Wallace, a slave of widow Minerva Fox, who was living in Clay County, Missouri, when the Civil War broke out, enrolled in the military April 4, 1864 in Liberty, MO. He was discharged February 5, 1866 from Camp Parapet in Louisana, with a disability of the loss of his little finger of the right hand. How long it took for him to get home is not known, but his daughter Lucy, in 1937, told the reporter from the Scottsbluff Star-Herald the story of Wallace's homecoming from the Civil War. "Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do. I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City." It is most likely that this all didn't take place in just one day and then because they were all emancipated by the time Wallace returned, they were able to go make a life for themselves in Kansas City. When they reached Kansas City, Lucy said, "At that time, Kansas City had only two houses. We've been there since Hec(brother Henry?) was a pup."
He was the father of Lucinda 'Lucy', Millard, William, Minnie, Charles Quinn 'Bishop', James Owens, Emma, Henry, and grandfather of Daisy according to Census reports.
Wallace, in 1900, was living in Delaware, Leavenworth, Kansas, in the 'Old Soldiers Home.'
His wife Annie Arthur was collecting his pension after Wallace's death(no other information known about her). It is my belief that Annie could have been the second wife of Wallace since his daughter Lucy was only 11 years younger than Annie and most of Lucy's sibling were born before Annie and Wallace were married in 1880.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Dec 5, 1937 and Feb 6, 1944
He was the father of Lucinda 'Lucy', Millard, William, Minnie, Charles Quinn 'Bishop', James Owens, Emma, Henry, and grandfather of Daisy according to Census reports.
Wallace, in 1900, was living in Delaware, Leavenworth, Kansas, in the 'Old Soldiers Home.'
His wife Annie Arthur was collecting his pension after Wallace's death(no other information known about her). It is my belief that Annie could have been the second wife of Wallace since his daughter Lucy was only 11 years younger than Annie and most of Lucy's sibling were born before Annie and Wallace were married in 1880.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Dec 5, 1937 and Feb 6, 1944
Wallace, a slave of widow Minerva Fox, who was living in Clay County, Missouri, when the Civil War broke out, enrolled in the military April 4, 1864 in Liberty, MO. He was discharged February 5, 1866 from Camp Parapet in Louisana, with a disability of the loss of his little finger of the right hand. How long it took for him to get home is not known, but his daughter Lucy, in 1937, told the reporter from the Scottsbluff Star-Herald the story of Wallace's homecoming from the Civil War. "Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do. I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City." It is most likely that this all didn't take place in just one day and then because they were all emancipated by the time Wallace returned, they were able to go make a life for themselves in Kansas City. When they reached Kansas City, Lucy said, "At that time, Kansas City had only two houses. We've been there since Hec(brother Henry?) was a pup."
He was the father of Lucinda 'Lucy', Millard, William, Minnie, Charles Quinn 'Bishop', James Owens, Emma, Henry, and grandfather of Daisy according to Census reports.
Wallace, in 1900, was living in Delaware, Leavenworth, Kansas, in the 'Old Soldiers Home.'
His wife Annie Arthur was collecting his pension after Wallace's death(no other information known about her). It is my belief that Annie could have been the second wife of Wallace since his daughter Lucy was only 11 years younger than Annie and most of Lucy's sibling were born before Annie and Wallace were married in 1880.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Dec 5, 1937 and Feb 6, 1944
He was the father of Lucinda 'Lucy', Millard, William, Minnie, Charles Quinn 'Bishop', James Owens, Emma, Henry, and grandfather of Daisy according to Census reports.
Wallace, in 1900, was living in Delaware, Leavenworth, Kansas, in the 'Old Soldiers Home.'
His wife Annie Arthur was collecting his pension after Wallace's death(no other information known about her). It is my belief that Annie could have been the second wife of Wallace since his daughter Lucy was only 11 years younger than Annie and most of Lucy's sibling were born before Annie and Wallace were married in 1880.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Dec 5, 1937 and Feb 6, 1944
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