Mary Alice Eudora (Walker) Scanlon (1859 - 1924)

Born 15 Sep 1859 in Browningsville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Scanlon — married 2 Apr 1893 in Browningsville, Maryland

Descendants

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Born Browningsville, Maryland. Based on a note in the Bruce-Wallace book ^[1] referring to it as her parental home.

Born and grew up at Mendelssohn Manor in Browningsville, Maryland.

"Mendelssohn Manor", the home place built by Professor George W. W. Walker in Browningsville, Maryland.

Mary Alice Eudora Walker, b. Sept 15, 1859, d Oct 25, 1924.

Career

Head of music department, Shenandoah Normal College; co-operated in temperance work with her husband.

Marriage to Charles Scanlon

On Apr 2, 1893 at Mendelssohn Terrace, Browningsville, m. Dr. Charles Scanlon b. October 5, 1869 in Three Churches, WV, 14th of 21 children born to Michael and Mary E. Scanlon. Shepherd College State Normal, Shepherdstown, W.V. After graduation from college, Scanlon spent 10 years in Minnesota as pastor, and teacher at Macalester College, St. Paul. In 1902 he was nominated for Governor on the Prohibition ticket. 1916, honorary LL.D from Wooster College, Ohio. Appointed by different Presidents to represent U. S. abroad -- 1909, London, England. 1911, The Hague, Holland. 1913, Milan, Italy. 1921, Lausanne, Switzerland. He d. in Pittsburgh, PA Mar 21, 1927 Buried Three Churches, West Virginia. ^[2]

Children

1. Michael Wesley Scanlon, b. Nov 22, 1894
2. Mary Browning Scanlon, b. Oct 5, 1896
3. Pauline Rosabelle Scanlon, b. Jan 8, 1898
4. Alice Walker Scanlon, b. Nov 22, 1902
5. Helen Ruth Scanlon, b. dec.20, 1900
6. Ellen Hill Scanlon, b. Mar 25, 1904

Notes

The following excerpt shows that Mary Alice

• grew up, or at least had a parental home in Browningsville, Maryland.
• was the wife of Charles Scanlon, and mother of Michael Wesley Scanlon.

Excerpt from Wallace-Bruce and Closely Related Families ^[1]

p.145

g. MIRIAM WINIFRED WALLACE (twin) born Aug. 7, 1894; of more Wallace than Davis traits

Was graduated from Macalester College (1918); Housekeeper for her father (1914-1920); married July 14, 1920, Michael Wesley Scanlon, a playmate when they were children, born Nov. 23, 1894, son of Charles Scanlon, D.D. (born, Three Churches, W. Va.), who for years was efficient secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Temperance, later Board of Moral Welfare, and of Mary Alice Eudora Walker Scanlon, whose parental home was in Browningsville

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wallace-Bruce and Closely Related Families written and compiled by James Wallace. 1930.
2. ↑ "Our General Director, Department of Temperance and Moral Welfare" Moral Welfare, Presbyterian Department of Moral Welfare, Pittsburgh, PA, September 1924.