Family Group Sheet
NameMelvin Wallace
Birth14 Jun 1888, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death15 Mar 1959, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
BurialBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherHenry Timothy Wallace (1837-1916)
MotherMary “Polly” Cline (1847-1925)
Marriage1 Aug 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMahala “Halia” P. Heflin, 4C3R
BirthJun 1894, Kentucky
Death11 Jun 1963, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
BurialBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherCommodore Heflin (1858-1912)
MotherCassandra Ann Link (1859->1930)
Children
1 FMary Wallace, 5C2R
Birthabt 1911, Rowan Co, Kentucky
2 FLovelle Wallace, 5C2R
Birthabt 1912, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
3 FDollie Wallace, 5C2R
Birthabt 1923, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
SpouseWilliam Osborne Mifflin
5 FNancy Wallace , 5C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Melvin Wallace
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Melvin Wallace, age 29, residence 627 W. Eighth St., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, born 14 June 1888 in Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, laborer, employer Ball Bros Glass Co., Muncie, married supporting a wife & 2 children.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 24 Apr 1942, records Melvin Wallace, age 57, residence 1510 E. 5th St., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, born 14 July 1885 in Moorhead, Ky, employer Ball Bros, Muncie, Ind, contact Halie Wallace, same address.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 24 Apr 1942, records Melvin Wallace, age 57, residence 1510 E. 5th St., Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, born 14 July 1885 in Moorhead, Ky, employer Ball Bros, Muncie, Ind, contact Halie Wallace, same address.
Notes for Mahala “Halia” P. Heflin
Her gravestone has only the date of death, and spells her name as Halia P. Wallace.
Notes for Melvin & Mahala “Halia” P. (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 6, p. 629, records the marriage on 1 Aug 1909 of Melvin Wallace and Haley Hefflin. (From the index page only; I did not record the details.)
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearcy precinct, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 3A as family #37/40:
Wallace, Melvin, 23, farmer; Mahala, wife, 16, married 1 year. Both are listed as born Ky Ky Ky, but it is incorrect for Melvin’s mother.
1920 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 6, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 8A as family #155/188, at 113 W. Eighth St:
Wallace, Melvin, 33, inspector at glass house; Haley, wife, 28; Marry, dau, 8; Lovelle, dau, 7, b. Indiana Ky Ky. All others born Ky Ky Ky.
At the same street address but with their own family number are the family of Haley’s brother Wallace Heflin and his wife Minnie, plus Simon Peter Link, brother of Haley’s mother Cassie. (He is recorded as married, but there is no wife in the household.)
1930 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 8, enumerated 9 April, lists on p. 13A as family #266/288, at 1706 S. Mock Ave:
Wallace, Melvin, 45, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, inspector at glass factory; Halia, wife, 39, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Ky Ky; Lovell, dau, 17, b. Ind Ky Ky; Dollie, dau, 7, b. Ind Ky Ky; Catherine, dau, 5, b. Ky Ky Ky; Nancy, dau, 1 8/12, b. Ind Ky Ky.
1940 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 1, ED 18-3, enumerated 5 April, lists on p. 2B as family #45, at 1510 E. Fifth St:
Wallace, Melvin, 52, laborer at glass factory, b. Ky; Halia, wife, 43, b. Ky; Catherine, dau, 16, b. Ky; Nancy, dau, 12, b. Ind. All living in same place but not same house in 1935.
Wallace, Melvin, 23, farmer; Mahala, wife, 16, married 1 year. Both are listed as born Ky Ky Ky, but it is incorrect for Melvin’s mother.
1920 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 6, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 8A as family #155/188, at 113 W. Eighth St:
Wallace, Melvin, 33, inspector at glass house; Haley, wife, 28; Marry, dau, 8; Lovelle, dau, 7, b. Indiana Ky Ky. All others born Ky Ky Ky.
At the same street address but with their own family number are the family of Haley’s brother Wallace Heflin and his wife Minnie, plus Simon Peter Link, brother of Haley’s mother Cassie. (He is recorded as married, but there is no wife in the household.)
1930 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 8, enumerated 9 April, lists on p. 13A as family #266/288, at 1706 S. Mock Ave:
Wallace, Melvin, 45, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, inspector at glass factory; Halia, wife, 39, age at first marriage 15, b. Ky Ky Ky; Lovell, dau, 17, b. Ind Ky Ky; Dollie, dau, 7, b. Ind Ky Ky; Catherine, dau, 5, b. Ky Ky Ky; Nancy, dau, 1 8/12, b. Ind Ky Ky.
1940 census of Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 1, ED 18-3, enumerated 5 April, lists on p. 2B as family #45, at 1510 E. Fifth St:
Wallace, Melvin, 52, laborer at glass factory, b. Ky; Halia, wife, 43, b. Ky; Catherine, dau, 16, b. Ky; Nancy, dau, 12, b. Ind. All living in same place but not same house in 1935.
