Rev Harvey Horatio Wallace, 1870-1933

 Rev Harvey Horatio Wallace

16th Pastor of Herrin IL FBC

1910-1912

Born: February 18, 1870… Elva, Marshall County, Kentucky

Died: August 16, 1933… Memphis, Tennessee

His father was Isham Everett Wallace.  At age 18, Isham left home after a quarrel with his father, and settled in Monroe County, IL.  He married Sarah Ann Chenoweth there in 1857, and had three children.  During that time in Monroe County, the Civil War was in progress.  He was recovering from typhoid fever when a group of Union soldiers (on recruiting duty) attempted to draft him into the army.  They believed he was faking his illness, and  when he refused to go with them, they became abusive.  They eventually left him alone.  Isham was sympathetic to the Confederacy, but doubted its ability to win independence.  His first wife died in 1864 after their youngest child was born.  He returned to his father’s home and less than a year later, married Sylvia Baker.  They had two sons, one being our former pastor.  During this time, Isham entered the ministry, and was ordained by the Blood River Baptist Association.  He held numerous pastorates in and around Marshall County, KY.  Sylvia died in 1879, and he soon married for the third and final time to Clara Jane Green.  They had two children.

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1880 Census - Strington, Marshall, Kentucky

**Harvey is listed as being "lame" in the Sick column

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"In early boyhood, he gave evidence of public speaking ability.  He declared his intention early, to become a minister, and was ordained by the New Harmony Baptist Church (Marshall County, KY) about 1888.  He held pastorates in Benton IL, Herrin IL, Sturgis KY, Ewing IL, Tyler TX, and various other places.  He also served a term in the Texas Legislature, representing Smith County."

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Married Lucy Adair Frizzell, March 29, 1891

Marshall County, Kentucky

H.H. Wallace and Lucy Frizzell marriage record, 1891

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1900 census - Jonesboro, Union, Illinois

*Minister

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He and Lucy had four children… Howell Urban, Sylvia, Dwight Spencer, Marion Throgmorton, and Fount Adair.

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1910 census - Marion, Williamson, Illinois

*Gospel Minister, lived at 402 South Duncan, Marion

We know that he was the pastor at Herrin's First Baptist church from 1910-1912.

Rev. H.H. Wallace

”He was kindly, jovial, generous and unpretentious.  He had an excellent speaking voice and considerable eloquence.  He had a ready wit and humor, which he often employed in his sermons, which, however, were never lacking in dignity.”

This is the church building that Wallace served in

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In 1912, he was preaching in Sullivan, Illinois... and left there to go to DuQuoin, Illinois.

The Saturday Herald, Sullivan IL... Nov. 23, 1912

The Saturday Herald, Sullivan IL... May 17, 1913

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1920 census - Ewing, Franklin, Illinois

*Minister of village church, lived on East Street

Marion Semi-Weekly Leader, Marion IL... Sept. 2, 1921

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1925 - Pastor of North Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas... lived at 908 N. Bois D'Arc Ave.

The Tyler Courier-Times, Tyler TX... May 1, 1925

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Marion Evening Post - Marion IL... July 8, 1925, part 1

The Marion Evening Post - Marion IL... July 8, 1925, part 2

The Marion Evening Post - Marion IL... July 8, 1925, part 3

The Marion Evening Post - Marion IL, July 8, 1925, part 4

Marion Evening Post - Marion IL, July 8, 1925, part 5

Marion Evening Post - Marion IL, July 8, 1925, part 6

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In January 1927, he was elected to serve on the Texas State Preservation Board.

1927

San Antonio Express - San Antonio TX, May 17, 1927

The Tyler Courier-Times - Tyler TX, Oct. 30, 1928

Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX, Jan. 7, 1929

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1930 census - Ellis Grove, Randolph, Illinois

*Minister, lived on Main Street

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Rev. Wallace passed away in Memphis, on August 16, 1933... He is buried in the Herrin City Cemetery, in Herrin IL.

Harvey Horatio Wallace's death certificate, 1933

The Paducah Sun - Paducah KY, Aug. 18, 1933

Marion Weekly Leader - Marion IL, Aug. 24, 1933

Marion Weekly Leader - Marion IL, Aug. 24, 1933

Martin Thomas Russell, 1820-1910

 Family history post:

116 years ago last week, one of my 3rd Great GrandUncle’s passed away.  Martin Thomas Russell was born in May of 1820, in Boyle or Lincoln County, Kentucky… and was one of nine known children born to Edmund and Malinda (Rousey) Russell.  One of his younger sisters is my 3rd Great Grandmother.

In April of 1847, Martin married Elizabeth Jane Benedict in Lincoln County, KY.  They were farmers in the 1850 census, but by 1860, they were operating the Hustonville Hotel.  In 1860, their real estate value was $5,000… with a personal estate value of $2,000.  In 1870, the real estate value had gone up to $8,000… and personal estate value was up to $3,525.

In 1852, there’s a mention in the Interior Journal newspaper in Lincoln County, stating that Martin had stabbed a man.  It says that it was thought the man wouldn’t recover… and that all reports agreed that Martin was unjustified.  I was unable to find any follow up on the event.

There’s an ad in 1872, for the Hustonville Hotel being available for sale or rent, and then a notice that it was sold in 1873.  After that, it seems that Martin became a man of many trades, trying his hand at lots of different things, trying to provide for his family.  He was a beekeeper, a salesman for farm plows and pumps, a horse breeder, and made his own whiskey.  This was likely all due to his debts from previous years.  At the end of 1874, there was an ad for a public sale of “15 barrels of spirits” located at the distillery warehouse… due to unpaid taxes and penalties.  Then in 1878, it was printed in the newspaper that his debts had been wiped out by the “Bankrupt Law”, but Martin was such an honest man, he paid his debts anyway.

1873 beekeeper

1873 salesman

1874 public sale

1878 An Honest Man

1880 horse Waterloo

In 1885, he was hurt by a “vicious Jersey bull”.  He’s quoted to say, he had “fought my way all over the United States and was never whipped before.”  

1885 injured by bull

Apparently, Martin was quite the collector of things.  In 1897, an article was published about all the things he had collected over the years.  Some of the things he says he had were…

• Deer skins from soldiers who had camped nearby during the Civil War

• An ancient Poland Angus hide

• A mill stone used at Stanford’s Mill in the 1810’s

• A wagon owned by a Tom Baker, that was used to haul produce to merchants in Louisville

• Carpenter tools from the 1840’s

• A petrified hornet’s nest from the 1820’s

• A looking glass from 1850

• A gold toothpick from the 1840’s

• A brass kettle from 1792

• Shoemaker tools from 1817

• A grease lamp from the 1770’s

Then there are things that he was in possession of that were family items…

• His father’s coat buttons from the 1850’s

• His father’s clock from the 1800’s

• A quilt made by his mother in 1822

• His grandfather’s dog irons (a fireplace tool) from 1815

• A family plate from 1782

• His grandfather Absolom Russell’s gun from the Revolutionary War

 

And while I wish I could snuggle up in a quilt my 4th Great Grandmother had made 200 years ago… the main item of interest on his list… is Daniel Boone’s gun that he (Boone) started to Kentucky with in May of 1769.  He states that he had purchased it in 1847, from a William Wrecks (not sure if the writer got the spelling of the surname correct).  Martin describes the barrel of the gun as being 4 feet 1 inch long, and with the length of the stock added, it was “as tall as Harvey Helm or French Tipton.”  I looked these men up… Helm was a KY State Rep from 1894-96, and Tipton was a lawyer and editor, who had kept track of local history at that time.  Martin is quoted to say that he “has tried to miss targets and game with it, but couldn’t.”  Now… was that really Boone’s gun from the first trip into Kentucky?  Was it really Boone’s gun at all?  Who knows.  But it’s a neat story.  My only other question is… WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THAT STUFF???  

A year after that article ran, I found Martin in the newspaper again… they thought he had found a penguin.  It was a “very peculiar bird, killed in the reservoir near his place by John Dishon, that comes nearer the description of a penguin than anything we can find.”  The bird reportedly weighed 18 pounds and was “beautifully marked with white specks on black.”  Wonder what it was?

1898 a penguin?

In 1906 he was in the paper again… this time, someone had broken into his house.  The burglar had stolen copper and sold it.

circa 1901, Martin and some family members

Martin Thomas Russell passed away on January 20, 1910, at his home in Milledgeville KY.  He is buried in the Hustonville Cemetery, in Lincoln County KY.  From all of the above info about this man… he must have been a real character to know!

1910 obituary

John Diedrich Doscher, 1847-1925

Today, I’d like you to meet a 2nd Great GrandUncle of mine… John Diedrich Doscher. He’s the oldest brother of my 2nd Great Grandmother, Maria Sophia Doscher-Offerman.  Or rather, as I  literally just figured out today, he was a half-brother of hers (the only child born from their mother’s first marriage).  

John Diedrich Doscher (born 1847), photo taken 1899

J.D. was born on November 23, 1847, in Charleston SC.  He was the only child of John Diedrich Doscher and Metta Anna Maria Ohlandt. His father died of an accidental gun shot wound, one month before he was born. In 1849, Luer Doscher (a younger brother of the John Deidrich that died in 1847) arrived in Charleston, and married Metta.  My 2nd Great Grandmother was the first of 6 known children of this marriage.

J.D. went to Germany with his family when he was a child.  It’s unclear when he returned to America, but in the 1870 census, he was living in Wilmington NC.  He was a retail grocer, and had a $500 value of his personal estate.  In 1872, I found the first of many mentions in the Wilmington newspapers, for him being granted a license to sell “spiritous liquors” in the city.

On November 10, 1874, he married Miss Beta Schulken.  They had 3 known children, but only one survived to full adulthood.  Annie lived to be 19… her obituary refers to her as “one of Wilmington’s most beloved young ladies”.  August William lived 2 years, and John Diedrich Jr. lived to be 78.

Marriage license, 1874

Son August Doscher, 1881

Daughter Annie, 1895

Thanks to the magic of newspapers, we know that J.D. gave $100 to the Yellow Fever Relief Fund in 1876.  And in 1878, he was witness to a kidnapping, while he stood in his stop door.

J.D. and Beta’s home was at the corner of 3rd and Harnett Streets in Wilmington.  Today there’s a newer building at that location, so we don’t know what their home may have looked like.  Running a grocery store, the family could have lived above the business… or the store could have been located elsewhere in the city.

In 1888, J.D.’s brother Eide Wilhelm died from consumption at the age of 34.  He was also a grocer (I’m assuming the brothers ran the store together, rather than having two separate businesses).  E.W. had a few other titles to his name… he was a member of the Produce Exchange, the Knights of Pythias, and a Charter member of the Germania Cornet Band.  The two brothers were also volunteer firemen for the Howard Relief Fire Engine Company.

In 1893, his mother passed away in Wilmington.  After her estate was finally settled, in October 1899, my 2nd Great Grandmother received $31.42.  She was living in Chebanse IL at that time.

25th wedding Anniversary, 1899

In 1905, his wife passed away.  She had been in Baltimore, receiving medical treatment, and died from a post-operative embolism.  One of her sisters accompanied her body back to Wilmington for burial.

In June of 1913, J.D. applied for a passport, and returned to Germany for a visit.  His description on the application is as follows…  He was 5 foot 8 ½ inches tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, high forehead, straight nose, medium mouth, straight chin, light complexion and a long face.  In August of that same year, there was a mention in the newspaper of receiving a postcard from Bremen, Germany… it “brings kindest regards and best wishes to the friends of Mr. John D. Doscher, who is spending some time in the Fatherland.  He writes that he is well and enjoying his tour greatly.”

passport application, 1913

He and his son lived together up until the day he died.  J.D. passed away on October 2, 1925, in Wilmington.  His cause of death was a chronic kidney disease.  He is buried with all of his family in Oakdale Cemetery, in Wilmington.

Something to note here…J.D., a couple of his brothers AND his father were all in the grocery business.  And they were also all volunteer firemen.  I thought that was interesting.  Also, since discovering he had a different father, this John Diedrich is actually the Junior, and his son would be the Third!

Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington NC