and she returned to Cumberland where she practiced nursing at Sacred Heart Hospital
until her death in 1977.
ii - Wallace Family Roots
John and Emily (Martin) Wallace
The progenitor of my Wallace line in America, my great-great grandfather,
was John Wallace, who was born in 1813 in Ireland of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and who
came to the United States before 1837. Christ Church (Episcopal) of Baltimore,
Maryland, records the marriage in 1837 of John Wallace and Emily Martin. I am
confident, although lacking positive proof, that this couple is the same John Wallace
and Emily Martin Wallace, my great-grandparents, who are entered in the 1850
census of Cumberland, Maryland. The census also lists their children, Sarah and
John, as well as James, who became the father of Theodore Wallace. John’s
occupation was entered in the 1850 census as “auctioneer."
It is conjectured that Emily returned to Baltimore after 1850, for on May 8,
1854, a son William H. was born there. There are indications that John remained in
Cumberland, including the following humorous anecdote written by Theodore in his
family record book:
Do not know anything about Grand Parents on
Father’s side. Only seen Grand Father once when
I was a small kid or a very little boy [this
would be about 1878]. Then he kidnapped another
boy and taken him home thinking he had me and
was taking me home to my mother. This happened
on Paca St near Ritters Brewery.
Nothing else is known about John and Emily nor of their children, John and
Sarah. In fact, little information survives about their son James. However, about
William a fair amount is known, primarily because his military records were located.
William H. Wallace enlisted in the United States Army in 1879 and saw action
in the Indian Wars as a cavalryman until discharged for disability in 1882. His service
included the campaign against the Apache Indians in Arizona and against the
Muscalaro Indians, the Apaches and the Renegates in New Mexico. He married
Annie E. (surname not found) and in 1881 had a son, Mantz O. Wallace. In 1900,
according to census records, he and his family were living in Washington, D.C. From
1909 to 1919 he resided at the Old Soldiers’ Home in Washington. Sometime after
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