Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameCOLEMAN, Cecile Howland 
Birth Date3 May 1890
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Death Date3 Mar 1983 Age: 92
Death PlaceLittle Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
FatherCOLEMAN, John George (1857-1945)
MotherRICKETSON, Louise Cecile (1856-1933)
Spouses
Birth Date29 Oct 1887
Birth PlaceCharleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
OccupationCotton Broker
Death Date18 Aug 1944 Age: 56
Death PlaceSouth Carolina
FatherPORTER, Rev. Theodore D. (1855-1917)
MotherFULLER, Catherine Mary Mikell (1856-1893)
Marr Date11 Jun 1913
Marr PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
ChildrenCecile Coleman (1915-2006)
Catherine Fuller “Boots” (1919-)
2WALLACE, Robert Wisdom , GGG Grandson
, GGG GrandsonBirth Date7 May 1886
Birth PlaceEllerslie, Paducah, McCracken CountyKentucky
OccupationInsurance Agent
Cause of DeaHeart Failure
Death Date14 Feb 1968 Age: 81
Death PlaceFort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida
FatherWALLACE, George Clayton (1860-1920)
MotherWISDOM, May (1861-1945)
Misc. Notes
After graduating from Princeton, A. B., in 1908 "Bob" Wallace was business manager of the Paducah "News Democrat" from 1909 to 1911.
In 1912 the Wallaces moved to Memphis due to the urging of a close friend Robert Morris who owned the Memphis Furniture Company. Bob Wallace joined Oscar A. Smith in organizing the insurance firm of Smith & Wallace, which was dissolved by the death of the senior partner in 1920. Mr. Wallace then became vice president of the present large insurance firm of Morrison, Wallace & Company, with J. J. Morrison as the president and Mr. Wallace as the vice president.
Bob Wallace was president of the University Club, Insurance Exchange, and Insurance Club of Memphis where he was general agent of the Aetna Casualty Security Company.
Note: One of the 208 members of the senior class of 1908 and a classmate of Bob was John Foster Dulles; their diplomas were signed by Woodrow Wilson who was the president of Princeton.
In 1912 the Wallaces moved to Memphis due to the urging of a close friend Robert Morris who owned the Memphis Furniture Company. Bob Wallace joined Oscar A. Smith in organizing the insurance firm of Smith & Wallace, which was dissolved by the death of the senior partner in 1920. Mr. Wallace then became vice president of the present large insurance firm of Morrison, Wallace & Company, with J. J. Morrison as the president and Mr. Wallace as the vice president.
Bob Wallace was president of the University Club, Insurance Exchange, and Insurance Club of Memphis where he was general agent of the Aetna Casualty Security Company.
Note: One of the 208 members of the senior class of 1908 and a classmate of Bob was John Foster Dulles; their diplomas were signed by Woodrow Wilson who was the president of Princeton.
Marr Date24 Feb 1943
Marr PlaceMemphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
No Children