Re: Wm. Wallace, b. 1808, TN, later Alton IL
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Re: Wm. Wallace, b. 1808, TN, later Alton IL
David Erickson 2/03/01
My great great grandfather was Elijah Wallace born possibly 1816. According to1870 census he was 54 years old, but 1860 census has him and wife both 26. I believe the age 26 is incorrect. I can't find any record of him being in the civil war and he died before 1880. He married Sarah Peterson in 1851 in Illinois. If the census records are correct she was only 17 at the time.They had the following children with approx. birth years: Jasper 1854, Laura 1856/'57, Mary Sophronia 1859 (my great grandmother), James 1861, John W 1863, Colombus (Leandor?) 1867, Samuel 1870. Maybe there is a connection.
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