Jessie Wallis

Brief Life History of Jessie

When Jessie Wallis was born on 5 March 1823, in Warren, Tennessee, United States, his father, William A Wallace Sr, was 49 and his mother, Ann Morrow, was 45. He married Eliza Ann Whitmire in 1842, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Coal Mountain, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1870. He died on 18 April 1896, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Forsyth, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jessie Wallis
1823–1896
Eliza Ann Whitmire
1826–1908
Marriage: 1842
William Christopher Wallis
1844–1863
John Wallis
1845–1893
Melinda Jane Wallis
1848–1901
George Lewis “Buck” Wallis
1850–1927
David Reeves Wallis
1853–1920
Sarah Caroline “Carrie” Wallis
1859–1943
Martha Evaline Wallis
1861–1892
Jesse Harrison Wallis
1864–1907
Nancy Ann Wallis
1868–1950

Sources (14)

  • Jesse Wallace, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jesse Wallis - Individual or family possessions: Family Bible: birth-name: Jesse Wallis
  • G L V Wallis, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832

Historical Boundaries: 1832: Forsyth, Georgia, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: from Anglo-Norman French Waleis, Walais ‘Welshman’, also sometimes ‘Breton’ (from Old English wēalas, walas, plural of walh, wealh, originally meaning a ‘Roman citizen’ and referring to the native British population, but in Old English this term later came to mean ‘serf, unfree person, foreigner’ or ‘Welshman’). In western and central England the medieval reference is clearly to Welshmen. In Norfolk and Lincolnshire, the reference was probably to Bretons, many of whom settled in the eastern counties after the Conquest. Compare Welsh , Walsh . The idea that the Scottish surname refers to the Welsh-speaking Britons of Strathclyde is erroneous.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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