After the war, her husband dead, and sons not yet returned, she had the responsibility of telling the slaves that they were free, and could go where ever they wanted. Some chose to stay, and continue to work for the Wallace family.
Amanda was pregnant when her husband James was killed in the war. Her youngest child, John Morgan Wallace, was born in 1864.
She later re-married, marrying William Pate Clark, on 08 April 1873, a prominent farmer in Webster Co., and a widower himself.
After the war, her husband dead, and sons not yet returned, she had the responsibility of telling the slaves that they were free, and could go where ever they wanted. Some chose to stay, and continue to work for the Wallace family.
Amanda was pregnant when her husband James was killed in the war. Her youngest child, John Morgan Wallace, was born in 1864.
She later re-married, marrying William Pate Clark, on 08 April 1873, a prominent farmer in Webster Co., and a widower himself.
Family Members
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William Richard Wallace
1842–1927
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William R Wallace
1844–1904
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James Thomas Wallace
1845–1909
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Abraham Cook Wallace
1847–1902
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Benjamin F. Wallace
1849 – unknown
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Robert Henry Wallace
1853–1938
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Mary Helen Wallace Jackson
1855–1914
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Sarah Jane Wallace Cornish
1858–1929
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Nancy M. Wallace Cornish
1861 – unknown
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John Morgan Wallace
1863–1947
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