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Note: 1. Maude Wallace was a music teacher in the Mexico public schools. 2. William Samuel Wallace was a city policeman in Mexico, MO. 3. Copied from the Mexico Ledger of 3 Nov 1924: "W.H. WALLACE DIES AT HOME MONDAY MORN. Resident In This County For Over Fifty Years Succumbs To Illness That Has Ravaged Him For The Last Nineteen Years William Henry Wallace, 84, former county assessor and city clerk, died at his home on South Jefferson street about 1:30 Monday morning. His death was directly due to a paralysis of the throut. He had been an invalid for nineteen years. Mr. Wallace was born in Clark county, Kentucky, near Winchester, where he received the major part of his education. He started teaching school when 20 years old, but moved to Audrain county with his parents in 1865. He was elected county assessor in 1870, serving in that capacity for two terms. In 1873 he married the charming daughter of John Ellis, Miss Rosa Ellis. They moved to Mexico the following year. After moving into Mexico, Mr. Wallace began dealing extensively in live stock of all kinds in connection with his livery barn, which he opened about that time. He was elected city collector of Mexico in 1894, serving in that capacity for a term of four years. He later bought the Mexico Steam Laundry, but due to failing health was forced to retire from active business in 1904. Mr. Wallace has always been patient and uncomplaining during the nine- teen years that he has been an invalid. He was admired and loved by all his friends for that quality of his that enabled him to stand the ravages of his illness for so many years without a word of complaint. Fifty-five years ago, when at the age of 29, Mr. Wallace joined the Methodist Episcopal Church (South) at which time the Rev. H.A. Bourland was the resident pastor of Mexico. He has been a devoted member of that church since, having served it to the best of his ability constantly. Mr. Wallace is survived by his wife and four children, Maude Orita, William Samuel Ellis, Mrs. A.D. Bledsoe, all of Mexico and James of Paris, Mo. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the home. The Rev. F.C. Tucker will officiate. The pallbearers will be: S.P. Emmons, Earl Cunningham, W.D. Adams, C.R. Adams, W.D. Lee and Sam Locke, all of whome have been intimate friends of his for a number of years. The honorary pallbearers will be: George Marshall, W.H. Upham, J.C. Ringo, W.J. Rixey, Capt. D.S. Burrows, and C.F. Clark. Mr. Wallace made numerous friends during his life time here who will mourn his death at this time." 4. Copied from the Mexico Intelligencer of 3 Nov 1924: "W.H. WALLACE DEAD AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Former County Assessor and City Treasurer Passed Away Early Monday; Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon. William Henry Wallace, 84 years old, former county assessor and city collector, and father of William Sam Wallace, chief of Police, and Miss Maude Orita Wallace, supervisor of music in the Mexico public schools, died early Monday morning at his home on South Jefferson Street. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home, by the Rev. Frank Tucker, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery. The pall- bearers will be S.P. Emmons, Earl Cunningham, W.D. Adams, C.R. Adams, W.D. Lee and Sam Locke. Honorary pallbearers: George Marshall, W.J. Rixey, J.C. Ringo, W.H. Upham, C.F. Clark and Captain D.S. Burroughs. Mr. Wallace was born in near Winchester in Clark County, Kentucky, on May 2, 1840. He was educated in the Clark county public schools and at the age of 20 began teaching. In 1865 he moved with his parents, James H. and Margaret Wallace to Audrain county. Five years later he was elected county assessor and becaue of his faithfulness to the public, was re-elected later to serve another term. In 1873 Mr. Wallace married Miss Rosa Ellis, daughter of John Ellis. They moved to Mexico in 1874, at which time he began to deal extensively in stock. From 1894 to 1898 he served as city collector. Later he purchased the Mexico Steam Laundry, but was forced to retire from active business in 1904 on account of failing health. Mr. Wallace has been an invalid for nineteen years as the result of a fall. Through this long number of years he had been patient, enjoying his life with his family and friends who visited him daily. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and was active in the work of the church as long as his health permitted. He united with the church in 1871 under the Rev. H.A. Bourland, pastor. Deceased is survived by his wife and two children mentioned above. Mr. Wallace also leaves a sister, Mrs. A.D. Bledsoe and a brother, James Wallace, who resides at Paris." 5. Copied from the 13 Jun 1949 issue of the Mexico Ledger: "MRS. WALLACE, ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS, DIES Rites Monday For Mother Of Miss Maude Wallace Mrs. William Henry Walace, 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 20, 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. 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 American Revolution and the Fitzhugh Lee chapter of the United Daughters of 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." SOURCES INCLUDE: Marriage records of Audrain county, MO, Book :79. Elmwood Cemetery (H-149). 1910 Audrain county, MO census [ED 15, page 4 A] 1920 Mexico, Audrain co., MO census [ED 16, page 1 A] Mexico Evening Ledger 3 Nov 1924 and 13 Jun 1949. Missouri Death Certificate #30948 .
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