Mary Houston Wallace
BIRTH 4 Mar 1797
Virginia, USA
DEATH 29 Apr 1854 (aged 57)
Blount County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
New Providence Cemetery
Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
First husband Matthew Wallace, and second husband William Wallace, Matthew's nephew.
SISTER TO THE GREAT SAM HOUSTON
Suggested edit: from the book -
Houston Family by Rev. Sam'l Rutherford Houston,D.D.
published in 1882 - page 35:
Mary Houston married Col. Matthew Wallace;
"By whom she is said to have had one son - "the young Wallace who suffered so severly in the mountains of Virginia during the war, the details of which are said to have been enough to sicken the heart of the most insensible." What they were has never been communicated to the writer.
After the death of her first husband, she married Gen. William Wallace (a nephew of Matthew).
This marriage proved a very unhappy one. He had a considerable family; she had no children of her own to care for, but considerable property. Her troubles proved too great to borne. Her reason succumbed and she died in the insane asylum. As a woman, she was as noble in personal appearance as her brother Sam was a man. With her first husband who lived a very happy life."
research & submitted by: Shirley Ann Bennett Barhm
Contributor: Shirley Ann Bennett Barham (46985785)
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The remains of the late Mrs. Maj. Wm. Wallace of Blount county, passed here to day, for interment in Blount. She was the sister of Hon. Samuel Houston, of Texas. Loudon Free Press, Loudon, Tennessee, 02 May 1854, Tue • Page 2
Inscription
In Memory of MARY, wife of Gen. Wm. WALLACE, Born on the 4th day of March 1797. Died on the 29th day of April 1854. Aged 57 years, 1 month & 25 days.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21678885/mary-wallace
