Sophie H. Wallace

Abt 1849 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Sophie H. Wallace  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1849	Mississippi   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Sophia was listed as a one year old at the time of the 1850 Lawrence County, Mississippi census. However, she was not listed on Schluter's 1860 transcription of the Sabine County, Texas census. Nor was she listed on Toole's 1870 transcription. She was listed as part of the household in Toole & Speight's 1880 transcription however. Why was she missing from the earlier transcriptions? Perhaps the Joseph, age 12, who was listed only in 1860 actually should have been shown as Sophie. And in 1870, perhaps she was shown as Josephin
  Person ID	I447	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thompson "Finn" Wallace,   b. Abt 1818, Mississippi d. Between 1851 and 1854, Mississippi (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman,   b. 22 Sep 1820, Mississippi d. 9 Nov 1898, Sabine County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1845
  	"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.
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Franklin L. Chandler,   b. Jan 1838, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	31 Jul 1890	Sabine County, Texas   [6]
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1849 - Mississippi Marriage - 31 Jul 1890 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S444] Courtesy of Bettye Bragg Wagstaff of Sabine County Genealogical Society, Unknown Compiler "Davidson, Richard and White, Ruth Benina Descendancy Chart" 61 pages, handwritten by one of their children. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records", 18 (Reliability: 3). [S431] Toole, Blanche "1870 Census Sabine County, Texas", 3 (Reliability: 3). [S430] Toole & Speights "1880 Population Census Sabine County, Texas", 57 (Reliability: 3). [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.