Tracing the Wallace Legacy

Genealogy – Connecting the Dots

Raymond W. Lucas
Genealogy Resource Center
Ellicott City Colored School Restored
Howard County Maryland
 "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
 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 future

generations.

To compile a medical family history to give family members an

advantage 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 family

members or for profit.

To discover facts that others have overlooked and solve the puzzle
of a lifetime.
Raymond Wallace
Lucas

Now there are many new tools to

assist you in your heritage quest.
Morphing was used to assist in
validating this unlabeled picture
of an ancestor.

William Henry Wallace

Lydia Ann Whetsel
Wallace
1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950

1900 1920 1940 1960

1860 1880
Starting the Endless
Journey
Family Discussions
The Internet
The National Archives
Pension Records
Census Data
Land Records
Random Bits of Information (old letters,
postcards, pictures, documents, etc.)
DNA Analysis
The Wallace
Connection
 James Wallace
The Wallace Tartan

 Scottish Farmer
Scotland
 Immigrated from Scotland to the U.S. in the early to mid
1700s, Settling in Maryland.

 Settled in Frederick MD

 Married Mary Douglass from Scotland

 5 Children – Herbert William, James, Eleanor &

Alexander

Maryland  Brought over some number of Slaves from Scotland

 Herbert Wallace

 Migrated to West Pike Run Township in

Maryland 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

Pennsylvania
Nathanial Wallace
Herbert Wallace Land Purchase

Washington County
Pennsylvania
Fallowfield Township
 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 made
by William Wallace according to law the 9th March
1789.
Herbert Wallace Estate Papers
 Abraham Howard Wallace
 01/08/1831 – 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 death

of first wife and had 2 more children.

 Published “The Historical Sketch of the Underground

Railroad from Uniontown to Pittsburgh.”

William Henry Wallace
01/08/1834 – Born, Washington Co. PA

 185x - 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 severe

beaten by a group of whites)

 1868 - Co-Founder of the Warren A.M.E. Church in

Fremont 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

National Archive Pension Record
for William Henry Wallace
 William Henry Wallace
Civil War Pension Records

Enlistment Papers

Affidavits & Depositions

Detailed Documented Interviews with

Family, Friends & Associates

Birth Certificates, Marriage Licenses,

Death Certificates

Grave site, Fremont, Ohio

Detailed Medical Information
William Henry Wallace
Civil War Memorial
Washington DC
William Abraham Wallace

 1872 – Born, Sandusky Co. OH

 1897 - Played Center Field on the Wilberforce College

baseball team

 1899 - Graduate of Wilberforce College

 1910 - Pharmacy Manager, North Memphis Drug

Company, Memphis TN

 1909 - Became ill and Convalesced at Historic Bathhouses in

Hot Springs, Arkansas

 Died in Denver CO, Date Unknown

Phelix Whetzel Wallace
 12/13/1874 – Born, McCutchensville OH.

 Employed by Henkel-Clauss Shearworks

 Met & Married Josephine Allen While Working

in Macon MO for Henkel-Clauss

 Father of 8 children.

 Purchased home in Fremont OH using a white

friend who later turned over the deed to Phelix

 1941 – Died in Fremont OH at Age 66

Josephine Allen Wallace
 04/29/1885 – 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

 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 20th century.
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
 Research Tips
Work on multiple lines to minimize frustration.
Conduct family member interviews with care and
sensitivity. (know when to back off.)
Be very prudent when purchasing any internet services
Use 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 you

shell out any money.
 Research Tips cont.

Solicit help from other family members.

Prepare extensively (internet resources) before
making trips to the National Archives, Library
of Congress, etc.
Remember that some of the most unlikely
places produce great results
Label YOUR memorabilia so you don’t drive
descendents Crazy!
 Don’t forget to capture the more recent stories…

Josephine Wallace - State Dept.

Singapore, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paris
1950s - 1980s
Wallace Sisters - “Rosie the Riviters,”
Hanging out with the soldiers.
Baltimore WWII

The Wallace Sisters

Performing throughout Baltimore

Russell Lucas Sr. – Manager of the

Casino Night Club - Baltimore
Contact Information

Raymond Wallace Lucas

Raylucas@comcast.net
443-621-5323