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Francis Marion Wallace





Submitted by: Marcy Mazza

Coal Miner Memorial Page

FRANCIS MARION WALLACE son of ALFRED POWELL WALLACE (1869 – 1941) and MARY JANE WHEELER (1872-1957) was born 25 July 1898 in Wofford, Whitley County, Kentucky, and died 17 April 1922 in Highsplint, Harlan County, Kentucky. He married LOIS LAY before 1922. She was born 19 July 1907 and died in childbirth on 29 April 1922 in Harlan County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of EDWARD LAY (?-1936) and JULIA LOGAN (1886-1967).

Date of Birth: July 25 1898 ~ married ~ Birthplace: Wofford, Whitley County, Kentucky

Date of Death: 04/21/1922 ~ County Listed: Harlan County, Kentucky Coalminer

Cause of Death: killed by slate fall at Ridgeway Mine near High Splint

Spouse Listed: Lois Lay

Parents Listed: ~ Father: Alfred Paul Wallace Mother: Mary Jane Wheeler

Burial: Wofford Cemetery, Whitley County, Kentucky with his wife, unborn child, grandfather, father and mother in law

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