was born on October 22, 1903. He married Jessie Merle Harris (or Harrell).
III. John Ray Wallace: He was born on September 29, 1906. He married Della Mae Wallace ("Dellie") for a brief time; she was Bert Wallace's widow.
IV. Jesse (Jessie) Walter Wallace: He was born on December 8, 1910. He married Yvonne (Evonne?) Latham.
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| Jessie Wallace birth certificate |
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| Jessie Walter Wallace |
SOURCES:
1. Billy & Susan Blair discussion with Violet (White) Dolehite on December 27, 1979 (one of main sources).
2. Grandison Royston Wallace death certificate, Bell county, Texas.
3. M.A. Wallace, San Antonio, Texas.
4. Commander R.A. Wallace, Norfolk, Virginia.
5. Julianne (Mrs. Karl Barsun), San Antonio, Texas.
6. Robert E. Wallace, German Town, Tennessee.
7. Donald L. Wallace, Raleigh, North Carolina.
8. Grand Wallace death certificate (vol. 4, page 56), Bell county, Texas courthouse records.
9. Billy Blair discussion with Pearl (Griffin) Digby on November 24, 1979.
10. Charlene Rayl (granddaughter of James A. Wallace) would be a good contact for family history on Wallace family.
11. Whittingtons Here & There by Lottie Belle Williams Crabb.
12. Census Records:
a. 1850 Montgomery county, Arkansas (Druallen Wallace family). Gap Township, page 390 (page 2), line 33, dwelling # 52. Enumerated by G. Whittington on October
b. February 5, 1920 Bell County, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
29, 1850. (Micro copy 432, roll 28 - Fort Worth downtown library).
c. June 15, 1880 Bell county, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
d. April, 1910 Bell county, Texas (Grandison Royston Wallace family).
13. Regiment history of the 33rd Arkansas Infantry (Grandison Wallace's unit). Confederate Reearch Center, Hill County College in Hillsboro, Texas.
14. Mrs. Dora Wallace's Confederate Pension Application # 46831. Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.
15. Death certificate of Mrs. Dora Alice (Burgess) Wallace.
16. Stories about Grandison Royston Wallace that were told by Jessie Wallace to his son Larry Wallace, who told them to Billy Blair.
17. Civil War Soldier Records (National Archives). Broadfoot Publishing Company. 1907 Buena Vista Circle. Wilmington, North Carolina 28411-7892. (Certificate of Disability for Grandison Royston Wallace due to pneumonia).
18. Conversations between Billy Blair and Larry Wallace.
19. Leatherman/ Wallace genealogy (sent to Billy Blair by Arthur Wallace and his daughter, Judy Couch).
Billy - you have some great information collected here. I'm a 3rd g-g-grandson of Grandeson Wallace. My grandmother is Judy Wallace Hubbell, daughter of A M Wallace, son of Samuel Gibbs Wallace. I didn't have any pictures of him so this is a great resource to have. (By the way, came across your site from a Google Search.) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMatt - Please forgive me for not responding. I get busy doing other projects and never saw your commment until now - only several years late. I appreciate you writing and would love it if you would be willing to share as much of the A.M. Wallace history as you can, even up to fairly current (but only if you feel comfortable doing so). If you want to respond privately, you can reach me at billyandsusanblair@gmail.com Great to hear from you. Billy
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