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Note: 1. Copied from the Mexico Ledger of 17 May 1894: "A NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. W.H. Wallace and Brother, A. Ellis, Come Near Drowning in Salt River. Mrs. W.H. Wallace, wife of City Collector Wallace, and brother, Arthur Ellis, came near drowning at Reed's bridge on Salt River, just east of Mexico, Thursday. Salt River was out of its banks and over the bridge. While crossing in a buggy the horse became entangled and the buggy turned over. Young Ellis not only saved [his] sister but went back and cut the horse loose from the buggy. The buggy was lost in the flood but the horse was saved. Young Ellis showed great presence of mind and bravery in his prompt action in saving his sister and afterward the horse." 2. Copied from the Mexico Ledger, 13 Jun 1949: "Mrs. Wallace, One of Oldest Residents, Dies Rites Monday For Mother Of Miss Maude Wallace Mrs. William Henry Wallace, 95, one of Mexico's oldest and best known residents, died at her home at 511 S. Jefferson st., Sunday morning at 3:30. Mrs. Wallace, who had been in failing health for some time, suffered a fall at her home Saturday evening. Her recollections included the log cabin in which she was born, the excitement of Civil War days, and the building of the "big house" north of Mexico in which she was the first bride of the pioneer Ellis family. Funeral services were to be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Mexico Methodist church of which she was a member with the pastor, the Rev. G. Clifton Ervin, in charge, and interment in Elmwood cemetery. Those asked to serve as pallbearers included John W. Ellis, Clyde Ellis and Kenneth Kerr of Molino, W.W. Matkins of Moberly and A.B. Edgar and Earl Bledsoe of Mexico. Fourth child of a prominent pioneer family, Rebecca Darby and Squire John Ellis, the former Miss Rebecca Rosetta Ellis was born on August 30, 1853, in north Audrain county. When she was 19 years old she was married to Mr. Wallace of Kentucky on May 25, 1873 at the Ellis home- stead where the couple resided for a year, then moving to Mexico. She was the last surviving of fourteen brothers and sisters. [NOTE: Not true, Octave Ellis was still alive at this time.] Mrs. Wallace was educated in a little log school house, two miles from the Ellis home, and at the Audrain Female Seminary at Mexico. Later she attended Hardin college and the Palmyra Methodist Seminary. For many years she was active in the women's work of the Methodist church having served as district secretary of the Women's Missionary Society. She was also a member of the Mexico chapter of the Daughters of [the] American Revolution and the Fitzhugh Lee chapter of the United Daughters of [the] Confederacy in which she held various offices. Mr. Wallace preceded his wife in death on November 3, 1924, as did an only son, Sam Wallace, former longtime Chief of Police of Mexico, who died in 1931. A daughter, Miss Maude Orita Wallace, former music instructor in the Mexico public schools, survives at the home." 3. Copied from the 14 Jun 1949 issue of the Mexico Ledger: "Funeral Friday For Mrs. W.H. Wallace Last rites for Mrs. William Henry Wallace, who died Sunday morning at her home, were held Monday afternoon at the Mexico Methodist church. The Rev. G. Clifton Ervin, church pastor, conducted the services, and interment was in Elmwood cemetery. Among those from out of town here for the service were: Mr. and Mrs. Carr Phillips of Jefferson City; W.W. Matkin of Moberly; Mr. and Mrs. [Octive] Ellis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Payne Ellis and Francis Ellis of Laddonia. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ellis of Molino; and Mrs. Frances Jacobi O'Meara and Miss Mary Jacobi of Martinsburg." 4. Went to school in Palmyra in 1877. 5. Her death was due to an accidental fall in her home and subsequent cerebral hemmorhage caused by striking her head on a cabinet. SOURCES INCLUDE: 1930 Audrain co., MO census [ED 4-16, Sheet 5A]. Missouri Death Certificate #18538. .
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