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Tracing the Wallace LegacyGenealogy Connecting the Dots

Raymond W. LucasGenealogy Resource Center Ellicott City Colored School Restored

Howard County Maryland


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"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our

heritage - to know who we are and where we came from.Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning.No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum,

an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.-- Alex Haley , Roots


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Why Genealogy?To satisfy your curiosity about yourself and your roots.

To provide your children with a sense of who their ancestors were,where they came from and how they lived their lives.

To preserve family cultural and ethnic traditions for futuregenerations.

To compile a medical family history to give family members anadvantage in the battle against inherited diseases or defects.

To qualify for a lineage or heritage society.

To assemble and publish a family history book, whether for familymembers or for profit.

To discover facts that others have overlooked and solve the puzzleof a lifetime.


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Raymond WallaceLucas

William Henry Wallace

Lydia Ann WhetselWallace

Now there are many new tools toassist you in your heritage quest.Morphing was used to assist invalidating this unlabeled pictureof an ancestor.


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Starting the Endless

JourneyFamily Discussions

The Internet

The National Archives

Pension Records

Census Data

Land Records

Random Bits of Information (old letters,postcards, pictures, documents, etc.)

DNA Analysis


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The WallaceConnection


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James Wallace

Scottish Farmer

Immigrated from Scotland to the U.S. in the early to mid1700s, Settling in Maryland.

Settled in Frederick MD

Married Mary Douglass from Scotland

5 Children Herbert William, James, Eleanor &Alexander

Brought over some number of Slaves from Scotland

Scotland

Maryland

The Wallace Tartan


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Herbert Wallace

Migrated to West Pike Run Township in

Washington Co. PA in 1781 & Bought 400 acres

of land.

Fathered a child (William D. Wallace?) with one

of his slaves (name unknown.)

Left his estate to his children James and

Nathanial Wallace

Maryland

Pennsylvania


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Herbert Wallace Land Purchase

Washington CountyPennsylvania

Fallowfield Township


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PA Slave Registration

Entry for Herbert Wallace

Herbert Wallace of Followfield Township farmer enters

the following negroes, born since 1st March 1780 vis.a xxxx female named Linn aged three years. Oath madeby William Wallace according to law the 9th March1789.


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Herbert Wallace Estate Papers


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Abraham Howard Wallace01/08/1831 Born, Washington Co. PA.

Worked in the Cooper Trade until sacks replaced

barrels.

Was also a farmer, butcher and hucksterer.

1854 Worked on the railroad in Canada doing

repairs.

Returned to West Pike Run and married Josephine

Simmons and had 7 children.

1878 - Married Mary Elizabeth Smith following deathof first wife and had 2 more children.

Published The Historical Sketch of the Underground

Railroad from Uniontown to Pittsburgh.


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William Henry Wallace01/08/1834 Born, Washington Co. PA185x - Married Malissa Smith, had 3 children

07/1863 - Drafted in the 6 U.S. Volunteer Colored Infantry,Company C, Private

11/1863 - Discharged from service due to illness (and severebeaten by a group of whites)

1868 - Co-Founder of the Warren A.M.E. Church inFremont OH

12/25/1871 Married Lydia Ann Whetzel, had 5 children

04/19/1893 Married Martha Jane Ramsey

05/25/1907 Died in Wyandot Co, Ohio

07/18/1998 Civil War Memorial Unveiled


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National Archive Pension Record

for William Henry Wallace


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William Henry WallaceCivil War Pension Records

Enlistment Papers

Affidavits & Depositions

Detailed Documented Interviews with

Family, Friends & Associates

Birth Certificates, Marriage Licenses,Death Certificates

Detailed Medical Information Grave site, Fremont, Ohio


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William Henry WallaceCivil War Memorial

Washington DC


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William Abraham Wallace

1872 Born, Sandusky Co. OH

1897 - Played Center Field on the Wilberforce Collegebaseball team

1899 - Graduate of Wilberforce College

1910 - Pharmacy Manager, North Memphis DrugCompany, Memphis TN

1909 - Became ill and Convalesced at Historic Bathhouses inHot Springs, Arkansas

Died in Denver CO, Date Unknown


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Phelix Whetzel Wallace12/13/1874 Born, McCutchensville OH.

Employed by Henkel-Clauss Shearworks

Met & Married Josephine Allen While Workingin Macon MO for Henkel-Clauss

Father of 8 children.

Purchased home in Fremont OH using a whitefriend who later turned over the deed to Phelix

1941 Died in Fremont OH at Age 66


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Josephine Allen Wallace04/29/1885 Born, Macon City MO.

1901 - Graduated from Macon HS in Macon MO

1904 Graduated Sumner HS in St Louis MO

Married Phelix Whetzel Wallace

Mother of 8 children.

Extensive Communication Between Family Members Through

Post Cards & Letters.

1906 Migrated from Macon City to Sturgis Michigan.

1918 Migrated from Sturgis to Fremont Ohio

1941 Migrated from Fremont OH to Baltimore MD

Died in 1966 At Age 81


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Early Family

Correspondence

My ancestors knew that the gateway to Real Freedom was Literacy.The postcards above are just a sample of the many written exchanges

between family members and friends at the turn of the 20 th century.


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Gladys Elizabeth Wallace

12/15/1906 Born, Macon City MO.

1924 - Graduated Fremont Ross HS at the Top of Her

Class

1926 Graduated Wilberforce University with an Elementary

Teaching Degree

1928 First Teaching Position at a Segregated

Elementary School in Winston-Salem NC

1931 1969 Moved to Baltimore to Teach at Samuel

Coleridge Taylor Elementary School

Tireless Community & Church Leader in the Baltimore

Community.

Died in 1995


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Research TipsWork on multiple lines to minimize frustration.

Conduct family member interviews with care andsensitivity. (know when to back off.)

Be very prudent when purchasing any internet servicesUse popular genealogy software to catalog your data,i.e. Family Tree Maker.

Join Genealogy Organizations in Multiple Geographies

Understand what DNA analysis will get you before youshell out any money.


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Research Tips cont .

Solicit help from other family members.

Prepare extensively (internet resources) beforemaking trips to the National Archives, Libraryof Congress, etc.

Remember that some of the most unlikely

places produce great resultsLabel YOUR memorabilia so you dont drivedescendents Crazy!


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Dont forget to capture the more recent stories

Russell Lucas Sr. Manager of theCasino Night Club - Baltimore

Wallace Sisters - Rosie the Riviters,Hanging out with the soldiers.

Baltimore WWII

The Wallace SistersPerforming throughout Baltimore

Josephine Wallace - State Dept.Singapore, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paris

1950s - 1980s


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Contact Information

Raymond Wallace Lucas

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