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Family: Emsley Thomas Wallace / Priscilla Melton (F0024)

• Father | Male Emsley Thomas Wallace

  
  

  Born	15 Feb 1837	Moore County, NC
  Died	25 Jul 1918	Moore County, NC
  Buried	26 Jul 1918	Moore County, NC at Emsley Wallace Cemetery
  Married	25 Aug 1859	James Melton/Temperance Horner Homeplace, Moore County, NC
  Father	Isham Wallace | F0010 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy Furr | F0010 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Priscilla Melton

  
  

  Born	29 Sep 1834	Moore County, NC
  Died	18 Aug 1909	Moore County, NC
  Buried		Moore County, NC at Emsley Wallace Cemetery
  Father	James Melton | F0030 Group Sheet
  Mother	Temperance Horner | F0030 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Elizabeth Jane Wallace

  
  

  Born	28 Apr 1861	Moore County, NC
  Died	25 Aug 1934	Moore County, NC
  Buried	27 Aug 1934	Robbins, Moore County, NC at Tabernacle United Methodist Church
  Spouse	Baxter Williams | F0111
  Married	Abt 1883

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + Sindy Ann "Annie" Wallace

  
  

  Born	10 Mar 1863	Moore County, NC
  Died	13 Dec 1930	Rockingham, Richmond County, NC
  Buried	14 Dec 1930	Rockingham, Richmond County, NC at Northam Cemetery
  Spouse	Lineberry B. Maness | F0124
  Married	Abt 1882

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Louisa Elafair Wallace

  
  

  Born	13 Apr 1865	Moore County, NC
  Died	9 Mar 1944	Moore County, NC
  Buried	11 Mar 1944	Vass, Moore County, NC at Johnson Grove Cemetery
  Spouse	James Poling Garner | F0123
  Married	17 Mar 1892	Moore County, NC

  
  

  Child 4 | Female + Sarah Catherine "Kate" Wallace

  
  

  Born	13 Oct 1868
  Died	29 Aug 1941
  Buried		Robbins, Moore County, NC at Tabernacle United Methodist Church
  Spouse	George W. Williams | F0113
  Married	Abt 1885

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Callie Lee Wallace

  
  

  Born	30 Jun 1870
  Died	23 Nov 1916	Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
  Buried	24 Nov 1916	Moore County, NC at Bensalem Presbyterian Church
  Spouse	James Britt | F0125
  Married	26 Oct 1899	Moore County, NC

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Addie Florence Wallace

  
  

  Born	7 Mar 1872
  Died	18 Aug 1943	Moore County, NC
  Buried		Robbins, Moore County, NC at Tabernacle United Methodist Church

  
  

  Child 7 | Male + Lucian Thomas Wallace

  
  

  Born	15 Jan 1876	Moore County, NC
  Died	1 Jul 1935	Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, Moore County, NC
  Buried		Robbins, Moore County, NC at Tabernacle United Methodist Church
  Spouse	Nancy Jane "Nan" Williams | F0036
  Married	24 Dec 1896	John Spanker Williams/Mary Catherine Williams Homeplace, Moore County, NC

  
  

  Child 8 | Female + Martha "Mattie" Wallace

  
  

  Born	28 Oct 1878	Moore County, NC
  Died	9 Oct 1955	St. Joseph of Pines Hospital, Pinehurst, Moore County, NC
  Buried	10 Oct 1955	Moore County, NC at Bensalem Presbyterian Church
  Spouse	Daniel Bethune Britt, Jr. | F0107
  Married	15 Feb 1900	Moore County, NC

  
  

• Documents		Emsley Wallace, Priscilla Melton and their children Daughter Mattie Wallace Britt copied this directly from their family bible
  		Map of the Robbins Crossroads and Flint Hill Church Area in Moore County, NC

  
  

  Histories

  Emsley Wallace Emsley Thomas Wallace, son of Isham Wallace and Nancy Furr, married Priscilla Melton (1834-1909),daughter of James Melton and Temperance Horner. The Wallaces and the Meltons were close neighbors and there were four marriages between the families; Emsley and three of his brothers went on to marry four of James Melton’s daughters. Emsley and Priscilla lived just southeast of the town of Robbins at the end of the present day Rushwood Road. Like many of his time, Emsley spent the majority of his life farming the 230 acres of land he owned near Buffalo Creek.

  
  

• Notes

  at the residence of the bride's mother, by Dr. John Shaw