Martha E (Martindale) Wallace (1840)

Born 18 Sep 1840 in Indiana, United States

Wife of Allen R Wallace — married 19 Oct 1857 in Indiana, United States

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Biography

From A Record of the Family of John Wallace by Josephine Wallace (1895):^[1]

Allen R. Wallace was born in Wayne county, Indiana, July 30th, 1834, and was married at Greenfield, Indiana, October 19th, 1857, to Martha E. Martindale, daughter of Austin and Katherine (Tague) Martindale, who was born in Greenfield, September 18th, 1840. At the time of his marriage he was engaged in mercantile business in Greenfield with his uncle, Shelton Banks, where he remained four years. In 1861 they removed to Mattoon, Illinois, where for eight years they were engaged in the dry goods business. They then spent one year in Ft. Scott, Kansas, after which they came to Milton, Indiana, where they remained three years. They then spent two years in Indianapolis, and one year near Toledo, Ohio. They then went to Switzerland county, Indiana, where they remained seven years engaged in farming. From there they removed to Knox county, Tennessee, where they lived ten years engaged in farming and market gardening. He died there of pneumonia and heart trouble, January 7th, 1893. The widow, with her daughter, removed to Milton, Indiana, in September 1894. Their family consisted of five children, Rosa May, George Lewie, Frank Todd, Edward Wilson and Annie Gertrude.

Rosa May Wallace was born in Greenfield, Indiana, August 12th, 1858, and died of brain fever December 25th, 1860.

George Lewie Wallace was born in Greenfield, Indiana, January 10th, 1861, and died in Mattoon, Illinois, of lung fever February 13th, 1864.

Frank Todd Wallace was born in Mattoon, Illinois, April 29th, 1868, and died August 29th, 1868.

Edward Wilson Wallace was born in Milton, Indiana, July 19th, 1871, and was killed by lightning in Knox county, Tennessee, June 11th, 1884.

Annie G. Wallace was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, November 3rd, 1880, and resides in Milton with her widowed mother.

Sources

1. ↑ Wallace, J. (1895). A record of the family of John Wallace, with sketches of the history of previous generation josephine wallace. Milton, IN: Josephine. Retrieved October 07, 2020, from https://highlander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Josephine-Wallace-A-Record-of-the-Family-of-John-Wallace.pdf