Elizabeth “Bessie” WallaceAge: 69 years1864–1933
- Name
- Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Wallace
- Married name
- Elizabeth Morris
- Nickname
- Bessie
 Birth | 1864 25 18 |
 Marriage | William Henry Morris — View this family unknown |
 Fact | Her nickname was "Bessie" |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy Jane Wallace September 12, 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sibling | … Wallace 1867 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a sibling | … Wallace 1867 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Fannie Wallace March 27, 1869 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a brother | Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace 1871 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dudley Monroe Wallace 1873 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joshua “Commander” Wallace March 15, 1875 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Yateman Wallace October 1877 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Dora Wallace April 1880 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mattie Bell Wallace April 15, 1882 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Callie Emaline Morris August 4, 1882 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mannie Wallace 1882 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Berry Wallace Jr. October 20, 1889 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | William Santford Shemwell — Callie Emaline Morris — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 23, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ivy Myrtle Shemwell July 16, 1902 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. March 13, 1904 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Axium Green “A G” Wallace April 29, 1904 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Ewing Shemwell April 23, 1907 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Delmar Lloyd Shemwell March 6, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Lester Morris Shemwell September 4, 1914 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Susan Whitehurst December 1, 1915 (Age 51 years) Address: Center Point Com. |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a father | Littleberry “Berry” Wallace February 8, 1920 (Age 56 years) Cause: Influenza |
| Death of a brother | Martin VanBuren Wallace April 23, 1920 (Age 56 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace August 13, 1923 (Age 59 years) Cause: Carsenoma of the liver |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Fannie Wallace June 2, 1931 (Age 67 years) Cause: Acute Ascending Paralysis |
 Death | November 3, 1933 (Age 69 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Littleberry “Berry” Wallace Birth: February 17, 1838 24 20 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1920 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Susan Whitehurst Birth: December 1, 1845 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1, 1915 — Centerpoint, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 20, 1859 — |
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19 months elder brother |
Martin VanBuren Wallace Birth: August 24, 1860 22 14 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 23, 1920 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace Birth: March 28, 1863 25 17 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 13, 1923 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months herself |
Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace Birth: 1864 25 18 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 3, 1933 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sibling |
… Wallace Birth: 1867 28 21 Death: 1867 |
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-4 months younger sister |
Lucy Jane Wallace Birth: September 12, 1866 28 20 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 25, 1954 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Fannie Wallace Birth: March 27, 1869 31 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 2, 1931 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace Birth: 1871 32 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1947 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Dudley Monroe Wallace Birth: 1873 34 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1949 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Joshua “Commander” Wallace Birth: March 15, 1875 37 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 16, 1944 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Yateman Wallace Birth: October 1877 39 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 18, 1960 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Dora Wallace Birth: April 1880 42 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Mattie Bell Wallace Birth: April 15, 1882 44 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1962 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months younger sister |
Mannie Wallace Birth: 1882 43 36 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 1946 — Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Berry Wallace Jr. Birth: October 20, 1889 51 43 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1974 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with William Henry Morris |
| husband |
William Henry Morris Death: |
| herself |
Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace Birth: 1864 25 18 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 3, 1933 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Callie Emaline Morris Birth: August 4, 1882 18 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 10, 1964 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Oscar Morris Death: |
| son |
Harvey Morris Death: |
| daughter |
Grace Morris Death: |
| daughter |
Lucy Morris Death: |
| daughter |
Elzie Morris Death: |
| Note | Married to Henry Morris and lived in Trigg Co., KentuckySome records say she is buried in Lee Cemetery in Dover TN(but I think they are wrong)
Burial Lee Cemetery Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States-- I don't think this is right because the family says she was buried on the family farm in Trigg Co., KY. along with her husband William Henry Morris. |