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Zerelda Gray <I>Sanders</I> Wallace

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Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace

Birth
Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Death
19 Mar 1901 (aged 83)
Cataract, Owen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8176168, Longitude: -86.1731029
Plot
Section 3; Lot 10
Memorial ID
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Temperance and Suffrage Activist. Thedaughter of an Indianapolis physician and sister-in-law of Richard Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun, Wallace later served as Indiana's First Lady from 1837 to 1840 and became first president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which organized in Indianapolis in 1874. One of her step-children, Lew Wallace, became an army general and the author of "Ben-Hur." She was described as an "inspiritual speaker who could give impromptu two-hour lectures." Lew Wallace identified his step-mother as the model for Ben-Hur's appealing mother.
Temperance and Suffrage Activist. Thedaughter of an Indianapolis physician and sister-in-law of Richard Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun, Wallace later served as Indiana's First Lady from 1837 to 1840 and became first president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which organized in Indianapolis in 1874. One of her step-children, Lew Wallace, became an army general and the author of "Ben-Hur." She was described as an "inspiritual speaker who could give impromptu two-hour lectures." Lew Wallace identified his step-mother as the model for Ben-Hur's appealing mother.

Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett

Gravesite Details

Burial date: March 21, 1901



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