Family: Thompson "Finn" Wallace / Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman (F69)

• Father | Male Thompson "Finn" Wallace

  
  

  Born	Abt 1818	Mississippi
  Died	Between 1851 and 1854	Mississippi
  Buried
  Married	Bef 1845
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman

  
  

  Born	22 Sep 1820	Mississippi
  Died	9 Nov 1898	Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Other Spouse	Henry Strickland White, Sr | F65
  Married	Aft 1852	Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Amaziah Vardeman | F70 Group Sheet
  Mother	Una (Eunice) Carter | F70 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Elizabeth "Betty" C. Wallace

  
  

  Born	Between 1846 and 1848	Mississippi
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Paschal Clark | F358
  Married	1867	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Sophie H. Wallace

  
  

  Born	Abt 1849	Mississippi
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Franklin L. Chandler | F360
  Married	31 Jul 1890	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Mary Josephine Wallace

  
  

  Born	23 Feb 1851	Texas
  Died	24 Oct 1930	Texas
  Buried		Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Elias Clark | F361
  Married	Abt 1870

  
  

• Notes

  Married: "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" lists Mary Etta Vardeman's first husband as Wallis "Finn" Wallace. They do not provide any documentation for this, however. I believe Mary Etta's first husband was actually Thomson Wallace, and they can be located in Lawrence County, Mississippi at the time of the 1850 census. On that census, Thomson and Maretta Wallis were listed in the same household with a 3 year old Elizabeth and 1 year old Sophia. Thompson apparently died prior to 1860, because at the time of that census, Mary Etta was married to Henry Strickland White, and living with him in Sabine County, Texas. Her children from her first marriage were listed as follows: Elizabeth Wallis, age 14, Mississippi; Joseph Wallis, age 12, Mississippi; and Josephine Wallis, age 9, Mississippi. Note that Joseph was not listed in 1850, nor is a Sophia listed in 1860. I believe the 1860 census may have been in error, and that Mary Etta and Thomson were the parents of only three children: Elizabeth, Sophia and Josephine. Josephine was probably born soon after the 1850 census. Maybe the census taker confused the names Sophia and Joseph. Or, perhaps they did have a son named Joseph as well. In 1870, only 20 year old Josephine Wallace, listed as born in Texas, was still shown as living with her mother. But according to other records, a Josephine Wallace was already married to Elias Clark and living with him. I suspect it was actually Sophia Wallace who was still living at home with her mother in 1870. This suspicion can be confirmed by the fact that in 1880, 30 year old Sophie Wallace, born in Mississippi was the only child from her mother's first marriage that was listed in her mother's home. Sophia was married in 1890.