James Cosby Wallace

1840 - 1924  (83 years)

• Name	James Cosby Wallace
  Birth	26 Aug 1840	Crab Orchard (Elkhorn), Ray County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1924	Wallace Cemetery, Hammond, Ozark County, Missouri, USA
  Death	24 Feb 1924	Ozark County, Missouri, USA
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Sarah Jane Wallace,   b. 20 Dec 1838, Ray County, Missouri, USA ▻ Noah McGuire,  m. 29 Nov 1855   2. James Cosby Wallace,   b. 26 Aug 1840, Crab Orchard (Elkhorn), Ray County, Missouri, USA d. 24 Feb 1924, Ozark County, Missouri, USA  (Age 83 years) ▻ Saloma Elizabeth St. Clair,  m. 2 Jul 1865   3. Mary Wallace,   b. 1842, Ray County, Missouri, USA d. 1844, Ray County, Missouri, USA  (Age 2 years)   4. Martha Wallace,   b. 1 Apr 1844, Ray County, Missouri, USA ▻ Phillip Siegal;   Robert Hutchings   5. John Turner Wallace,   b. 21 Jun 1846, Ray County, Missouri, USA ▻ Hannah Jane Frederick   6. Ephriam Hill "Doc" Wallace,   b. 27 Jul 1848, Ray County, Missouri, USA ▻ Minerva Smith   7. Ellen Wallace,   b. 2 May 1855, Ray County, Missouri, USA ▻ Robert Ellis   8. Joseph Meyers Wallace,   b. 22 Nov 1858, Ray County, Missouri, USA d. 1 Feb 1930, Fruitland, Payette County, Idaho, USA  (Age 71 years) ▻ Laura A. Hinds,  m. 4 Mar 1879
  Notes	James Cosby Wallace enlisted in the Union Army in Richmond, Missouri, in January 1863. He served as a private in Company K, 6th Regimental Cavalry. He was discharged in July 1865. His service records describe him as 5'8 1/2" tall, with a light complexion, sandy hair, and grey eyes. After his marriage, he lived in Webster County, Missouri, for three years, and then moved to Arkansas for one year. At the time of the 1870 census, the family was living in Fishing River Township, Ray County, Missouri. He supposedly returned to Webster County, and later moved to Ozark County, Missouri. At the time of the 1900 census, he was living in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri. James Cosby Wallace and Saloma St. Clair met in northern Arkansas while he was serving in the army.
  Person ID	I2012	Private
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	David Oliver Wallace,   b. 17 Jun 1815, McDonough or Schuyler County, Illinois, or Indiana, USA d. 21 Aug 1900, Hammond, Ozark County, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ellender Turner,   b. 22 Sep 1819, Elkhorn, Ray County, Missouri, USA d. 20 Feb 1894, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1837	Ray County, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Saloma Elizabeth St. Clair,   b. 29 Jan 1849, probably near Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA d. 31 Jan 1911 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1865	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Mary Ellen Wallace,   b. 7 Aug 1866, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1931 (Age 64 years)   2. David Oliver Wallace,   b. 11 Nov 1867, Seymour, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 6 Nov 1939, Hammond, Ozark County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)   3. William Dow Wallace,   b. 20 Dec 1869, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. Dec 1937 (Age 67 years)   4. Austa Jane Wallace,   b. 20 Dec 1869, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 14 Mar 1942, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)   5. Mattie Wallace,   b. cir 1870, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. IN INFANCY   6. John Grant Wallace,   b. 1873, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1936 (Age 63 years)   7. Joseph Homer Wallace,   b. 7 Jun 1875, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1932 (Age 56 years)   8. Josephine Wallace,   b. 7 Jun 1875, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 10 Jul 1875 (Age 0 years)   9. Saloma Elizabeth Wallace,   b. 1877, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1916 (Age 39 years)   10. James Samuel Wallace,   b. 1879, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1931 (Age 52 years)   11. Oran Cosby Wallace,   b. 1886, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1956, Hammond, Ozark County, Missouri, USA (Age 70 years)   12. Charles "Bat" Wallace,   b. 1887, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1953 (Age 66 years)   13. Coda A. Wallace,   b. 1891, Webster County, Missouri, USA d. 1949 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Aug 1840 - Crab Orchard (Elkhorn), Ray County, Missouri, USA Marriage - 2 Jul 1865 - Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Burial - 1924 - Wallace Cemetery, Hammond, Ozark County, Missouri, USA   Death - 24 Feb 1924 - Ozark County, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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