Edward E Wallace

Edward E Wallace

Before the war

He was born on 1 March 1825, in Rochester, New York, to John Wallace and [unknown]. [sources: date: 22, 38, 44; 14 (37 in 1861), 21 (44 in 1870), 22 (75 in 1900), 44 (20 in 1846). place: 21, 22, 38. parents: 38]

He served in the "old wars", that is, the wars between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. He enlisted in company F of the First Regiment on 1 December 1846. He marched to Pittsburgh, was mustered in at Pittsburgh as a sergeant on 15 December 1846 by Lieutenant Fields. He was promoted to First Sergeant on 11 June 1847. He was left sick in hospital at Perote on 29 November 1847. He rejoined his company before 29 February 1848. He mustered out with his company on 28 July 1848. [sources: 4, 16, 25, 32, 33, 43, 44, 45]

In 1849/50, he married Martha Jane Vandergrift. She was born on 19 October 1824, in Pennsylvania, to Joseph Vandergrift and Ester Woodington. They apparently had six children, including these:

[sources: 22 (6 children, 3 alive in 1900), 23, 24, 51, 57]

In 1850, he was living in the 3rd ward of Spring Garden, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was a painter. He was living with his wife Martha and child Joseph. [source: 23]

In 1860, he was living in the 14th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a painter, and owned $3000 in real estate, and $300 in personal property. He was living with his wife Martha, four children, and two other people. [source: 24]

In 1860/61, he had a paint store at the northwest corner of Ridge Avenue and Coates. He lived at 674 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 54]

When he enlisted, he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 14]

During the war

He served in company B of the 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The company was mustered in on 30 April 1861, and the regiment was mustered out on 24 July 1861. He served as Captain. [sources: 4, 13, 16, 32, 33, 45]

On 20 August 1861, the War Department authorized him to recruit an infantry regiment. He began recruiting a regiment by 29 August 1861. A recruiting poster for company K of his regiment, commanded by Charles L Brown, dated 2 September 1861, describes his regiment as a regiment of "Sharp Shooters". His regiment was camped on Islington Lane, across from Odd Fellows' Cemetery, not far from Colonel Gregory's. On 31 August 1861, he advertised a meeting of company commanders for 11 AM. [sources: 1 (page 186), 19, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42]

By 19 September 1861, he was in camp at Camp Edwards, on Islington Lane, opposite Odd Fellows' Cemetery. [sources: 28, 40]

On 25 September 1861, the Philadelphia Press reported that his regiment had 600 men in it, and would be one of the "first now forming in this city to leave for the seat of war". Their regiment headquarters had been used by Colonel Chantry's regiment--but had been thoroughly cleaned before Wallace moved in (!). [source: 41]

His regiment was consolidated with Gregory's regiment in October 1861, by the 19th. [sources: 1 (page 186), 33]

He enlisted on 20 August 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A newspaper article in November 1861 described him as an "efficient officer". He was mustered into service, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel on 4 December 1861. He was enlisted and mustered into service by Lt Col Ruff. [sources: 1, 4, 9, 14, 14, 17, 39, 44, 55, 58]

He and Major Todd did most of the instruction while the regiment was in Alexandria, since Colonel Gregory was Provost Marshall. [sources: 1 (p.186), 8]

On 16 June 1862, Andrew Brown (C) reported to his father and sister that he had received the paper they sent with Col Wallace. [source: 50]

On 29 June 1862, he, along with the other commissioned officers in the regiment (except Colonel Gregory), signed a statement denying accusations that they were on the verge of open mutiny, that the regiment had been reduced to 400 men, and that Colonel Gregory was too lenient to Confederates and too harsh to men in the regiment. [source: 26]

He presided over a general court martial, in Alexandria Virginia, formed by special order 157, Headquarters, Military District of Washington, 9 August 1862. It was originally to meet at the corner of 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, at 10 o'clock on Monday 11 August 1862. It was then moved to Alexandria Virginia. [sources: 10, 11, 20, 49]

The court martial found Enoch Brewster and Alpheus Bowman guilty and sentenced them to be dismissed. [sources: 10, 20]

The court martial also found John Mann guilty of striking a non-commissioned officer and striking at a commissioned officer, and sentenced him to lose all pay and allowances and to be confined at hard labor for the remainder of his term. [source: 49]

He was discharged on 10 January 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability. He was the 91st's Lieutenant Colonel. [sources: 1 (resigned p.188), 4, 5 (discharged), 7, 9, 14, 17 (1 Jan 63), 44, 55, 58]

On 16 June 1863, he announced that he was raising a new regiment, with its headquarters at the Northwest corner of Ridge Avenue and Coates Street. His rendezvous was Commissioners' Hall, Spring Garden and Thirteenth Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 37, 46, 47, 48]

After the war

When he registered for the draft in 1863, he was a painter, and lived at 1115 Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.His paint store was at the northwest corner of Ridge avenue and Coates Street [sources: 53, 54]

In 1870, he was living in the 20th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a painter, and owned $15,000 in real estate and $6,000 in personal property. He was living with his wife Martha, and his children Joseph, Catharine, and Emma. [source: 21]

In 1870/71, he was living at 1511 Swain, and had a paint business at 1416 Ridge Avenue, with Ellwood W Leighton. [source: 54]

In 1880, he was living at 1527 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Martha Wallace, and children Joseph, Kate, and Imagen, and their families. He worked in painter supplies. [source: 15]

In 1881, he had a store at 1416-1418 Ridge Avenue and 1417-1419 Fairmount Avenue, which sold glass shades, wax materials, painters', stone cutters', and laundry supplies. He lived at 1527 Fairmount Avenue. [source: 54]

He was on the committee of arrangements for the 1884 meeting of the 91st's Survivors' Association, and attended the meeting. [sources: 2, 3, 36]

In 1890, he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had rheumatic pleurisy. He worked in paints at 1416-17 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 17]

In 1891, he had a store at 1416-1418 Ridge Avenue and 1417-1419 Fairmount Avenue, which sold painters' supplies, artist and wax flower materials, glass shades for covering clocks , etc. [source: 54]

In 1900, he was living at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had a paint and [illegible] business. He was living with his wife Martha, two daughters, a granddaughter, and a servant. [source: 22]

He applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension on 12 May 1902 [sources: 4, 16]

Effective 2 March 1907, he received a pension of $20 per month, under the Act of 6 February 1907. The certificate was dated 13 September 1907. [source: 56]

He died at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, on 2 January 1908, of uraemia, with chronic interstitial nephritis contributing. Members of the Eastern Star Lodge No 186 F and AM (Free and Accepted Masons), and of the Colonel Frederick Taylor Post No 19 Grand Army of the Republic, were invited to attend the funeral services. He was buried at Mt Peace Cemetery, on 6 January 1908. [sources: 4, 27, 38, 44, 52, 56]

On 1 February 1908, Martha Vandegrift Wallace, died, at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died of pulmonary edema, with dilatation of the heart contributing. On 3 February 1908, she was buried, in Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [sources: 51, 57]

Sources

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster, and on pages 186 and 188)

2 [untitled note about plans for an 1884 reunion of the 91st]. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail, 20 September 1884, page 5, column 4.

3 'The Ninety-first'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail, 20 December 1884, page 6 column 2.

4 pension index, by regiment (Edward E Wallace)

5 Official Army Register

6 Joseph Welch. 'Address of Chaplain Joseph Welch'. In Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, Major-General John F. Reynolds, and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle. Volume 1: 1914. Pages 500-507, at page 500

7 Thomas F Walter, 'Personal recollections and experiences of an obscure soldier'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail volume 3 issue 38 page 2.

8 Thomas F Walter, 'Personal recollections and experiences of an obscure soldier'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail volume 3 number 35 page 2.

9 Regimental descriptive book

10 general order 27, HQ Military District of Washington, 12 September 1862 (Lieutenant Colonel Wallace)

11 court martial file, Alpheus Bowman

12 Heitman, Francis B. Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. (no reference to Wallace)

13 Bates (see #1), p.187 (20th Pennsylvania Infantry) (Edward E Wallace, Captain)

14 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 5 May 2004 (Edward E Wallace)

15 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 253, microfilm series T9, film 1174, page 68 C = 3 handwritten (Edward E Wallace)

16 pension index, by name, searched 21 May 2004 (Edward E Wallace)

17 1890 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 265, page 1 (image 1513 on Ancestry), line 1 (Edward E Wallace)

18 1890 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory (Edward E Wallace) [This is the only Edward E Wallace in the transcription on Ancestry]

19 recruiting poster, for company K, Captain Brown, of Edward Wallace's regiment (Edw'd E Wallace)

20 court martial record, Enoch Brewster (Lt Col Wallace)

21 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20th ward 67th district, microfilm series M593, film 1407, page 574 = page 16 [?] handwritten (Edward E Wallace)

22 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 15, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 261, microfilm series T623, film 1457, page 278 = 7B handwritten (Edward E Wallace)

23 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, 2nd precinct of 3rd ward Spring Garden, microfilm series M432, film 818, page 29 (Edwin [sic] E Wallace)

24 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 14th ward 1st division, microfilm series M653, film 1164, pages 213-214 = 213-214 handwritten (Edw Wallace)

25 Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth series, volume X, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery. (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1907.) Transcribed at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/mexican/mexican-5.txt (in PA UsGenWeb Archives, viewed 5 August 2006)] (Edward E Wallace)

26 'Ninety-first Pennsylvania Regiment'. Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 July 1862, page 2 (Edward E Wallace)

27 'Register's notes'. Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 February 1909 (Edward E Wallace)

28 'The Camps near the Schuylkill River'. Philadelphia Inquirer 26 September 1861, page 8 (Colonel Wallace)

29 'Captains and others commanding companies' Philadelphia Inquirer, 31 August 1861, page 5, also 2 September page 5 (E E Wallace)

30 'Attention, Captain of companies Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 August 1861, page 5 (also 28 Aug 1861 page 5) (E E Wallace)

31 'The Wallace Regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 September 1861, page 5 (also 6 September page 5) (E E Wallace)

32 'Col. Wallace's Regiment' Philadelphia Inquirer 4 October 1861 page 8 (Ed E Wallace)

33 'Camp Chase at Gray's Ferry' Philadelphia Inquirer 19 October 1861 page 8 (E E Wallace)

34 'Camp Chase', Philadelphia Inquirer 30 November 1861 (E Wallace)

35 'Departure of Col. Gregory's regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 22 January 1862 page 2 (E Wallace)

36 'G.A.R.', Philadelphia Inquirer 6 September 1884, page 3 (EE Wallace)

37 'A new regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 16 June 1863 page 8 (EE Wallace)

38 death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 Jan [?] 1908 (Edward E Wallace)

39 'Ninety-first regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers' Philadelphia Press Wednesday 27 November 1861, page 2 (Lieutenant Colonel Wallace)

40 'Colonel Wallace's regiment'. Philadelphia Press Thursday 19 September 1861, p.2 (Edward E Wallace)

41 'Col Wallace's regiment', Philadelphia Press, Wednesday 25 September 1861 page 1 (Ed E Wallace)

42 'Col Wallace's regiment', Press, Monday 30 September 1861, page 2 (Ed E Wallace)

43 'Col Wallace's regiment' (Press Tuesday 1 October 1861, page 1) (Ed E Wallace)

44 Randy W. Hackenburg. Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico. Shippensburg PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1992. Page 149. (Edward E Wallace)

45 'Letter from the Ninety-first', Philadelphia Inquirer 5 February 1862, page 2 (E E Wallace)

46 'Headquarters', Philadelphia Press Wednesday 1 July 1863, page 3 [essentially the same article at 30 June 1863 p.2; and Monday 29 June 1863 page 3]) (E E Wallace)

47 'The undersigned proposes ...' (Philadelphia Press Tuesday 16 June 1863 page 3) (E E Wallace)

48 'Preparations to meet the threatened raid--response of the people' (Philadelphia Press, Tuesday 16 June 1863, page 2) (E E Wallace)

49 National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 153. Court-martial case file KK-213 (Lt Col Wallace)

50 letter, Andrew Brown to his father and sister, 16 June 1862, Alexandria, Virginia, in his father's pension certificate file, WC 134,972 (Col Wallace)

51 'Edward E Wallace', in Balles Family Tree (an Ancestry family tree), owner lcbh724, accessed 27 December 2014 (Edward E Wallace)

52 death notice, Philadelphia inquirer, Friday 3 January 1908, p.5 (Edward E Wallace)

53 Consolidated lists of Civil War draft registration records, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 110 (Edward E Wallace)

54 Philadelphia city directories, transcribed 27 December 2014, from Fold3

55 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Edward E Wallace)

56 Veterans administration, pension payment cards, 1907-1933 (Edward E Wallace)

57 Philadelphia Pennsylvania death certificate, 1 February 1908, #3330 (Martha Vandegrift Wallace)

58 muster-out roll, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, record group 19, series 19.11, records of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs (Edward E Wallace)

Note on another Edward Wallace

An Edward Wallace who lived in Philadelphia served in the 107th Pennsylvania. I've summarized some of the evidence about him below:

Index to the compiled service records (accessed on Fold3, 28 December 2014)
Edward E Wallace, 107th PA in co. B and in Field and Staff, as private and sergeant; cross reference to Edward *D* Wallace
ARIAS cards (accessed on PA State Archives, 28 December 2014)
Edward D Wallace in F&S 107th, referring to company B
B 107th Edward D Wallace: enlisted on 29 November 1861 at Philadelphia, mustered in 23 January 1862 as a private at Harrisburg, and discharged 30 April 1865, age at enrollment 23, and the muster out record showing his age as 32
1890 veterans census (Philadelphia, e.d. 139, image 533 of 2610 on Ancestry, also available on FamilySearch)
Edward Wallace, served as private in the 107th PA from 23 Jan 1862 to 30 Apr 1865, residence 416 South 17th Street
1891 Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory, page 1922 (accessed 28 December 2014, on Fold3)
'" [sc. Wallace] Edward D., clothing, 416 S 17th'
1880 census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, (e.d. 126, page 158 C = 7 handwritten) (FamilySearch)
Edward Wallace, 51, second dealer, born Ohio, living with his wife Jennie (36, b. NJ), at 407 South 17th st
1881 Gopsill's directory page 1678 (accessed 28 December 2014, on Fold3)
'Wallace Edward D., clothing, 407 S 17th'
Philadelphia death certificate (FamilySearch)
Edward D Wallace, 76 years old, died on 18 July 1904 at Philadelphia, married, no occupation, was buried in Mt Moriah
Death notice (Philadelphia Inquirer, Tuesday 19 July 1904, page 7, accessed 28 December 2014 on GenealogyBank)
'WALLACE.--On July 18, 1904, EDWARD D, husband of Elise Wallace and son of the late William and Elizabeth Wallace, aged 75 years. Relatives and friends of family are invited to attend funeral services, Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at his late residence, 417 S 16th st. Interment private.'

Sources checked unsuccessfully

1910 US census
Ancestry index (accessed 14 Jun 15)
1920 US census
Ancestry index (accessed 14 Jun 15)
1930 US census
Ancestry index (accessed 14 Jun 15)
1940 US census
Ancestry index (accessed 14 Jun 15)
Find a grave
accessed 27 December 2014
Pennsylvania, veterans burial cards, 1777-1999
Ancestry index (accessed 27 December 2014)
headstone applications for US military veterans, 1925-1949
FamilySearch index (accessed 27 December 2014)

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Edward E Wallace in the 91st PA database

Pennsylvania Archives

[source: Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth series, volume X, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1907. Transcribed at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/mexican/mexican-5.txt (in PA UsGenWeb Archives, viewed 5 August 2006)]

WALLACE, EDWARD E., 22, 1st. Sergt., Co. F, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Phila. Dec. 1846 marched to Pittsburg; mustered in Dec. 15, 1846 at Pittsburg, Pa. by Lt. Fields; Sergt. from enrollment to June 11, 1847 then 1st. Sergt.; discharged July 28, 1848.



1850 census

[1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, 2nd precinct of 3rd ward Spring Garden, microfilm series M432, film 818, page 29]
[identification is * ]
line29303132
Dwellings visited393   
Families visited424   
NameEdwin E. WallaceMartha DoJoseph H DoStricklaus Vandegrift
Age24253/1224
SexMFMM
Color    
Occupation of males over 15 yearsPainter  Carpenter
Real estate owned    
BirthplaceDo [sc. Pennsylvania]DoDoDo
Married within year    
Attended school within year    
Over 20 & can't read/write    
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc.    

1860 census

[1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 14th ward 1st division, microfilm series M653, film 1164, pages 213-214 = 213-214 handwritten]
[identification is * ]
line343536373839401
Dwelling number1358       
Family number1513       
NameEdw. WallaceMarthaJnoKateEmmaMarthaSarah Sexple [?]Henry Grimm
Age3637108511821
Sexmfmffffm
Color        
OccupationPainter      Painter
Value of real estate owned3000       
Value of personal estate300       
Place of birth[illegible]PennaPhila"""PennaGermany
[the place of birth for Edw Wallace looks like 'U Cascada' ?] 
Married within year        
Attended school within year  11    
Cannot read & write        
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc.        

1870 census

[1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20th ward 67th district, microfilm series M593, film 1407, page 574 = page 16 [?] handwritten]
[identification is * ]
line29303132333435
Dwelling-house number796      
Family number820      
NameWallace Edward E- Martha- Joseph W- Catharine- EmmaWeber RebeccaBrown [?] Mary
Age44452019143527
SexMFMFFFF
ColorWWWWWWW
OccupationPainterKeeping houseClerk in StoreAt HomeAttending SchoolClerk in Dyer'sClerk in Store
Real estate value15000      
Personal estate value6000      
BirthplaceNew YorkPennaPennaPennaPennaDelawarePenna
Father foreign born1    1 
Mother foreign born1    1 
Birth month if born within year       
Marriage month if married within year       
Attended school past year    1  
Can't read       
Can't write       
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc.       
Male US citizen at least 21 years old1      
Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ...       

1880 census

[1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 253, microfilm series T9, film 1174, page 68 C = 3 handwritten]
[identification is * ]
line91011121314151617
street nameFairmount Ave
house number1527        
dwelling visit #21        
family visit #21        
nameWallace Edward E- Martha- Joseph WPierce Kate EEmerson ImagenEmmerson Worthington [?]Pierce EdwardEmmerson MarthaCarnan [?] Mary M
colorWWWWWWWWW
sexMFMFFMMFF
age54543028233041/1233
month born if born in year       May 
relationship WifeSonDaughterDoSon in LawGrandSonDo [sc. Grand] Daughter 
single  1    11
married11 111   
widowed/divorced         
married during year         
occupationPainter SuppliesKeeping HouseAt Home BoardingTravelling Salesman Drugs  Cook
months unemployed         
currently ill?         
blind         
deaf/dumb         
idiotic         
insane         
disabled         
school this year         
can't read         
can't write         
birthplaceN YorkPennaDoDoDoDoDistrict ColumbiaPennaPenna
father's birthplaceScotlandPennaDoDoDoDoDoDoDo
mother's birthplaceScotlandPennaDoDoDoDoDoDoDo

[1890 veterans' schedule]

[1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 265, page 1 (image 1513 on Ancestry)
[identification is confirmed by reference to his service in the 91st]

[line] 1
[house] 15
[family] 19
[name] Edward E Wallace
[rank] Lt Col
[company] [blank]
[unit] 91 Pa V
[enlistment date] 4 Dec 1861 ['Dec' is written above 'Jan', which is crossed out]
[discharge date] 1 Jan 1863
[length of service] 2 years 6 months 2 days
[post office address] Philada Pa
[disability incurred] Rhuematic pluiersy [sic]
[remarks] [one illegible word--it looks like 'Navy'!?] 4 years

1890 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory

[searched transcription on Ancestry, February 2005. This is the only Edward E Wallace listed there, which of course does not prove that it is the correct Edward Wallace, but the 1900 census confirms it]
Edward E Wallace, paints, 1416 Ridge av & 1417 & h 1529 Fairmont av

1900 census

[1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 15, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 261, microfilm series T623, film 1457, page 278 = 7B handwritten]
[identification is * ]
line848586878889
streetFairmount Ave
house number1529     
dwelling number119     
family number156     
nameWallace Edward E- MarthaPierce Kate EEmerson Imogine- Martha WMatney Susan
relationshipHeadWifeDaughterDaughterG DaughterServant
colorWWWWWC
sexMFFFFF
birth dateMar 1825Oct 1824Dec 1852June 1857May 1880May 1876
age757547422024
married?MMDWSS
# years married5050    
mother of how many children? 611  
# of children living 311  
birthplaceNew YorkPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaMaryland
father's birthplaceScotlandPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaMaryland
mother's birthplaceIrelandPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaMaryland
immigration year      
# years in USA      
naturalized citizen?      
occupationPaint [illegible; looks like '+ ril'?] bus   School TeacherServant
# months not employed0   20
# months in school      
can readyesyesyesyesyesyes
can writeyesyesyesyesyesyes
speaks Englishyesyesyesyesyesyes
owned/rentedO     
free or mortgagedF     
farm/houseH     
# of farm schedule      

index to compiled service records

[index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania]
[transcribed 3 May 2015, from Fold3]


Wallace Edward E
Co. F+S, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Lt Col | Lt Col
See also [blank]

GENERAL INDEX CARD.

muster-out roll

[muster-out roll, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, record group 19, series 19.11, records of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs]
[transcribed from Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869, on Ancestry, 27 May 2015]


Discharged
NUMBER OF EACH GRADE.1
NAMES. PRESENT AND ABSENT.Edward E Wallace
RANK.Lt Col
AGE. 
JOINED FOR SERVICE AND ENROLLED AT GENERAL RENDEZVOUS--COMMENCEMENT OF FIRST PAYMENT BY TIME.WHEN.Dec 4 /61
WHERE.Phila Pa
BY WHOM.Lt Col Ruff
PERIOD.3 years
MUSTERED INTO SERVICE.WHEN.Dec 4 /61
WHERE.Phila Pa
BY WHOM.Lt Col Ruff
LAST PAID.BY PAYMASTER. 
TO WHAT TIME. 
TRAVELING.To place of rendezvous, No. of miles. 
From place of discharge home, No. of miles. 
Clothing ActDue U.S 
Due Soldier 
AMOUNT for clothing in kind, or in money advanced. 
VALUE OF equipments, arms &c., received from the United States, to be paid for if lost or destroyed. 
BountyPaid 
Due 
 
REMARKS
Discharged on Surgeon Certificate of disability Jan 10 /63

draft registration

[Consolidated lists of Civil War draft registration records, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 110]
[transcribed from Ancestry, 27 December 2014, Pennsylvania, 4th district, volume 8 of 11, image 39 of 233]

RESIDENCE. 1115 Brown " [sc. Street]
NAME. 16 Wallace Edward E.
AGE 1st July 1863. 39
" [sc. White]
PROFESSION, OCCUPATION, OR TRADE. Painter
PLACE OF BIRTH. New York
FORMER MILITARY SERVICE. [blank (sic)]
REMARKS. [blank]

VA pension payment cards

[Veterans administration, pension payment cards, 1907-1933, Edward E Wallace]
[transcribed 14 June 2015, from FamilySearch]
[I did not transcribe the reverse of the card, which has payment information]


NAME: Wallace, Edward E. 69.
Certificate No. 1.047.555.
ARMY INVALID.
Law: ACT OF FEB. 6, 1907.
Service: Lt. Col. 91" Pa.
Disability: [blank]

ISSUES.
CLASS.RATE.DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.DATE OF CERTIFICATE.
REISSUE20Mch 2 /07Sept. 13 /07

Fees: [blank]
Transferred from: [blank]
Transferred to: [blank]
Died: 1/2/08.
Bureau notified: 1/8/08.
Remarks: From ACT OF JUNE 27, 1890.
Former Roll No. [blank]
Home: [blank]

city directories

[Philadelphia city directories, transcribed 27 December 2014, from Fold3]
1861 Biddle's directory, page 1024 (transcribed all three Edward Wallace's)
Wallace Edward, shipcarpenter, 511 Commerce
Wallace Edward, brickmaker, 2048 Lombard
Wallace Edward E., paints, N W Ridge av and Coates, h 674 N 12th
1863 Biddle's and McElroy's directory, page 778 (transcribed all three Edward Wallace's)
Wallace Edward, liquor dealer, 615 N 13th, h 1502 Mt Vernon
Wallace Edward, shipcarpenter, 518 North
Wallace Edward E., painter, 1115 Brown
1871 Gopsill's directory, page 1439 (transcribed all four Edward Wallace's)
Wallace Edward, carpenter, h 518 North
Wallace Edward, liquors, 1915 Market
Wallace Edward E. (Wallace & Leighton), h 1511 Swain
Wallace Edward I., fireman, 1113 Anita
[page 1441:] Wallace & Leighton (Edward E. Wallace & Ellwood W. Leighton), paints, 1416 Ridge av
1881 Gopsill's directory page 1678 (transcribed only the one entry)
WALLACE EDWARD E., paints, 1416 Ridge av 1419 & h 1527 Fairmount av
EDW. E. WALLACE,
Wholesale & Retail Dealer in
GLASS SHADES
Round, Oval & Square,
WAX MATERIALS, Etc.
Also Painters', Stone Cutters' & Laundry Supplies
1416 & 1418 Ridge Av, and
1417 & 1419 Fairmount Avenue.
1891 Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory, page 1922 (transcribed only the one entry, set off by lines)
EDWARD E. WALLACE,
DEALER IN
PAINTERS' SUPPLIES,
Artist and Wax Flower Materials;
Glass Shades for Covering Clocks, etc.
1416-18 Ridge Av. & 1417-19 Fairm't Av.,
PHILADELPHIA

death certificate

[death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 Jan [?] 1908, Edward E Wallace]
[source: www.familysearch.org (accessed 17 Oct 2008)]
[the Pennsylvania death certificate, available on Ancestry, has the same information (accessed 16 June 2015)]

RECORD OF A DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE
381
Full Name of Deceased, Edward E. Wallace
Sex, Male
Color, White
Date of Birth Year 1825 Month March Day 1st
Date of Death Year 1908 Month Jan Day 2nd
Age Years 83 Months 2 [sic] Days 1

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Jan 11, 1906, to Jan 2, 1907, that I last saw him alive on Jan 1, 1908, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 7:30 A.M. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:

Chief, Uraemia Duration unknown
Contributing, Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Signed, Edward R. Snader, M.D.
Residence, 1919 Arch St.

UNDERTAKER'S CERTIFICATE.
Occupation, [blank]
Place of Birth, Rochester, N.Y.
Birthplace of Father, N.Y.
Birthplace of Mother, N.Y.
Name of Father, John Wallace
Maiden Name of Mother, unknown
Last Place of Residence (This need only be given when it is other than the place of death.) [blank]
Place of Death, Street and No. 1529 Fairmount Ave.
Ward, wherein death occurred, 15th
Buried from, Street and No. 1529 Fairmount Ave
Date of Burial, Monday Jan 6, 1908
Place of Burial, Mt Peace Cemetery
Chas Wagner, Undertaker
Residence 1530 Fairmount Ave

death notice

[death notice, Philadelphia inquirer, Friday 3 January 1908, p.5]
[transcribed 27 December 2014, from GenealogyBank]

WALLACE.--On January 2, 1908, EDWARD E. WALLACE, in his 83d year. Relatives and friends, also Eastern Star Lodge, No. 186, F and F M, and Colonel Frederick Taylor Post, No 19, G A R, are invited to attend the funeral services, at his late residence, 1529 Fairmount ave on Monday, January 6, at 2 P M precisely. Interment private.

estate accounting

Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 February 1909]
Register's notes
[...]

Jan. 28, WALLACE--Account of The Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Executors of Edward E. Wallace, deceased.

death certificate, Martha Wallace

[Philadelphia Pennsylvania death certificate, 1 February 1908, #3330, Martha Vandegrift Wallace]
[transcribed 14 June 2015, from FamilySearch]


RECORD OF A DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA.
3330

PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE.
Full Name of Deceased, Martha Vandegrift Wallace
Sex, Female Color, White
Widow
Date of Birth Year 1824 Month Oct. Day 19
Date of Death Year 1908 Month Feb. Day 1st
Age Years 83 Months 4 Days 12

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Oct. 1, 1907 to Feb. 1, 1908 that I last saw her alive on Jan. 31, 1908 and that death occurred, on the date stated above at 4:15 AM. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:


Chief, Pulmonary Oedema DURATION Unknown
Contributing, Dilatation of the Heart
Signed, Edward R. Snader, M.D.
Residence, 1919 Arch St

UNDERTAKER'S CERTIFICATE.
Occupation [blank]
Place of Birth, Penna
Birthplace of Father, Penna
Birthplace of Mother, Penna
Name of Father, Joseph Vandegrift
Maiden Name of Mother, Ester Woodington
Last Place of Residence [blank]
Place of Death, Street and No 1529 Fairmount Ave.
Ward, wherein death occurred 15th
Buried from, Street and No. 1529 Fairmount Ave.
Date of Burial, Monday Feb 3rd 1908
Place of Burial Mt. Peace Cemetery
Chas Wagner Undertaker
Residence, 1530 Fairmount Ave

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