Martin VanBuren WallaceAge: 59 years1860–1920
- Name
- Martin VanBuren Wallace
- Given names
- Martin VanBuren
- Surname
- Wallace
 Birth | August 24, 1860 22 14 |
 Birth of a sister | Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace March 28, 1863 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace 1864 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 months)Note: 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 6 years) |
| Birth of a sibling | … Wallace 1867 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sibling | … Wallace 1867 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dudley Monroe Wallace 1873 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joshua “Commander” Wallace March 15, 1875 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Yateman Wallace October 1877 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 19 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mattie Bell Wallace April 15, 1882 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mannie Wallace 1882 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Berry Wallace Jr. October 20, 1889 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Axium Green “A G” Wallace April 29, 1904 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Susan Whitehurst December 1, 1915 (Age 55 years) Address: Center Point Com. |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 59 years) Cause: Influenza |
 Death | April 23, 1920 (Age 59 years) Cause of death: Typhoid Fever |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Taylor's Chapel Cemetery |
| 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 himself |
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 younger 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 younger sister |
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 |
| Note | Married to Mary "Bettie" Elizabeth Taylor in 1880 in Dover, Stewart Co., TN. She was born Jan. 18, 1862 in Stewart Co., TN, per obituary she died in July 22, 1943 in Bumpus Mills Tn of Cardiovascular Renal Disease. Martin Van Buren died of Typhoid Fever. |