I have been searching for James P. Wallace and his wife Lucy Bruce Wallace. Lucy died in 1898 in Pollock. The death records were destroyed in a fire at the courthouse. I have a theory that James was possibly a confederate soldier, who may have refused to be counted in the census. I cannot find them in ANY census. This is just a guess, but many of my hunches have panned out. Can anyone tell me the best places to look for Confederate records/information on the web? Any other suggestions or information would be gladly received. Lori <>< "Life is hard, but God is good"

Lori, I would suggest you subscribe to the MO-CW-L@ROOTSWEB.COM mailing list here on RootsWeb. There are several members of the list who are very knowledgable of Missouri Civil War history and are most willing to share that knowledge and help. Cal Phillips phillipscalvin@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <PolNCorect@aol.com> To: <MOSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: [[MO-SULLIVAN]] Re: [[MO-SULLIVAN]] Re: Sullivan Co MO Message Board New Sys Admin > I have been searching for James P. Wallace and his wife Lucy Bruce Wallace. > Lucy died in 1898 in Pollock. The death records were destroyed in a fire at > the courthouse. > > I have a theory that James was possibly a confederate soldier, who may have > refused to be counted in the census. I cannot find them in ANY census. This > is just a guess, but many of my hunches have panned out. Can anyone tell me > the best places to look for Confederate records/information on the web? Any > other suggestions or information would be gladly received. > > Lori <>< > "Life is hard, but God is good" > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Lori, First let me say that Sullivan County Missouri Death Records WERE NOT lost in the fire of 1895. The plain fact is that there were NONE. A few death records were kept in the Missouri Counties (northern ones at least) for a period of time from 1883 until 1887 and a few beyond that. During this time not nearly all of the deaths were reported. Pollock had it own newspaper at one time and I believe a funeral home also Lemons in Putnam county which is 6 miles north of Pollock had a funeral home. To my knowledge none of these records exist. What Milan newspapers that have survived have been microfilmed (except for the Milan Standard, 1890 through 1899) and death indexed (even the Milan Standard 1890 through 1899). I have a copy of this as I did the indexing. In the Milan Republican publication date of 12 May 1898 is a small article about the death of Grandma Wallace. There are no newspaper available before 1876 which has very little local information. There are several issues of the newspapers missing for the early ones. The Sullivan County Missouri 1890 Civil War Census does not show a Wallace. The Sullivan County Missouri Probate index shows a listing for a James Wallace but the box number is not a low number so wouldn't be within the time frame you have mentioned. There is only one Wallace family that I have found in the Sullivan Co MO 1880 census and that is of a James age 46 and Martha E age 44 with Jane, Lorenzo D, Sarah E, James, George, Mary F and Tilmon. This family is also on the 1870 Sullivan Co MO census only the wife is listed as Ellen You do not give much information for anyone trying to help you with your search. This is all the information I can supply. Good Luck Jaunita ----- Original Message ----- From: <PolNCorect@aol.com> To: <MOSULLIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: [[MO-SULLIVAN]] Re: [[MO-SULLIVAN]] Re: Sullivan Co MO Message Board New Sys Admin > I have been searching for James P. Wallace and his wife Lucy Bruce Wallace. > Lucy died in 1898 in Pollock. The death records were destroyed in a fire at > the courthouse. > > I have a theory that James was possibly a confederate soldier, who may have > refused to be counted in the census. I cannot find them in ANY census. This > is just a guess, but many of my hunches have panned out. Can anyone tell me > the best places to look for Confederate records/information on the web? Any > other suggestions or information would be gladly received. > > Lori <>< > "Life is hard, but God is good" > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >