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
